Warcraft is a franchise of video games, novels and other media originally created by Blizzard Entertainment.
The series is made up of six core games: Warcraft: Orcs and Humans; Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness; Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos; and World of Warcraft. The first six of these core games are in the real-time strategy style, where opposing players command virtual armies in battle against each other or a computer-controlled enemy. The last and best selling title of the franchise is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). Expansion sets were also released for multiple games in the series, each adding more content to each game as an hard work to expand the product life span of each.Warcraft: Orcs & Humans had no expansions, Warcraft II had Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal, and Warcraft III had Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. World of Warcraft has had multiple expansions, namely World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, World of Warcraft: Fury of the Lich King and the upcoming World of Warcraft: Cataclysm.[1][2]
All games in the series have been set in and around the globe of Azeroth, a high fantasy setting. Initially, the beginning of the series focused on the human nations which make up the Eastern Kingdoms, and the Orcish Horde which arrived in Azeroth by a dark portal, beginning the great wars. The Orcs arrived from another world, often called Draenor or Outland, a world which has been shattered in to pieces by demonic magics. Later on in the series the world of Azeroth was expanded, revealing the new continents of Kalimdor and Northrend, allowing the introduction of the Night Elves, Tauren and other major races in to the universe. The world of Azeroth also contains the traditional fantasy setting races of elves, dwarves, gnomes and trolls.[3][4]
The series also resulted in the publishing of several books relevant to the Warcraft universe setting, covering a variety of the timelines of the universe.[5] A collectable card game was also published, which offered those who bought booster packs a chance to gain access codes to limited in-game content in World of Warcraft.[6][7] An upcoming film adaptation is also being produced.[8] Plenty of comics have also been released alongside the books, further covering parts of the universe's storyline. An online-subscription only journal has also been released, which is not sold at newsagents, released quarterly.[9]
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