A scene from a crowded, early public stress test of the Nostalrius servers. (credit: YouTube)
One of the most popular "pirate" servers for World of Warcraft, running a classic version of the game no longer offered by Blizzard, will be shutting down under the threat of legal action from Blizzard.
The Nostalrius servers had been in operation for about a year, running version 1.12 of the original World of Warcraft as it existed in 2006, just before the release of "the Burning Crusade" expansion. The administrators say that 800,000 registered accounts and 150,000 active players were working through quest progressions reproduced to precisely match the game of a decade ago.
But the team behind Nostalrius says its French hosting provider has been issued a formal letter asking them to shut down the servers or face a potential copyright infringement lawsuit. As such, the servers will be shut down on April 10.
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