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Orcnet · Aug 12, 2015

Blizzard has revealed its RTS team may indeed revisit the Warcraft franchise once the last chapter in the StarCraft II story is complete.

Speaking to IGN at Gamescom, StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void producer Tim Morten admitted that while the potential is certainly there for StarCraft III focusing on all-new characters, it's not the only option available to them.

"This isn’t the end of StarCraft, but it’s the end of this story for these characters. We don’t have any specific plans, but I’ll say that the universe has so much potential for more stories, clearly other stories could be told."

"It’s very rewarding for us to hear that there’s demand out there for more RTS content in the Warcraft universe so once we’re done with Void I think we’ll get together as a team and talk about what would inspire us to work on next. There’s no question, though, that we’ll consider Warcraft, StarCraft, or even new ideas. Anything is possible."

Though far from an airtight confirmation, it certainly seems Blizzard is keener on the idea than it once was. Until recently the company had asserted MMO World of Warcraft was the future of the franchise - it now seems we could see a new RTS after all. :grin:

Of course even if a full game doesn't materialise, it's not necessarily the end of the world. Heroes of the Storm game director Dustin Browder teased a new mode that could come to the company's MOBA in the future bearing similarities to the much-loved Warcraft III.

[*This News is based from the post IGN made; Aug 12 2015]

Chaosy · Aug 6, 2015

Today Blizzard revealed the new World of Warcraft expansion at Gamescom 2015. As it turns out, it will be called "World of Warcraft Legion". As the name suggests we're back to fighting the Burning Legion.

Lore:

When we return from the alternate reality Draenor we find out that the Burning Legion is invading our dear Azeroth.
Apparently a huge portal has been opened at the Tomb of Sargeras which was featured in the Frozen Throne Campaign.
This is the Burning Legion's biggest invasion ever.

New features:

*new continent, "the Broken Isles"
*new hero class, "Demon Hunter"
*Artifact Weapons
*Level cap raised to 110
*revamped honor system
*new raids and dungeons

Dungeons (9):

Halls of Valor
Black Rook Hold
Vault of the Wardens
Eye of Azshara
Darkheart Thicket
Neltharion's Lair
Helheim
Suramar City
Violet Hold

Raids (2):

The Emerald Nightmare - 7 bosses
Suramar Palace - 10 bosses

*Alleria, Tyralion and Illidan will be featured, no details given

Notes:

Right now, the only hero class in WoW is the Death Knight. This means that the Demon Hunter class will start at a higher level which is yet to be revealed. The class will also have a unique starting zone. They will only have two specs, "Vengeance" (tank) and "Havoc" (melee dps).

Artifacts are unique to your class and spec. They will be obtained through (unique for each weapon) quests while leveling. It's basically the really famous weapons. For example Retribution Paladins will be able to wield the Ashbringer. And Death Knights will wield att reforged version of Frostmourne. To avoid everyone using the same weapon there will be multiple variations of the weapon (visual only). The weapon also have a built in talent like system where you can gather points to spend and gain perks. This is also unique to the weapon in question. You will be able to upgrade the weapon in various ways for some currency, so it seems like you will use the same weapon the whole expansion. They did go into detail about how to obtain this currency, they vaguely said that it would be obtained by pretty much doing anything, dungeons, raids, battleground etc.

The new honor system will tune down the gear difference between honor gear and conquest gear to make it more fair. There will be a PvP rank system where you have a level which caps at 50. By leveling you unlock perks in a big talent tree.
You can reset your hero level once you reach 50 to gain 1 prestige level, just like in games like CoD. Having prestige levels will give you a small badge at your character portrait and will make you able to by visual fluff like transmog and mounts. It's confirmed that at least one Artifact will be unlocked through the prestige system.

StoPCampinGn00b · Jul 23, 2015

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PurgeandFire · Jul 23, 2015

New expansion, new cards. This one is themed around the Argent Tournament. Pretty cool. It was one of my favorite events during WotLK, so it is nice to see it translated over to hearthstone. View the trailer below, and check out the new cards at Hearthpwn!

In this expansion, they've added the Inspire trait to a few cards. It will activate each time the controlling hero uses their hero power.

A Void · Jul 15, 2015

Over the weekend during Comic-Con 2015, Legendary and Blizzard showed off some footage of the upcoming Warcraft movie to attendees. The footage was exclusive to the attendees at the event, but thanks to someone sneakily recording the video, we now know what Comic-Con attendees were treated too.

Now we have to point out that this is actual footage from the movie and it is not a trailer. This means that essentially you would be spoiling a bit of the movie for yourself if you were to watch it, but if you’re not too fussed, then go ahead. It should also be noted that the footage is rather grainy so bear in mind that your actual experience might be different.

That being said, we have to admit that the CG portions of the movie looks great, although a bit unrealistic. If this had been a trailer for the Warcraft game we would have gladly applauded Blizzard’s efforts, but as far as a movie is concerned, it doesn’t have the right feel, at least in our opinion.

In any case with this leak, we’re not sure how Legendary plans on responding. Perhaps they might release a higher quality version, who knows? In the meantime the official trailer is pegged for November later this year so hopefully we will get a better quality video then.

Click one of the links below to download the leaked footage:

Link 1 - Mega.CO.NZ (Download)
Link 2 - Tiny Upload (Download)
Link 3 - Mega File Upload (Download)

Note: Due to NBCUniversal complaints the original file (Attachment) was removed from Hiveworkshop. You can still download the footage from one of the off-site links provided.

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