In the first part of the competition, contestants are tasked with creating a brand new 1v1 melee map or nominating an existing one of their own design. Any entry must not have been used for any previous Hive contest. Hop over to the Arena and join the fray!

Once the map pool has been chosen, the preliminary rounds will commence. The top 4 players from last year's tournament will be invited along with 4 more selected through 4 open qualifiers, culminating in an 8-player battle for the title in December. NOTE: the preliminary format is not finalized and is subject to change. Contestants will be notified appropriately.

Participants in the Hive Cup tournament will be competing for a prize pool of €500+, as well as an eternal place in Warcraft and Hive history!

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In celebration of reaching 100.000 members and Hive's 17th anniversary, we decided to make a special LIMITED TIME ONLY community shirt some time ago! Don't miss this chance for your name to be immortalized!

Members who give 3$ before October 20th will get their name on the banner guaranteed. All other names will be backfilled prioritised by highest level. Note, that the font size will be larger for people who preorder.

The final shirt will be available for purchase after the deadline October 20th and will come in black, white and red versions. Members who give 3$ will get an equal discount as a coupon.

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Today marks the Hive's 17th anniversary!
Join us as we celebrate:

Tens of thousands of custom maps, tools, and assets

Over 248 completed and ongoing community contests

13 completed hosted projects and more than 13 more on the way

As well as now over 100,000 users!

To prepare for this celebration, over the last few months we have been working hard on a special LIMITED TIME ONLY community shirt!

Members who give 3$ before October 20th will get their name on the banner guaranteed. All other names will be backfilled prioritized by the highest level. You still have the chance for your name to be immortalized:



Check out the banner below (design not final):

The final shirt will be available for purchase after the deadline of October 20th and will come in black, white, and red versions. Members who give 3$ will get an equal discount as a coupon.

Here's to the memories, to the community's ongoing growth, and to our users' endless creativity. Here's to another 17 years!

A good story is worth retelling, especially in high definition.
We are pleased to share some updates from two of the Hive's most promising Hosted Projects:
Warcraft 3 Re-Reforged and Warcraft: Chronicles of the Second War


A new patch has been released for the Warcraft 3 Re-Reforged: Exodus of the Horde campaign.

The patch focuses on:

• Improved handling of localizations
• Trigger performance optimization
• Facial expressions in cinematics

Download the Exodus of the Horde campaign, read the detailed patch notes and check out the Hosted Project forums here:

Also, check out BladeMasterRUSH's gameplay of the as-of-yet-unreleased Scourge of Lordaeron campaign:


We will also be looking at the latest updates for the Warcraft: Chronicles of the Second War project.

In this technical progress update, the LoreCraft Designs team has shared the current completion of their assets, script, and gameplay as well as the state of each map in the campaign.


Read the full update, check out the Hosted Project forums, and browse through the team's preview album here:

Also, check out the trailer for the campaign here: