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4 unusual facts about Warcraft: Legends


Warcraft: Legends

I Got What Yule Need: From acclaimed writer Christie Golden comes the tale of a down-on-his-luck goblin named Krizz looking for a way to make some easy coin... even if that means playing Greatfather Winter.

Fear: From Richard A. Knaak and Kim Jae-Hwan (Warcraft: The Sunwell Trilogy) comes part two in the ongoing saga of Trag Highmountain, the heroic tauren reborn as one of the undead.

Fallen: From Richard A. Knaak and Kim Jae-Hwan comes an intriguing follow-up to Warcraft: The Sunwell Trilogy.

Fiend: From the critically acclaimed team of Richard A. Knaak and Kim Jae-Hwan (Warcraft: The Sunwell Trilogy) comes part three in the continuing adventures of Trag Highmountain, the heroic tauren reborn as one of the undead.


Andy Brick

Brick has conducted over 70 game titles including Final Fantasy, Super Mario Bros., Legend of Zelda, Halo, and World of Warcraft with orchestras throughout the world including Prague Symphony Orchestra, Moravian Philharmonic, Bratislava Symphony, The Czech National Symphony, The North Carolina Symphony, The Eugene Symphony, The Filmharmonic of Prague and members of the New York Philharmonic and Detroit Symphony.

Bill Amend

Amend is also an avid World of Warcraft player, but refuses to reveal his character's name, although he did mention in an interview with Allakhazam (a World of Warcraft fan site) that he played on the server 'Bronzebeard' (Jason is often shown or referred to playing "World of Warquest" in the strip).

Characters of Warcraft

Arthas Menethil (voiced by Justin Gross in Warcraft III and Patrick Seitz in World of Warcraft) was the prince of Lordaeron and son of Terenas Menethil before he was corrupted and joined the undead Scourge, at which point he killed his father and unleashed the undead upon his homeland.

Vol'jin (voiced by Chris Metzen in World of Warcraft and its first three expansions, then by Dave Fennoy in Mists of Pandaria) is the Warchief of the Horde following the downfall of Garrosh Hellscream at the end of Mists of Pandaria, and is the leader of the Darkspear trolls.

Chun Jung-Hee

The Warcraft III division of the former Saint Proteam was recruited by German professional gaming team SK Gaming to boost their appeal in Asia.

Compupress

In addition, Anubis has also published more than 80 books of the classic RPG Dragonlance and Forgotten Realms series licensed from Wizards of the Coast, a number of Warhammer novels licensed from Black Library, as well as a dozen Warcraft and Starcraft novels licensed from Blizzard Entertainment.

Fires of Azeroth

This book has no connection to the Warcraft-universe, even though they share the Azeroth name.

Fog of war

Two of the most successful Blizzard franchises, Warcraft and StarCraft as well as Riot Game's League of Legends, also use a similar fog of war which only reveals terrain features and enemy units through a player's reconnaissance.

Jang Jae-Ho

By January 2004 Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne (released July 2003) replaced Reign of Chaos as the game of choice for professional competitions and at this time Jang Jae Ho was recognized as one of South Korea's greatest WarCraft III players, but had limited exposure globally as he had at this point not competed in any competitions outside of South Korea.

John Hagel III

John Hagel III, John Seely Brown, How World Of Warcraft Promotes Innovation; in: Willms Buhse/Ulrike Reinhard: Wenn Anzugträger auf Kapuzenpullis treffen (When Suits meet Hoodies), whois-Verlag 2009.

John Seely Brown

John Seely Brown, John Hagel III, How World Of Warcraft Promotes Innovation; in: Willms Buhse/Ulrike Reinhard: Wenn Anzugträger auf Kapuzenpullis treffen (When Suits meet Hoodies), whois-Verlag 2009.

Leroy Jenkins

Leeroy Jenkins, a player character and internet phenomenon from World of Warcraft

Lovers' Legends: The Gay Greek Myths

Lovers' Legends Unbound is a theatrical production directed by Agnes Lev, performed by Timothy Carter, with incidental music composed and performed by Steve Gorn.

