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World of Street Woman Fighter (월드 오브 스트릿 우먼 파이터)

World of Street Woman Fighter (WSWF, 월드 오브 스트릿 우먼 파이터), also called SWF3, was Mnet's 2025 global dance survival, the third Street Woman Fighter season, won by Japan's Osaka Ojo Gang with record viral Mega Crew views but the franchise's lowest TV ratings.

World of Tanks

World of Tanks: Wargaming's free-to-play online tank combat game (2010), 800+ mid-20th-century vehicles across 11 nations, 15v15 arcade battles, spotting capped at 445 m, $471M revenue in 2017, spinoff World of Tanks: HEAT launched 2026.

World of Volvo

World of Volvo is a brand experience centre in Gothenburg, Sweden, opened 14 April 2024 as a joint venture of Volvo Cars and Volvo Group, replacing the Volvo Museum with a 22,000 m² Henning Larsen timber building and a 4,500 m² interactive exhibition.

World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft (WoW) is a monthly-subscription MMORPG by Blizzard Entertainment, released in November 2004, set in Azeroth, and still running as retail, Classic, and World of Warcraft: Forever.

World of Warcraft Classic

World of Warcraft Classic is Blizzard's re-creation of pre-expansion WoW at patch 1.12 (2006), announced BlizzCon 2017, launched August 27, 2019 with subscription; includes Era, Season of Mastery, Anniversary, and led to WoW: Forever.

World of Warcraft Trading Card Game

World of Warcraft Trading Card Game (WoW TCG), an out-of-print collectible card game by Upper Deck (2006) and Cryptozoic (2010-2013) based on Blizzard's MMO; 21 sets, loot cards with in-game cosmetic codes, ended August 2013 before Hearthstone.

World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth

World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth (BfA) is Blizzard's seventh WoW expansion, released August 2018: faction war across Kul Tiras and Zandalar, level cap 120, Allied Races, Azerite Heart, Island Expeditions, Warfronts, Uldir raid, Visions of N'Zoth finale.

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, Blizzard's third WoW expansion (December 7, 2010), raised the level cap to 85, added worgen and goblin, remade Azeroth via Deathwing, and sold 4.7 million copies in a month; re-released as Cataclysm Classic in 2024.

World of Warcraft: Legion

World of Warcraft: Legion, sixth WoW expansion, announced gamescom 6 August 2015, released 30 August 2016. Broken Isles, Burning Legion, level cap 110, Demon Hunter class, 36 Artifact weapons, Class Order Halls, World Quests; 3.3 million launch-day sales.

World of Warcraft: Midnight

World of Warcraft: Midnight, eleventh WoW expansion and second of the Worldsoul Saga, launched March 2, 2026. Set in Quel'thalas, it adds player housing, level cap 90, the Haranir race, Devourer Demon Hunters, and combat addon disarmament.

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria, fourth WoW expansion released September 25, 2012, added the pandaren race, monk class, level cap 90, pet battles, and Pandaria; re-released as Remix (2024) and Classic (July 2025).

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, also known as WoW Shadowlands, is the eighth World of Warcraft expansion, released by Blizzard Entertainment in 2020, sending players into the afterlife realm of the Shadowlands.

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (TBC), Blizzard's first WoW expansion, released January 16, 2007: level cap 70, Outland, blood elves and draenei, flying mounts, Arena PvP, Jewelcrafting; later re-released as Burning Crusade Classic (2021) and Anniversary Edition (2026).

World of Warcraft: The War Within

World of Warcraft: The War Within, WoW's tenth expansion, launched August 26, 2024. First of the three-part Worldsoul Saga; added Khaz Algar zones, Earthen race, Hero Talents, Warbands, and Delves.

World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor

Warlords of Draenor, fifth World of Warcraft expansion by Blizzard, launched November 13, 2014. Set on alternate-timeline Draenor against the Iron Horde; introduced Garrisons, level cap 100, Ashran PvP; subscribers fell from 7.4 to 5.6 million.

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King is the second WoW expansion, released 13 November 2008: Northrend, level cap 80, Death Knight hero class, Arthas the Lich King storyline; re-released as WotLK Classic on 26 September 2022.

World of Warships

World of Warships is Wargaming's free-to-play naval warfare MMO, third in the World of series after World of Tanks and World of Warplanes; released September 17, 2015, featuring battleships, cruisers, destroyers, carriers, 13 tech trees, and monetization controversies.

World on Fire (TV series)

World on Fire is a British WWII drama series created by Peter Bowker for BBC One and PBS Masterpiece, airing 2019-2023 in two seasons following ordinary people in Britain, Poland, France, and Germany; cancelled after season 2 in 2024.

World One

World One, also known as World One Mumbai, is a 280 m, 76-floor residential skyscraper in Worli, Mumbai, completed in 2020 and India's tallest building until 2023.

World open water swimming championships

World open water swimming championships: the 5 km, 10 km, mixed 4x1500 m relay, and 3 km Knockout Sprint events at the World Aquatics Championships, held since 1991, with 14-year minimum age and 16-31°C water limits.

World Organisation for Animal Health

The World Organisation for Animal Health, founded in 1924 as the Office International des Épizooties (OIE), collects worldwide animal disease data and sets standards governing international trade in animals.

World Organization of the Scout Movement

The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) is the international body coordinating the global Scout Movement, founded in 1920, with 176 member organizations and over 57 million members.

World Orienteering Championships

World Orienteering Championships (WOC), the IOF's premier foot-orienteering titles since 1966 at Fiskars, Finland; since 2019 split into a Forest WOC in odd years and a Sprint WOC in even years with Sprint, Knock-Out Sprint, and mixed Sprint Relay.

World Para Alpine Skiing Championships

The World Para Alpine Skiing Championships are the world championships for para alpine skiing, first held in 1974 and now held every two years in odd-numbered years.

World Para Nordic Skiing Championships

The World Para Nordic Skiing Championships, called the IPC Biathlon and Cross-Country Skiing World Championships until 2016, decide world titles in para cross-country skiing and para biathlon.

World Para Snowboard Championships

The World Para Snowboard Championships are the world championship for Para snowboard, held since 2015, first under the IPC and now by FIS, with the latest edition at Big White, Canada, in 2025.

World Park

World Park (世界公园, Beijing World Park) is a 46.7-hectare miniature-landmark theme park in Fengtai District, Beijing, opened October 25, 1993, with 1:10 scale replicas of world monuments; free entry since July 2026.

World Party

World Party was the British rock project of Welsh multi-instrumentalist Karl Wallinger, formed in London in 1986 after he left The Waterboys. Five albums, including Goodbye Jumbo (1990) and Egyptology (1997); "She's the One" became a Robbie Williams number one.

World Passport

World Passport: identity and travel document issued since 1954 by the World Service Authority (WSA) of Garry Davis's World Government of World Citizens; claims limited recognition, rejected by most states as not issued by a competent authority.

World peace

World peace: the ideal and measurable condition of global peace, defined via Galtung's negative peace (absence of violence) and positive peace; pursued through the Hague system, League of Nations, UN peacekeeping, and tracked by the Global Peace Index.