Warcraft 3 Reforged

Whenever I hear rumors about a Diablo 2 remaster — much less the idea that Blizzard has been hiding it from us and plans to release it late this year — I think about the disastrous path that led to making the game, and how the people who made the game don't think a remaster will ever happen.

Despite Blizzard's reputation for publishing polished products — and Warcraft 3 Reforged's release delay — the game has hasn't been well received.

Warcraft 3: Reforged may not have launched without issue, but one of the genuinely enjoyable surprises it came with was the inclusion of three missions that players of the original Warcraft 3 would likely never have experienced.

A complete remaster of the original Warcraft 3 launches later today, so here's a primer on what you can expect when you begin playing at 3 p.m.

In case you hadn't heard, Blizzard has announced that Warcraft 3: Reforged will be coming out later than 2019 -- specifically, January 28th of 2020.

The Warcraft 3: Reforged team may miss their projected release date of "on or before December 31st 2019" but this afternoon's announcement of January 28th 2020 doesn't miss by much.

Are you in the lucky pool of people that already received your invitation to the Warcraft 3 Reforged beta?

After a quiet year since the game's announcement (but also a few weeks of some very conspicuous data updates and beta rumors), there's some news for Warcraft 3: Reforged.

After being announced at BlizzCon 2018 we haven't heard a peep about Warcraft 3: Reforged, though the announced release date at the time was before the end of 2019.