The 30th anniversary of the “Warcraft” series has revealed a lot of new news, including “Warcraft Remaster” being launched today, “StarCraft” joining “Hearthstone”, etc.

Blizzard Entertainment held the “Warcraft Series 30th Anniversary Live Broadcast Conference” today (14th), revealing update plans for a large number of its games. This live broadcast can be said to be equivalent to this year’s small online BlizzCon. In addition, Taiwanese media such as 4Gamers also I briefly visited several game producers.

Next, let’s summarize the content of this live broadcast and interview

“Warcraft” series

“Warcraft Remaster” and “Warcraft II Remaster” are launched today. Both games have been re-adjusted with modern art & UI, and support custom maps from the past, allowing players to relive the beginning of “Warcraft” and other games. classic.

“Warcraft III: Tempered Reborn” has also received a major update to 2.0, allowing players to choose between the graphics quality of “Quenched Reborn”, the classic version of the game, and a new, higher-resolution version that matches modern systems. Remastered version of classic game graphics.

In addition, players can mix and match user interface elements, from icons and avatars to game scenes, with three different image quality options.

In addition, the “Warcraft Battle Collection”, a collection of the above three generations, is also on sale from now on, allowing you to experience the contents of the three generations at once.

“Hearthstone”

The production team shared their plans for the “Year of the Velociraptor” in 2025, including the next three expansion packs.

The first is “Star Ocean Heroes”, which will be released in January. This is the first cross-border cooperation between “Star Ocean Hegemony” and “Hearthstone”, becoming a new “mini” series. Each of the three camps will have a hero. The heroes will be led by Kerrigan, Artanis, and Raynor, each with 4 professions.

In terms of system, “Underground Arena” will be added. In this mode, after losing, you can rebuild your deck to fight. The points for the two modes will be separated in the future. The underground arena is expected to be launched next year.

The three expansion packs include the first “Emerald Dream”. In the second expansion pack, players will return to Un’Goro Crater to explore the “Hidden City (tentative translation)”, and embark on a journey with Chromie at the end of the year. Go to “Heroes of Time” to explore another reality.

Although the production team of “Hearthstone” stated in the early days that there were no plans for cross-border cooperation, this time the design team stated that this decision was due to many factors.

Because the current members are somewhat different from those then, the current ideas are also different from those of the previous team. In the early days, there were still many unexplored areas of Warcraft. Now Hearthstone has been launched for 10 years, although there are still There’s a lot of ground to explore, but someone came up with this idea and got the support of today’s team.

The biggest challenge in this cooperation is how to recognize the elements of Star Ocean at a glance, because Star Ocean and World of Warcraft are completely different game types. Therefore, not only are the aspects of the story different, Star Ocean players will notice the details that World of Warcraft players will notice. Very different too.

For example, Star Ocean players are very familiar with words or terms such as micromanagement and sea flooding, so the team spent a lot of time understanding “Star Ocean Hegemony” and hoped to present it in Hearthstone.

The renovation of the arena hopes to make it easier for players to get started. Therefore, the general arena is changed to only need to win 5 games, and it will not be as intense as in the past.

But for veterans who are very familiar with the arena, they will recommend the underground arena. Not only is it more difficult, but the rewards are also higher. In addition, if you lose in the underground arena, you can draw cards to gain the possibility of adjusting your deck, and it can better identify you. Where is the level of .

“Warcraft Corps”

“Warcraft Legion”, which celebrates its first anniversary, is now available for logging in to play to receive first-anniversary rewards. The PC version of the beta test will begin on December 11. With the launch of the PC version of “Warcraft Legion”, a new function “Leader of Dual Families (tentative translation)” will also be launched in the game.

The three leaders will belong to two families at the same time, including Ogryn. Doomhammer, Malfurion. Stormrage, and Anub’arak, etc. And the already launched Sylvanas. Windrunner will also be adjusted to become a dual hero, and she will be able to command Horde and Undead soldiers.

When interviewed, the production team stated that they have always wanted to launch “Warcraft Legion” on PC. This is what the team has been thinking about, but the focus at the beginning is on the mobile version. As functions, features and other content become increasingly rich, I think it might be a good time to launch it on PC.

