Blizzard plans to bring 'Warcraft' to mobile

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You can expect a Warcraft game to hit mobile this year. Activision announced in a quarterly earnings news release that Blizzard Entertainment is planning to launch a Warcraft title on mobile devices in 2022. There isn't much known beyond the developer working on "substantial new content for the Warcraft franchise in 2022," including "all-new mobile Warcraft content." That also means "new experiences" for World of Warcraft and its only mobile title Hearthstone.

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‘Detective Pikachu’ is now the highest-grossing video game film of all time

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Detective Pikachu just dethroned Warcraft as the high-grossing film based on a video game. It earned US$436 million in worldwide ticket sales, which beats out Warcraft that grossed $433 million. The latter is based on the Blizzard Entertainment franchise and was produced by the same company behind Detective Pikachu, Legendary Pictures. While it wasn’t critically acclaimed, an enormous marketing campaign done in China boosted the sales of Warcraft. As opposed to Detective Pikachu, which has been well received on top of earning its new title. It comes as no surprise that a sequel is said to be in the works with 22 Jump Street writer Oren Uziel working on the script.

Source: The Verge

‘Warcraft’ and ‘Warcraft 2’ comes to GOG.com

Online gaming marketplace GOG.com gets re-released versions of Warcraft: Orcs & Humans and Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness. This is the first time the games are going to be available digitally. Both of these real-time strategy games first came out in the mid-nineties. The first game is configured for today’s operating systems. While Warcraft 2 is available in its vanilla version or in an enhanced high-res version with bug fixes. Tides of Darkness also comes with the Beyond the Dark Portal expansion pack. You can get Orcs & Humans for Windows and Mac for US$5.99 (around CA$8), and Tides of Darkness for Windows for US$9.99 (around CA$13), both on GOG.com.

Source: Engadget

Here’s a first look at the ‘Warcraft’ TV spot

The cinematic take on the Warcraft game finally gets its first TV spot. It’s showing what promises to be an epic 3D battle from some of the Blizzard Entertainment fantasy universe. The film is directed and co-written by Duncan Jones (of Moon and Source Code fame). It’s set to arrive in the U.S. on June 10^th. Some of the cast members include Travis Fimmel, Ben Kebbell, Clancy Brown, and Daniel Wu. Warcraft is a Legendary Pictures, Blizzard Entertainment, and Atlas Entertainment production.

Source: Deadline