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texhnolyze · Sep 23, 2015

From 2P:

A new Warcraft title is coming - it's not a formal announcement but definitely official. The Warcraft Weibo (Chinese social network equivalent of Twitter) announces today that "I AM BACK!" Without telling what exactly the new title is, we know it will be Warcraft 4 or Warcraft 3 Remake for Battlenet.

Another clue is a Weibo update from Li Riqiang, vice presiedent of Netease (Blizzard's partner who operates all Blizzard games in China). He writes today "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.... One more (Dragon Ball) to summon Shenron."

The number 1 to 6 represents the 6 games featured at Battlenet, and the 7th is coming. What else it can be? No doubt that it will be a Warcraft game.

Eurogamer.it have also covered it.

Warcraft 4? Warcraft 3 remake?
It could be anything, perhaps just an exaggeration or misunderstanding. But I'm really hoping for Warcraft 4. The story though, where should they start from, the end of W3 or the current state of WoW?
Nonetheless, it's still a rumor from China.

Some predictions:

kulapik said:
F2p Warcraft China only

Nirolak said:
They've been hiring for an unannounced Warcraft project on their job page for a bit, but I'm guessing this is just the Warcraft 3 Remaster (and maybe 1 and 2 as well) instead of whatever that new project was (since it wasn't tied to the main RTS team as far as I could tell).

Dreathlock said:
It is preety obvious it will be wc3 updated for battle.net.

I mean we found some assets for this game on the bnet launcher several months ago.

ZhugeEX said:
http://2p.com/36362648_1/WarCraft-4-Rumor-Gets-Debunked-by-Wei.htm

Today Li Riqiang posted another update, shooting down the Warcraft 4 rumor. Now it seems that the new game is Warcraft 3 HD Remake.

kulapik · Sep 23, 2015

F2p Warcraft China only

Apath · Sep 23, 2015

I'd be happy with Warcraft 4 or a Warcraft 3 remake. Not sure I trust Blizzard to do either well these days, but still doesn't keep me from hoping for the best.

StaffyManasse · Sep 23, 2015

World of Warcraft 2 designed to be played with a controller and coming to every platform ever.

Calling it.

Enter the Dragon Punch · Sep 23, 2015

Warcraft 3 remake on the SC2 engine for the 15th anniversary in 2017

Either that, or more likely: Just teasing for stuff for Legion

repeater · Sep 23, 2015

Telltale presents "Warcraft Adventures"

ZhugeEX · Sep 23, 2015

kulapik said:
F2p Warcraft China only

Yup haha.

orochi91 · Sep 23, 2015

Remake!

I want W3 and W3: FT remakes first, followed by W4.

Or maybe a Rexar campaign spinoff, which is loot based, like Diablo.

LurkerPrime · Sep 23, 2015

I am not prepared.

kulapik said:
F2p Warcraft China only

The sad truth.

jotun? · Sep 23, 2015

The Warcraft movie is supposed to be based on the events of the first game, right? Maybe they're remaking the original

What I'd like to see are Warcraft 1 and 2 and Diablo 1 all re-released, mostly untouched except for interface improvements and of course making them run on modern systems

texhnolyze · Sep 23, 2015

kulapik said:
F2p Warcraft China only

Well, damn.
It's going to be that, isn't it?

Enter the Dragon Punch · Sep 23, 2015

texhnolyze said:
Well, damn.
It's going to be that, isn't it?

Yes. Because Blizzard has so many Chinese market only games

Tanoooki · Sep 23, 2015

hahha imagine if Blizzard somehow pulled some crazy time travel retcon stunt at the end of Legion that undid the entire WoW series and paved the way for WC4

Nirolak · Sep 23, 2015

They've been hiring for an unannounced Warcraft project on their job page for a bit, but I'm guessing this is just the Warcraft 3 Remaster (and maybe 1 and 2 as well) instead of whatever that new project was (since it wasn't tied to the main RTS team as far as I could tell).

Tan · Sep 23, 2015

repeater said:
Telltale presents "Warcraft Adventures"

better yet

Chindogg · Sep 23, 2015

Enter the Dragon Punch said:
Warcraft 3 remake on the SC2 engine for the 15th anniversary in 2017

Either that, or more likely: Just teasing for stuff for Legion

They mentioned at Blizzcon a while ago they were working on remaking Warcraft 1-3 with a smaller team. This is most likely the result of that.

