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Update Incoming: Warcraft!
- Zachary Hordynski
- Mar 14, 2016
- 2 min read
So we’ve got some good news! Remember Warcraft III? Yeah, the one that led to one of if not the most popular MMORPG to date is receiving a patch update. According to Kotaku, the last patch that the game received was 4 years ago. That’s a long time to go without a patch, but we have to remember this is an old game. Warcraft III’s initial release date was July 3, 2002. A year later we were able to buy the expansion, Frozen Throne on July 1 2003 in the U.S. So it’s quite surprising to see a patch update.
On March 12th, Blizzard released a short video hosted by Robert Bridenbecker, the leader of Blizzard’s Classic Game Division to the Chinese Warcraft III players. In the video he explains some of the changes to the current game version such as “matchmaking [and] the ability to communicate with your friends at a level that is unparalleled to anything we have done with Warcraft III in the market before”. Currently Blizzard hasn’t released any specific details about the patch besides that it will be released globally on Tuesday, March 15. He goes on to say “this is only our first stop” which suggests that there will be more updates. According to Eddie Makuch at Kotaku, Diablo II received an update recently that helped the game perform better on newer computers, so it might be a similar update to Warcraft III. It seems Blizzard is focusing more on improving existing games judging by the creation of their Classic Games Division last year.
So where do we stand now? It looks like Blizzard will be revamping older games and continue to update current games like Hearthstone and World of Warcraft. It really excites me because Warcraft III definitely helped cement me as a gamer. Who knows, maybe they’ll even re-release The Lost Vikings! It’s nice to know that Blizzard cares about its community including old game communities such as Warcraft III and Diablo II. I just want to leave a quote Kotaku has from Blizzard, “We have a history of maintaining our games for many years. Our earlier games are still played and enjoyed today, so we want to continue to maintain them for those communities”.
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