Warcraft III: Reforged is coming to PC early next year with a host of new features. Here’s what players can look forward to.
Warcraft III: Reforged is an update of Blizzard’s 2002 real-time strategy classic, Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos. It includes the full base game and the acclaimed expansion, The Frozen Throne.
Here’s what you need to know about the new version of the game.
Release date
The release of Warcraft III: Reforged has been delayed slightly and will now arrive on January 29, 2020. Here’s a handy map detailing the worldwide unlock times.
Content
In terms of content, there are seven single-player campaigns to work through, comprising of 60 missions.
Graphics
The game’s graphics have been completely reworked, with redone characters, structures, environments, and animations. New graphical effects have also been added.
Classic voice-overs
No change! Reforged retains the game’s original voice-over recordings. This is a good thing.
Multiplayer
Players can battle online between Reforged and the original version of Warcraft III.
World Editor
Reforged includes a brand new World Editor. Blizzard says it’s “designed to empower the game’s longstanding creator community to reach new heights.” New heights, we tell you. It features hundreds of new triggers, LUA scripting support, and new model importing tools. Blizzard also plans additional enhancements in the future.
Battle.net
The full suite of Battle.net features is supported, including text and voice chat, clans, installation, and patching.
Price
Warcraft III: Reforged is available to pre-order now in two editions. The standard version is available for £24.99/$29.99. The Spoils of War edition is £34.99/$39.99 and includes unique hero skins for Arthas, Cenarius, Jaina, and Thrall, plus a host of in-game bonuses for other Blizzard games that unlock immediately.
Spoils of War Edition – Pre-order bonuses
Warcraft III: Reforged
- Champion of the Horde Thrall Hero Skin
- Daughter of the Seas Proudmoore Hero Skin
- Fallen King Arthas Hero Skin
- Emerald Nightmare Cenarius Hero Skin
World of Warcraft
- Meat Wagon Mount
Overwatch
- Player Icons: Human, Orc, Undead, Night Elf, and Lich King
- Animated Sprays: Footman, Grunt, Ghoul, and Archer
Diablo III
- Mal’ganis pet
Hearthstone
- Third War card back
Heroes of the Storm
- Anub’arak Hero
- Jaina Hero
- Thrall Hero
- Tyrande Hero
StarCraft II
- Alliance Console Skin
- Horde Console Skin
- Sentinels Console Skin
- Scourge Console Skin
StarCraft: Remastered
- Spoils of War Console
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