Warcraft: Orcs & Humans has not only became a classic, winning many awards but has also set new standards for multiplayer games. On March 28, 2019, Blizzard partnered with GOG.com and released it digitally for the first time. Following the direct sequel, a whole universe of games, novels, and comic books followed for the Warcraft universe.
The sequel, Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, became the main rival to Westwood Studios' Command & Conquer series, and this competition fostered an RTS boom in the mid to late 1990s. Sales were fairly high, reviewers were mostly impressed, and the game won three awards and was a finalist for three others. The game introduced innovations in mission design and gameplay elements, which were later adopted by other RTS developers.īlizzard's main emphases in these RTS games were on skillful management of relatively small forces and development of characterization and storyline within and between games played in the same universe. Īlthough Warcraft: Orcs & Humans wasn't the first RTS title to offer multiplayer games, Blizzard's game persuaded a wider audience that multiplayer facilities were essential for future RTS titles. The game is currently out of print and the demo that was once available on Blizzard's website is no more although the demo can still be downloaded from available third parties such as the Internet Archive. The game sold 100,000 copies in its first year, making it Blizzard's best selling title at its time of release. The game features two races, the humans of the Kingdom of Azeroth and the invading orcs of the Orcish Horde. The MS-DOS version was released on Novemand quickly became a best seller. Warcraft: Orcs & Humans (also known as Warcraft I sometimes abbreviated as O&H) is a real-time strategy game (RTS) and the first video game in the Warcraft series developed by Blizzard Entertainment.
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