While people tend to stay indoors and get lethargic during this time of year, the Orcs, dwarves and elves are just getting started.“World of Warcraft” is the world’s largest massively multiplayer online role-playing game and has more than 11 million subscribers worldwide. Players create characters to explore the lands of Azeroth, the fictional world where the game is based. Players fight monsters, complete quests and interact with other characters in the game. Most of the game is focused on completing quests, which include killing creatures, gathering resources and finding hidden objects.

On Thursday, Blizzard Entertainment released “World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King,” the second expansion pack for the popular online computer game. Gamers across the country lined up at midnight to get their hands on the highly anticipated game. But they weren’t the only ones — the game was released in Europe, Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Russia on the same day.