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World of Warcraft and all its expansions are on sale today through June 24. You can pick up the WoW Battle Chest which comes with the game, The Burning Crusade, and Wrath of the Lich King for $5. For the same price, you can also grab 2010′s Cataclysm and Mists of Pandaria is also on sale for half off at 19.99. In all, if you are just starting the game, you can get the core game and every expansion released for $29.99. Hit up the summer sale page for more information.

Blizzard is having a Black Friday sale of its own, so to speak, and has put its World of Warcraft offerings on sale.

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Speaking to MTV, Mythic boss Mark Jacobs has admitted that the release of WoW expansion The Burning Crusade pushed back Warhammer Online’s release thanks to its “water cooler quests.

“We obviously had a major bump when ‘Burning Crusade’ came out,” he said. “When [Blizzard] released that expansion, they raised the expectations of the player; they put in some of what we call ‘water cooler quests,’ the things that you talk about around the watercooler.

“We looked at the amount of content they put in that and said we need more time if we want to add some of those things, if we want our own water cooler quests or more water cooler quests. So our choice was to delay the game and spend more time on it. It was a major bump.”

Warhammer Online releases on September 18.

MCV’s reporting that World of Warcraft and the Burning Crusade expansion have launched in Russia.

Blizzard announced only last week that the game was to hit Russia in August.

“The launch of the Russian-language version reflects our continuing commitment to make World of Warcraft even more accessible for gamers throughout the world,” said Blizzard boss Mike Morhaime.

“We also hope that providing a fully localised version of the game will further enhance the gameplay experience for our enthusiastic Russian community.”

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According to this press release, World of Warcraft was played my more than 1 million people in China simultaneously this week, the highest level the MMO’s reached since launching in the country in June 2005.

The9, the firm that operates the game in China, puts the launch of The Burning Crusade down as the reason for the recent lift. The expansion released in China in September 2007.