Warcraft 3: Reforged Release Date Confirmed For January

Relive the classic.
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Warcraft III: Reforged is all set to be released early next year. This full-scale reimagining of Blizzard’s groundbreaking real-time strategy game includes the original Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos along with the award-winning Frozen Throne expansion. Reforged is scheduled to available on January 28.

Warcraft III: Reforged takes players back to a tumultuous time in Azeroth’s history. A time when a dark shadow eclipsed a peaceful land and the world trembled as the Burning Legion arrived. It was period when heroes risked everything to prevent the death of their world.

In this version, players get to relive this definitive real-time strategy classic, complete with revitalized visuals, through a single-player campaign than spans more than 60 missions. Expect to see rebalanced online play plus a wide range of contemporary social and matchmaking features as well.

Warcraft III: Reforged features include:

  • Complete Graphical Overhaul
    • This version brings the original game into the modern era with fully overhauled characters, structures, environments, animations, and graphical effects.
  • Multiplayer between versions
    • Players get to do battle with anyone who plays Warcraft III, regardless of whether they’re playing the original or Reforged.
  • Original Voice-overs
    • Reforged retains the original game’s voice over recordings, preserving the authenticity of the Warcraft III experience.
  • Rebuilt World Editor
    • Reforged features an all-new World Editor designed to empower the game’s longstanding creator community to reach new heights, with hundreds of new triggers, LUA scripting support, new tools for importing models, and more enhancements planned for the future.
  • Full Battle.net Implementation
    • Players get to enjoy the full suite of Battle.net features to bolster their Warcraft III experience, including text and voice chat, clans, and seamless installation and patching.

Pre-pruchase for the Warcraft III: Reforged standard edition is now available at the Blizzard Shop for $29.99. Players who pre-purchase get access to the ongoing beta test for Warcraft III: Reforged.

For those who want something more, they can go for the Spoils of War Edition priced at $39.99. Some of the bonus items in this edition include:

  • 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

Those who pre-purchase the Spoils of War edition also get access to the ongoing beta test.

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