Currently, Warcraft Legion does not support home consoles. Whether it will support consoles cannot yet be revealed, but I am very happy to be able to play Warcraft Legion on PC. I hope it meets everyone’s expectations for Blizzard’s PC games. The operation is similar to the touch control of mobile phones. Very different too.

As far as PC is concerned, there are two big challenges this time. The first is that the mouse can stop on an object, but this does not happen with touch. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure that the mobile phone interacts with the player in the same way. When moving the mouse and cursor over an object, the light and shade are adjusted to let the player know which object can be interacted with now.

In addition, the PC version has hot keys, that is, the number keys correspond to the chess pieces that can be played. Compared with dragging, the hot keys may bring some advantages. This aspect is still under observation.

When it comes to dual heroes, the production team said that rather than asking for players, they have been thinking about whether they can bring in the concept of dual families. Originally, the families may be Blackstone, Alliance and other families, and each family will have some classic play styles. .

However, the production team hopes to expand the family gameplay. The leader of a dual family can lead two families, so Sylvanas has also been updated. In addition to upgrading her skills and abilities, she also has the status of a dual family leader. There will be more in the future. combinations and matching.

In addition, the production team also revealed that during this summer vacation, we counted the Undead Baron as the most popular leader, and Spider-Man as the least popular leader, but we feel that he is underestimated, and as mentioned in the film, very The iconic angry chicken has been summoned by the billions.

“World of Warcraft” Classic Edition

The first is the Classic Edition. The original Classic Edition will enter the “Mists of Pandaria” expansion pack next year. In addition, the “20th Anniversary Edition Server” will be launched, which is another brand-new server starting from the Muji era and adding expert server options. Both of these features will continue with content updates. In addition, non-expert servers will also be synced to Burning Crusade Classic.

The classic version and the current version are already games with different features, but no matter which version the player chooses, if you want a little action game experience, you may choose the modern version, but if you like role-playing, exploration, etc., then it may be more suitable Classic version. Now many players who are exposed to World of Warcraft for the first time will choose the classic version first. It also adds some mechanisms to make it easier for players to find teammates.

Talking about the 20th anniversary of the completely restarted “Classic Classic Edition”, the producer said: “Players may not expect that a Classic Edition server will be launched every few years, but the reason why a new server will be launched this time is that we hope that the server can be The excitement of the device just coming online allows players to experience it and have the opportunity to experience it from scratch.”

“I hope I can experience everything starting from zero. For me, Warcraft emphasizes journey and process, and this is a good opportunity to establish connections, so this new server is very suitable for players who want to try the classic version.”

“World of Warcraft”

As for the modern version of “World of Warcraft”, the first major content update of 11.1 “Beware of the Pit” will be launched early next year. Players can go to the underground Goblin capital of the Pit City, continue to hunt down the mysterious Xal’atath, and Stop her plan.

Youkeng City has all kinds of the strangest and most advanced technologies. Players can use brand-new vehicles here – customizable racing cars, which will provide a special riding experience like flying dragon riding.

In addition, this update also has 2 new explorations and 1 new dungeon, which will be added to the pool of legendary keystone dungeons in Season 2; in addition, there are 4 dungeons of the same period and 3 nostalgic dungeons. Dungeons have also been added to the alternative library. There is also a new 8-boss raid dungeon: players will face Gallywix and his allies in Pyre.

At the end of this press conference, the Warcraft team also announced that the next expansion pack of “World of Warcraft” “Darkest Night” will launch the cabin function of player houses (tentative translation). and showed a short trailer.

During the interview, the producer of the racing system of Youkeng City first talked about: “I hope racing can give everyone a new experience. We also hope to take this opportunity to present various aspects of goblins, including culture and values, some of which are humane. Culture may have been less mentioned in the past. The story will also be closely related to the main plot, and players will know what role Goblin plays in the Battle for the Center of the Earth.”

As for the concept of racing system, the production team equates it with sky riding. There are different tracks in Youkeng City, but for players, if they want to hold a racing competition by themselves, there is no problem, so it is also I’d love to see players hold this kind of competition, but it’s designed to be based on the concept of Sky Riding.

Talking about the finally announced hut system, the producer said: “The feedback from players is the main reason for launching the hut. Someone made a wish for this when Warcraft was first launched, so it is something that the team has been discussing for a long time, but it needs to be Only with a very practical plan and approach can we meet the expectations of players, so we have thought about it for a long time, and now we have content that players can expect.”