Warcraft III Reforged

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One of the greatest RTS games of all time is getting remastered and being released next year.

Warcraft 3: Reforged, will feature an all new coat of paint, updating the graphics and animations to look stunningly hi-res (4K is supported) as well as a decent amount of neat new features.

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Lok'tar ogar!!!

 

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Warcraft 3: Reforged includes The Frozen Throne, multiplayer will be compatible with the original

QA test lead Nicholas Louie had the following to say to PC Gamer at BlizzCon

When you get a chance to take a look at The Culling of Stratholme, you'll see we've pretty heavily modified the map. The map layout is entirely different from the way it originally looked in Warcraft 3. We thought it was important for this important story beat, for both the overall story as well as for Arthas, as he starts down his fall as a paladin and down the path of becoming a Lich King, that we bring parity to what people are familiar with, where Warcraft is today, World of Warcraft specifically. So when you get a chance to look at the map, you'll notice that it looks like the Stratholm map in World of Warcraft.

The VO is all being re-recorded, and the cutscenes are also being redone. And when it comes to multiplayer, they aren't quite going the StarCraft 2 route, where very little was changed for the remaster. While the strategy is still "don't break the game," said designer Michael Scipione, the team would "like to see some changes." That's already been happening: working with esports players and other community members, Blizzard has been updating the original game with balance tweaks.

There's a reason the original game is getting those updates: owners of Warcraft 3: Reforged will be able to play against owners of the original Warcraft 3. Because they are based on the same engine, that allows people with the normal version of Warcraft 3, non-Reforged, to play with those who have the Reforged version," said Scipione. "There is a lot of custom maps out there, so we're going to have to respond to areas where, if something perhaps doesn't work, we'll look into responding to that. But the idea is that these two groups of players should be able to be friends and play with each other. ​

 

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Warcraft III: Reforged System Requirements​

Safe to say it can run on pretty much everything that has released in last 10 years...

• OS: Windows 7 32-bit
• CPU: Intel Pentium D 805 2.67 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 1.9 GHz
• RAM: 2 GB System Memory
• GPU RAM: 256 MB Video Memory
• GPU: GeForce 6800 GT or Radeon HD 3650
• DX: DirectX 9
• HDD: 3 GB Available Hard Drive Space

 

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I liked Warcraft back in the day, but it's still bummer, since I hoped they'll make Diablo 2 remake.

 

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Warcraft 3: Reforged: Everything we know about Warcraft 3’s remaster

Warcraft 3: Reforged features new art and animations while preserving the excellent real-time strategy as it was in 2002. You'll still be commanding armies as either the humans, orcs, night elves, or undead. Reforged looks like an excellent way to experience the game that really propelled Warcraft into the mainstream and laid the foundation for World of Warcraft.

Blizzard say that Reforged is going to be an extremely faithful remaster of Warcraft 3. To that end, those playing on Reforged can actually still play multiplayer against those using the original version of the game, and Blizzard has said that even mods and maps made in Warcraft 3 should work in Reforged without an issue. ​

 

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Warcraft 3: Reforged has reforged a 2020 release date

Initially due to launch in 2019 Blizzard has now provided the game with a firm release date of 29th January 2020.

It will feature Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos and expansion The Frozen Throne. Expect shiny new versions of the old characters, campaigns and maps, plus a world editor with mod support.

It is available to pre-order now from the Blizzard store priced £25, or in the Spoils of War edition for £35 which comes with additional hero skins and bonuses for other Blizzard games.​