Warcraft franchise | |
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The official logo of the franchise
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Genres | Real-time strategy, MMORPG, collectible card game |
Developers | Blizzard Entertainment |
Publishers | Blizzard Entertainment |
Creators |
Allen Adham Frank Pearce Michael Morhaime |
Platforms | DOS, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, Sega Saturn, AmigaOS 4, PlayStation, iOS, Android |
First release |
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans November 23, 1994 |
Latest release |
World of Warcraft: Legion August 30, 2016 |
Warcraft is a franchise of video games, novels, and other media created by Blizzard Entertainment. The series is made up of five core games: Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, World of Warcraft, and Hearthstone. The first three of these core games are in the real-time strategy genre, where opposing players command virtual armies in battle against each other or a computer-controlled enemy. The fourth and best-selling title of the franchise is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), where players control their character and interact with each other in a virtual world. The most recent title is Hearthstone, a digital collectible card game.
Of these games, no expansion sets were released for Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, but Warcraft II was accompanied by the release of Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal and Warcraft III was accompanied by the release of Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. Multiple expansion packages also accompanied World of Warcraft, which include: The Burning Crusade, Wrath of the Lich King, Cataclysm, Mists of Pandaria, Warlords of Draenor and Legion.