Warcraft
| Warcraft | |
|---|---|
| developer |
 Blizzard Entertainment
|
| First title | Warcraft: Orcs & Humans (1994) |
| Last title | World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth (2018) |
| Platform (s) | DOS , Windows , Mac OS , Saturn , PlayStation , iOS , Android |
| Genre (s) | Real-time strategy game , MMORPG , online trading card game |
Warcraft ( Engl. For warfare ) is a franchise of computer games and other media formats, the 1994 American US by the company Blizzard Entertainment is created and made the company one of the best known, largest and most successful game development studios.
The computer game series consists of Warcraft: Orcs & Humans (1994), Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (1995), Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (2002), World of Warcraft (2004) and Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (2014). While the first offshoot of real-time strategy games were the franchise entered from 2004 with World of Warcraft the MMORPG genre and 2014 Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft , the online trading card game genre of. Numerous expansions have been released for the games . At the same time as the computer games, books are being published that illuminate individual sections of the Warcraft universe and explain events, heroes and connections from the Warcraft series of games. In addition to comics , art books , short stories , posters and diverse merchandising articles published. A Warcraft trading card game was also produced until 2013 and a film based on the Warcraft franchise, Warcraft: The Beginning , was released in German cinemas on May 26, 2016.
Computer game overview
| Warcraft: Orcs & Humans | Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness | Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos | World of Warcraft | Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year of publication | 1994 | 1995 | 2002 | 2004 | 2014 |
| Platform (s) | Mac OS , MS-DOS | Mac OS, MS-DOS, Sega Saturn , PS , Windows | Windows, Mac OS | Windows, Mac OS | Windows, Mac OS, iOS , Android |
| genre | Real time strategy game | Real time strategy game | Real time strategy game | MMORPG | Online trading card game |
| Extension (s) | Beyond the Dark Portal (1996) | The Frozen Throne (2003) |
The Burning Crusade (2007) Wrath of the Lich King (2008) Cataclysm (2010) Mists of Pandaria (2012) Warlords of Draenor (2014) Legion (2016) Battle for Azeroth (2018) Shadowlands (2020) |
Goblins versus Gnome (2014) The Great Tournament (2015) The Whispers of the Old Gods (2016) The Streets of Gadgetzan (2016) Journey to Un'Goro (2017) Knights of the Frozen Throne (2017) and much more |
filming
Blizzard produced Warcraft: The Beginning in collaboration with the two film studios Legendary Pictures and Universal Pictures . The film is the first real- life adaptation of a Blizzard game and, with some freedom, tells the events from the very first Warcraft real-time strategy game Warcraft: Orcs & Humans from 1994 and is also based on parts of the book World of Warcraft - The Rise of Horde .
The film was released in German cinemas on May 26, 2016 in 2D, 3D and IMAX 3D .
Licensed book publications
Novels
Warcraft novels
- 2001: The Day of the Dragon by Richard A. Knaak , Panini Verlag
- 2001: The Lord of the Clans by Christie Golden , Panini Verlag
- 2001: The Last Guardian by Jeff Grubb, Panini Verlag
- 2004: War of the Ancestors, Volume 1: The Source of Eternity by Richard A. Knaak, Panini Verlag
- 2004: War of the Ancestors, Volume 2: The Demon Soul by Richard A. Knaak, Panini Verlag
- 2005: War of the Ancestors, Volume 3: The Awakening by Richard A. Knaak, Panini Verlag
- 2006: Of Blood and Honor by Chris Metzen, Panini Verlag
World of Warcraft novels
- 2006: vicious circle by Keith DeCandido , Panini Verlag
- 2006: The Rise of the Horde by Christie Golden, Panini Verlag
- 2007: In the Stream of Darkness by Aaron S. Rosenberg, Panini Verlag
- 2008: Beyond the Dark Portal by Aaron S. Rosenberg and Christie Golden, Panini Verlag
- 2008: The Night of the Dragon by Richard A. Knaak, Panini Verlag
- 2009: Arthas: Rise of the Lich King by Christie Golden, Panini Verlag
- 2010: Sturmgrimm by Richard A. Knaak, Panini Verlag
- 2010: World Quake: The Prehistory to Cataclysm by Christie Golden, Panini Verlag
- 2011: Thrall: Twilight of the Dragon by Christie Golden, Panini Verlag
- 2011: Wolfsherz by Richard A. Knaak, Panini Verlag
- 2012: Jaina Proud Sea: Tides of War by Christie Golden, Panini Verlag
- 2013: The Downfall of Aspects by Richard A. Knaak, Panini Verlag
- 2013: Vol'jin: Shadow of the Horde by Michael A. Stackpole , Panini Verlag
- 2014: War Crimes by Christie Golden, Panini Verlag
- 2016: World of Warcraft: Illidan by William King , Panini Verlag
- 2016: World of Warcraft: Chronicles Volume 1 by Chris Metzen , Matt Burns and Robert Brooks, Panini Verlag
- 2017: World of Warcraft: Chronicles Volume 2 by Chris Metzen, Matt Burns and Robert Brooks, Panini Verlag
- 2017: World of Warcraft: Traveler by Greg Weisman, Samwise Didier, Andreas Kasprzak, Panini Verlag
- 2018: World of Warcraft: Chronicles Volume 3 by Chris Metzen, Matt Burns and Robert Brooks, Panini Verlag
- 2018: Before the Storm by Christie Golden, Panini Verlag