Naruto Shippuden: Legends: Akatsuki Rising

After finding it, he encountered Zetsu and Tobi, a mysterious individual who wished to take Sasori's place in Akatsuki.

Temari offered to assist them, but Chiyo, another puppeteer and Sasori's grandmother, went in her place.

After arriving at Sunagakure, Team Kakashi learned of the attack on Kankuro.

They were made into weaker copies of those they were impersonating through Nagato's Shapeshifting Technique.

The story begins in Sunagakure, the Akatsuki duo of Deidara and Sasori made their way to the village in search of Gaara.

While Team Kakashi tracked Sasori through the piece of clothing, the Akatsuki leader sent Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki to deal with Team Kakashi and the approaching Team Guy respectively.

Races and factions of Warcraft

The pandaren were originally introduced as an April Fools' joke by Blizzard's art director Samwise Didier as a playable race in Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne; in the "bonus" campaign centered around the Horde, the pandaren brewmaster Chen Stormstout is a supporting character, marking the first appearance of the race in Warcraft.

Red 5

Red 5 Studios, a studio formed by three key former members of the World of Warcraft team

Red Giant Entertainment

Red Giant publishes a variety of webcomics with strategic partner Keenspot, most notably Wayward Sons: Legends, Exposure, Jade Warriors, Buzzboy, Medusa's Daughter, Katrina, and Porcelain.

Samwise Didier

He is responsible for creating much of the artwork for computer games in the Warcraft, StarCraft, and the Diablo series.

Twitch gameplay

Soon after turn-based strategy games were introduced, real-time strategy games were introduced to the video gaming market, beginning with Herzog Zwei and then Dune II and eventually leading to popular titles such as Command & Conquer, Warcraft, and StarCraft.

Warcraft III professional competition

:He is one of the most successful Warcraft III players ever, holding among other achievements first places at the World e-Sports Games, Blizzard Worldwide Invitational and Cyberathlete Professional League competitions.

Only two premier tournaments which he never got champion are the World e-Sports Games and International E-Sports Festival but he also got the silver medals of World e-Sports Games in 2008 and 2010, and sliver medals of International E-Sports Festival in 2007.He helped the team World Elite get the champion of Warcraft III Champions League Season XI.

He also got the silver medals of Warcraft III Champions League Season XV and NGL One season III in Mousesports.

Warcraft: Day of the Dragon

Set after Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness but before Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Day of the Dragon is the story of how a human Mage, Rhonin ventures into the last remaining Orc-controlled lands in Khaz Modan by the order of Krasus.

Warcraft: Lord of the Clans

Warcraft: Lord of the Clans is a novel by Star Trek novelist Christie Golden based in Blizzard Entertainments Warcraft Universe.

World of Warcraft: Arthas: Rise of the Lich King

Arthas: Rise of the Lich King is a novel by Christie Golden, the author of Star Trek and other Warcraft novels.

World of Warcraft: Beyond the Dark Portal

World of Warcraft: Beyond the Dark Portal is a fantasy novel written by Aaron S. Rosenberg and Christie Golden, and published by Simon & Schuster Pocket Star Books, a division of Viacom.

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

The pandaren - a race of anthropomorphic giant pandas initially created by veteran Blizzard artist Samwise Didier - were introduced to the Warcraft canon in the bonus Horde campaign of Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade

The Collector's Edition of "World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade" included an audio CD of the soundtrack including 21 tracks of the orchestrally recorded music, composed by Russell Brower, Derek Duke, Matt Uelmen, and Neal Acree

World of Warcraft: Tides of Darkness

The novel explores the events of the Second War (which took place during Warcraft II) when the Orcish Horde, led by Warchief Orgrim Doomhammer, returns to Azeroth to destroy the Human nations.

Yoan

Yoan Merlo (born 1985) a French professional player of the game Warcraft III


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