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'''CASC''' stands for "Content Addressable Storage Container", a new [[Blizz]]ard proprietary format intended to replace the aging [[MPQ]] format with the {{warlords-inline}} Warlords of Draenor [[expansion]].<ref name="officialWoDAlpha">{{ref web|work=Official World of Warcraft Game Site (US)|url=http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/13645405/warlords-of-draenor%E2%84%A2-alpha-testing-begins-4-3-2014|title=Warlords of Draenor&trade; Alpha Testing Begins|author=[[Blizzard Entertainment]]|date=3-Apr-2014}}<br/>&nbsp; &nbsp;{{ref web|work=Official World of Warcraft Game Site (EU)|url=http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/blog/13645405/warlords-of-draenor%E2%84%A2-alpha-testing-begins-03-04-2014|title=Warlords of Draenor&trade; Alpha Testing Begins|author=[[Blizzard Entertainment]]|date=3-Apr-2014}}</ref>
'''CASC''', or "Content Addressable Storage Container", is a proprietary game archive format developed by Blizzard Entertainment to replace their older [[MPQ]] format. The 2014 Warlords of Draenor expansion was the first WoW expansion to support this format.<ref name="wow1">{{ref web|work=Official World of Warcraft Game Site (US)|url=http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/13645405/warlords-of-draenor%E2%84%A2-alpha-testing-begins-4-3-2014|title=Warlords of Draenor&trade; Alpha Testing Begins|author=Blizzard Entertainment|date=3-Apr-2014}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[MPQ]]
* [[MPQ]]
 
[[Category:CASC files]]
== External links ==
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Revision as of 05:18, 13 May 2020

CASC, or "Content Addressable Storage Container", is a proprietary game archive format developed by Blizzard Entertainment to replace their older MPQ format. The 2014 Warlords of Draenor expansion was the first WoW expansion to support this format.[1]

References

  1. Blizzard Entertainment 2014-04-03. Warlords of Draenor™ Alpha Testing Begins. Official World of Warcraft Game Site (US).

See also