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Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos

|genre modes [[Single player, ratings [[Entertainment Software Rating Board|ESRB: T platforms [[Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, media [[CD-ROM|CD (1)
|requirements Recommended:600 MHz processor, 256 MB of RAM, 32 MB 3D video card, DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card (Windows)
|input Keyboard and Mouse
}}

Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (War3 or WC3 or RoC) is a real-time strategy computer game released by Blizzard Entertainment on July 3, 2002 (US). It is the second sequel to Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, and it is the third game set in the Warcraft Universe. An expansion pack, The Frozen Throne, was released on July 1, 2003 (US).

Warcraft III contains four playable races:races/> Humans and Orcs, which had previously appeared in Warcraft: Orcs & Humans and Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, and the Night Elves and Undead, which are new to the Warcraft mythos.faq/> Warcraft IIIs single-player campaign is laid out similarly to that of StarCraft, being told through all four of the games races in a progressive manner. Multiplayer mode allows for play against other people, via the internet, instead of playing against computer-controlled characters as is done in the single-player custom game mode.

The game proved to be one of the most anticipated and popular computer game releases ever, with 4.5 million units shipped to retail stores and over one million units sold within a month. Warcraft III won many awards including "Game of the Year" from more than six different publications.awards>

The events played out in Warcraft III eventually set the stage for Blizzards first MMORPG, World of Warcraft, and its subsequent expansions.

Gameplay
A game of Warcraft III takes place on a map of varying size, such as large plains and fields, with terrain features like rivers, mountains, seas, or cliffs. In Campaign mode, the map is initially covered with the Black Mask, a dark layer which obscures the landscape beneath until it is explored. The Black read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warcraft+III%3a+Reign+of+Chaos

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