Enter the Dragon Punch · Sep 23, 2015

Tanoooki said:
hahha imagine if Blizzard somehow pulled some crazy time travel retcon stunt at the end of Legion that undid the entire WoW series and paved the way for WC4

They're just gonna reboot the franchise from the alternate Azeroth timeline at the end of Warlords of Draenor

There's two continuities now: the original one, and the one with Yrel, Durotan, Grommash, etc still alive.

Tanoooki · Sep 23, 2015

jotun? said:
The Warcraft movie is supposed to be based on the events of the first game, right? Maybe they're remaking the original

Warcraft The Movie : The Game

texhnolyze · Sep 23, 2015

Chindogg said:
They mentioned at Blizzcon a while ago they were working on remaking Warcraft 1-3 with a smaller team. This is most likely the result of that.

Nirolak said:
They've been hiring for an unannounced Warcraft project on their job page for a bit, but I'm guessing this is just the Warcraft 3 Remaster (and maybe 1 and 2 as well) instead of whatever that new project was (since it wasn't tied to the main RTS team as far as I could tell).

Ah, now I remember.
Remakes would be great.

Caesar III · Sep 23, 2015

kulapik said:
F2p Warcraft China only

Also my guess!

BossDarkseid · Sep 23, 2015

Warcraft Trilogy remake in SC2s engine for release late next year/early 2017 (after the xpac basically) with part of the draw being that they'll (hopefully) be getting a lot of people interested after the movie so...why not draw them in to WoW and the originals...

it'll be nothing tho

-MD- · Sep 23, 2015

Hopefully it's that Warcraft 2 remaster they mentioned a couple years ago.

deleted · Sep 23, 2015

I'd play through a Warcraft 3 remaster again.

The visuals have aged pretty well thanks to the artstyle and the gameplay wasn't really copied or revisited by other games. The story was also the last time Blizzard was at the top of their game.

I guess this'd be a day 1 purchase for me.

Also: Didn't some High Res Icons pop up a while back that pointed to a WC3 remake?

Hektor · Sep 23, 2015

Warcraft Clicker

SolVanderlyn · Sep 23, 2015

I'd be down for a WarCraft I and II remake in the SC2 engine. WC3 still plays fine and has a cohesive story that fits in with series canon (yes, I know, lolWoWlore) even though it looks pretty bad. WCI and II's story is basically all from retcons, supplemental material and the vague text crawls from the original games.

That said, I'd be down for any WarCraft RTS.

JimmyRustler · Sep 23, 2015

Well, Blizzard would be stupid to not capitalize from the the buzz the movie will make - ether with a remake or a sequel.

Syf · Sep 23, 2015

I'm down for any Warcraft RTS. Can't see it being WC4 but the remasters are definitely possible (and I'd love that too).

maniac-kun · Sep 23, 2015

WarCraft 4 and as a bonus WarCraft 1 Campaign remade with the WC4 engine.

And Blizzcon is at November 6th -8th. So maybe we see some announcement there?

Generic Power Ranger · Sep 23, 2015

Warcraft 4 ! COMAWN !

MetroidPrimeRib · Sep 23, 2015

WarCraft 2 or 3 remake has been rumored for years but it looks like it will actually happen pretty soon this time

Shaanyboi · Sep 23, 2015

Warcraft is back... in pog form

Phat Michael · Sep 23, 2015

If it's a proper RTS warcraft 4 I'll blow whoever.

Maximus. · Sep 23, 2015

I want whatever it is they are selling.

mysteriousmage09 · Sep 23, 2015

Warcraft 3 Remaster.

I don't trust Blizz to do Warcraft 4 without Rob Pardo.

Jigorath · Sep 23, 2015

I loved Warcraft 2 and 3 to death, I'd be down for a fourth game. Provided they don't fuck it up like Diablo 3.

LurkerPrime · Sep 23, 2015

Personally, I just want Illidan and Evil Arthas back. WoW's lore is such a bore.

