CD Projekt RED’s approach to The Witcher III seems to have inspired Blizzard Entertainment.

For the first time since the 2003 Frozen Throne expansion, Warcraft III is getting a new campaign. Blizzard announced at BlizzCon that the expansion has already been released. This strategy is called a “shadowdrop,” and it has been successful for other games—just think of Hi-Fi Rush from Tango Gameworks, which is now owned by Krafton instead of Microsoft.

At a briefing before the opening ceremony of BlizzCon, Blizzard revealed that Warcraft III: Forsaken Kingdom is a two-part campaign for Warcraft III: Reforged, the 2020 remastered version of the 2002 real-time strategy (RTS) game. The campaign begins with a prologue telling the story of Arthas, the main antagonist of World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King expansion. Following the prologue, the main part of the campaign focuses on Undercity, the capital of the Forsaken Kingdom of the undead. There, players will encounter characters such as Sylvanas, Putress, and the Scarlet Crusade. In addition to the new expansion, Warcraft III: Reforged will receive a free 3.0 update. The Forsaken Kingdom is now available for $30 on Battle.net.

Reforged wasn’t popular when it first came out in 2020, but a new update and surprise expansion could improve its reputation. 2026 has clearly become the year of surprise expansions for classic games. The Forsaken Kingdom joins Thief Remastered (The Tarnished Mirror), Quake (Dawn of the Machine), and The Witcher 3 (Songs of the Past).

If Diablo V has been announced, and if something is in the works for StarCraft—though not exactly a real-time strategy game—and if a third version of World of Warcraft has been announced, why are they neglecting Warcraft with a new RTS? Or is this some kind of test to gauge demand?

Source: PCGamer