Warcraft 1 and 2 Remasters Out Now for PC - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 December 2024 / 2,433 Views
Blizzard Entertainment has announced and released Warcraft: Remastered and Warcraft II: Remastered for PC. They are available on Battle.net for $9.99 each.
The Warcraft Remastered Battle Chest is also available on Battle.net for $39.99. It includes Warcraft: Remastered, Warcraft II: Remastered, and Warcraft III: Reforged.
View a trailer below:
Read details on the two remasters below:
Warcraft: Remastered
Relive the original Warcraft tale of Orcs & Humans.
Journey back to the beginning of a 30-year legacy with the first Warcraft story created in 1994, now remastered with vivid, all-new visuals and modernized controls!
Experience the inciting war between Orcs and Humans that shook Azeroth to its core. Defend the realm as the noble Alliance, or seek to conquer it as the bloodthirsty Horde across thrilling faction campaigns or custom skirmish games. Whichever side you take, there has never been a better time to charge into the legendary battles of Azeroth’s greatest heroes in the Warcraft universe.
Rediscover Iconic Sights and Sounds
Toggle between the classic art and the lovingly updated hand-painted artwork. Take in the full view of epic battles with widescreen support and numerous visual updates for the user interface. Enjoy the classic musical themes, now uncompressed and rebalanced.
Classic Gameplay, Modern Controls
Modern improvements, such as health bars, increased unit selection, hotkey indicators, and more have been added to build a seamless experience for a modern audience.
A Preservation Of History
Having excavated original concept art from 1994, Warcraft: Remastered includes a plethora of never-before-seen pieces that heralded the beginnings of the Warcraft legacy! Enjoy the lore and history as it was told in the past.
Warcraft II: Remastered
Master the tides in Warcraft‘s second iconic title.
Captain your own fleet in the second Warcraft title created in 1995, now remastered with vivid, all-new visuals and modernized controls!
War between orc and humans rages on across the seas, and the fate of the world hangs in the balance as the great tacticians of the Horde and the Alliance clash. Only one thing is certain: winning this war will demand unprecedented cunning, courage, and nerves of steel.
The Tides of Darkness Rise Again
After you’ve experienced the campaign for Tides of Darkness, prepare to take your honed skills into the Beyond the Dark Portal campaign, which is also included in this complete Warcraft II: Remastered package.
Rediscover Iconic Sights and Sounds
Toggle between the classic art and the lovingly updated hand-painted artwork. Take in the full view of epic battles with widescreen support and numerous visual updates for the user interface. Enjoy the classic musical themes, now uncompressed and rebalanced.
Join the Frenzy
Integrated with your Battle.Net account, test your friends in multiplayer on classic or custom maps that support up to eight players at once! Connect globally with players around the world by hosting or joining custom game lobbies.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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oh damn Warcraft and Warcraft II had me on the computer so much in the 90s. Only played Red Alert more than those.
Suprised they didn't release it on Steam
Blizzard don't release games on Steam, Activision does.
Blizzard has released 2 games on Steam under MS ownership, and they’ve since been split from Activision.
So they released 2 games, that doesn't mean they will release everything
This kicks ass! Some of the first games I ever played and I never thought they would receive the remaster treatment. And with WC3 Reforged getting its 2.0 patch, I'll be reliving my childhood again properly.
I'm also VERY interested on the prospects that Warcraft has its own RTS team!
Installed them and the remaster of Orcs and Humans is so cool :)
This is cool for the RTS team; I always prefered Warcraft to Starcraft because of the fantasy settings for some reason. Hopefully some good stuff comes out of it!
Gotta be honest, I feel like the W3 patch was all smoke and mirrors to convince people they've fixed it when they haven't touched any of the actual issues. At least they're back to working on it though
Yeah, the biggest benefits that came out of the patch were the competitive players. I do appreciate the Frozen Throne main menu, UI responsiveness, and the functional main menu (like clearly separating the multiplayer and LAN options) but there’s definitely a lot of technical work that needs to be done. I also do like the campaigns being separated by books lol. Just a nice touch. It feels like this patch is mostly laying the groundwork for future updates.
At least they now have a dedicated Warcraft RTS team so we know it will only get better here on out……hopefully lol. The guy presenting them during the Direct implied he barely started working on the RTS games as of 2023 or 2024. So this new team is barely getting started.
I did not know Warcraft 1 got a remaster...
Loved this game; was the first one I played a that infamous null modem cable; seeing the other player (the host) move his/her mouse in the menu while preparing the game was amazing :D
Thanks to outdated controls, I haven't really played the first Warcraft since Warcraft 2 first came out. Gonna be fun to revisit this game with good controls again.
Awesome news, just brought it. Legendary games.
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