Fraull said:
I want whatever it is they are selling.

What if they add a new race...

...and then split the five campaigns into their own games, with the final one releasing in 2030?

roytheone · Sep 23, 2015

With their RTS team just finishing up the last StarCraft 2 expansion, I doubt they are far enough with a potential warcraft IV to announce something. I could see a remake from one of the older games happening though.

Apath · Sep 23, 2015

Nirolak said:
They've been hiring for an unannounced Warcraft project on their job page for a bit, but I'm guessing this is just the Warcraft 3 Remaster (and maybe 1 and 2 as well) instead of whatever that new project was (since it wasn't tied to the main RTS team as far as I could tell).

So it's confirmed that we will eventually be getting a Warcraft 3 update? That's huge. Hoping they manage to include true widescreen support, thwart map hackers, and introduce a party system for joining custom games.

orochi91 · Sep 23, 2015

Phat Michael said:
If it's a proper RTS warcraft 4 I'll blow whoever.

I'm kinda hoping it's more loot-based RPG, like Diablo lol

The Rexxar campaign in WC3: Frozen Throne was the best part of the entire game.

Apath · Sep 23, 2015

orochi91 said:
I'm kinda hoping it's more loot-based RPG, like Diablo lol

The Rexxar campaign in WC3: Frozen Throne was the best part of the entire game.

The Rexxar campaign was awful compared to what modders were making even during year one of ROC. Some amazing custom RPG games came and went during the years WC3 was popular.

Nirolak · Sep 23, 2015

Apath said:
So it's confirmed that we will eventually be getting a Warcraft 3 update? That's huge. Hoping they manage to include true widescreen support, thwart map hackers, and introduce a party system for joining custom games.

Not 100% confirmed, but all signs point to yes on some kind of update for the game.

MrCunningham · Sep 23, 2015

Warcraft Ghost

Warcraft The Movie: The Game

orochi91 · Sep 23, 2015

Apath said:
The Rexxar campaign was awful compared to what modders were making even during year one of ROC. Some amazing custom RPG games came and went during the years WC3 was popular.

There are mods for WC3?

Never played any, will have to check this out soon :3

LurkerPrime · Sep 23, 2015

Gawd, if they actually remastered WC3 and brought the editor up to date, it could be Blizzard again reviving Battle.net's custom content scene. But they'll probably muck it up with B.net 2.0 or Arcade nonsense somehow.

After SC2, I don't know that they've got the touch to pull it off again, honestly.

orochi91 said:
There are mods for WC3?

Never played any, will have to check this out soon :3

There's total conversations out there and thousands of custom maps. Some of it is absolutely amazing. There was a lot of innovation being done within Battle.net's mapping community.

Y'know DotA 2? DotA 1 was made in Warcraft 3's map editor.

Oni Link 666 · Sep 23, 2015

I would really like to see a single player Warcraft RPG. Something like WoW with a party and pausing like Dragon Age. Or maybe some kind of Devil May Cry type of game where you play as people like Sylvanas and Thrall.

zeox · Sep 23, 2015

Been hearing stuff about a remaster of war3 for ages, maybe this is finally it (oh god please let this be it)

Apath · Sep 23, 2015

LurkerPrime said:
Gawd, if they actually remastered WC3 and brought the editor up to date, it could be Blizzard again reviving Battle.net's custom content scene. But they'll probably muck it up with B.net 2.0 or Arcade nonsense somehow.

If that means it being more like SC2's editor and less like WC3's World Editor--no thank you.

SteveWD40 · Sep 23, 2015

Warcraft for tablets (1-3 remastered?)

Drayco21 · Sep 23, 2015

I want a Warcraft 4 so bad.

It won't happen, but god would I love it.

LurkerPrime · Sep 23, 2015

Apath said:
If that means it being more like SC2's editor and less like WC3's World Editor--no thank you.

Nah, it was too complicated and killed everything. I mean just bringing it wholesale to the modern era, with larger filesize limitations and stuff like that.

That 4 MB filesize limit is crazy to think of nowadays. It contained the map info and all custom content used on that map. It was only in the twilight of WC3's lifetime that they doubled it to 8 MB.

...I think I'd buy a remastered WC3. Dammit.

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