Russian WoW on the way

by Eliah Hecht Dec 10th 2007 at 7:59PM

WoW is a game of many languages, and I'm not talking about Common and Taurahe. You can play the game in English, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Korean, and probably some more I'm not even aware of (Japanese?). And in 2008, Russian is going to join that list of official WoW localizations, with a dedicated Russian team in Blizzard Europe's France and Ireland offices. Mike Morhaime, Blizz's president, had this to say: "Considering the scale and enthusiasm of the Russian community, we recognized that offering a dedicated Russian-language version of World of Warcraft was the next important step for the game in Europe." I don't play on the European realms, so I'll just have to take his word for it, I suppose. That and get used to seeing Cyrillic screenshots from time to time.

Tags: eu, europe, languages, russia, russian

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Jackrippah May 14th 2008 8:09AM

People! Soviet union collapsed in 1991 so , stop talking like it
exsists! Russia is democratic country now!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Soviet_Union

Neocene Dec 10th 2007 8:11PM

In soviet Russia, Warcraft plays you!

SaintStryfe Dec 10th 2007 8:40PM

I'd be funny if they made Arthas look like Lenin.

Yeah I know that's not gonna happen.

Dok Dec 10th 2007 8:50PM

well WoW in Mongolian Language would be nice!!! :D hehehe

Markymark Dec 10th 2007 9:02PM

In soviet Russia, guild raids you!

Cloudsan Dec 10th 2007 9:09PM

In Soviet Russia, World of Warcraft farms you!

B Lee Dec 10th 2007 9:21PM

In Soviet Russia, characters DELETE you!

Zghuk Dec 10th 2007 10:01PM

Finally ;-)

But what's now with the occupied german realm? Russians have gathered at the german WARSONG server. Will they stay?

Burg Dec 10th 2007 10:15PM

In Soviet Russia, played-out meme repeats YOU ad nauseam!

Baluki Dec 10th 2007 10:28PM

Yakov Smirnoff would be rolling in his grave if he were dead.

Actually, he's only 56.

Ralm Dec 10th 2007 11:43PM

Menyah Zavut Ralmevik!

Rynthera Dec 11th 2007 12:27AM

Get used to Cyrillic Screenshots? You US players have it so good, you talk about stuff like this as if it is an alien and bizarre concept. Let me tell you that for many of us in Europe, our EU servers are full of people writing in Cyrillic! Many nights a week I do not see anything in the Latin alphabet! This is something we've dealt with from the start. While on the one hand it's great that regions are getting their own dedicated servers, I can't help but reflect on the naivety of players to whom this is a new thing. It's ridiculous that you think of it so.

Eliah Hecht Dec 11th 2007 12:37AM

Well, I was referring more to the UI showing up in Cyrillic, not the chat text. And as for the rest of it, I just have to plead ignorance, not having ever played on the EU servers. :\

Grendalsh Dec 11th 2007 12:49AM

At last, a compelling reason and venue to maintain my Russain language skills..
Iskayu za Guild. Skazhi mne.
Now how the Deuce do I get a hold of a Russian cd key?

toots Dec 11th 2007 2:51AM

quite sure its Warsong UK as there is no german realm with that name

Rene Dec 11th 2007 6:19AM

There's also no Warsong UK, as all the European realms are named EU ("Warsong EU").

But it's true - there is no German "Warsong" server, since all the German server names are in German (the equivalent would be "Kriegshymne", or as in "Warsong Gulch": "Kriegshymnenschlucht").

Teut Dec 11th 2007 2:53AM

I wonder. WoW can be played in Russia on their servers since years. I was in internet cafes in Moscow and Kiew and they had WoW there to play, on their "own" servers for free.

Why should they pay now?

Irian Dec 11th 2007 4:33AM

Oh come on. You mean, private servers? They suck and everyone knows it. We have polish private servers here, too, and somehow most people who can afford it play on officials. No matter how good might a private want to be, it's never gonna have all the tech and GM support of an official. And I don't even want to start on 'epics for GM friends', high rates, bugs and crushes.

Rene Dec 11th 2007 6:22AM

The WoW played in Russia is very likely the European version, which means they play on English EU servers.

However, I play on English language EU servers, and met several people from Poland and other eastern European states, but never someone from Russia (I'm sure they exist there somewhere though).

Balasan Dec 11th 2007 3:13AM

Oh FINALLY they can stop dominating the stupid warsong server! I don't mind them using russian in warsong and basically claiming warsong as an unofficial russian server, but when they bring it to the BGs it gets frustratingly stupid. They don't understand what we want and we won't understand what they want, and we end up losing the damn BG.

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