Blizzard has announced an expansion to Warcraft III, titled Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, due around July, roughly a year after the original launched. Key features include one new hero per race, each with powerful abilities.
Blizzard released the Warcraft III demo yesterday. The story: after an ominous warning from a mysterious prophet, Orc warchief Thrall must lead his warriors to a strange new land in this playable demo of Reign of Chaos.
Command & Conquer Generals has been officially delayed, though Westwood always ships eventually. GameSpyDaily reports that EA Pacific's highly anticipated PC RTS has been strategically pushed to February next year. A long wait, but worth it.
UT2003 has gone gold; it'll hit shelves in about two weeks, and I can't wait. Sure to be a great game with fantastic graphics. As the forum post says, they shipped the release version to manufacturing.
Not Starcraft II, but Starcraft: Ghost. At a Tokyo Game Show press conference today, Blizzard Entertainment unveiled Starcraft: Ghost, a tactical-action console game set in Blizzard's epic Starcraft universe. Console, not PC, which is rather surprising.
Just back from Funan with my copy of Warcraft 3. I'd expected few people, since students had school later, but there were already huge queues. Four shops were selling it, 1,000 copies each for today only.
The game I've awaited for two years, Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, has gone gold, shipping to retailers worldwide on 3 July. Start saving: the collector's edition runs S$110, the standard $60, though prices aren't confirmed.