* An advanced world editor that allows players to create their own custom campaigns, complete with cut-scenes and voiceovers * Neutral Heroes, available for recruitment by all players, that can supplement and strengthen a player's army with all new spells and abilities * Neutral buildings, which will provide players with numerous new upgrades, items and abilities * Player-built shops, unique for each race, equipped with items carefully designed to improve and aid the units of every race * 3 new tilesets featuring extraordinary new lands to explore, complete with numerous creeps and critters to wage war upon * A host of new units, each equipped with new abilities and spells, giving players the opportunity to create diverse strategic and tactical forms of combat * One new Hero per race, each possessing powerful spells and magical abilities specifically designed to enhance each race While it is uncertain as to what is being sought inside the icy tomb, players must traverse uncharted lands and battle treacherous new enemies to uncover the schemes of these nefarious beings, and save all of Azeroth from the forces of darkness. As the saga continues, it is revealed that both the Night Elf renegade, Illidan, and the traitorous Death Knight, Arthas, seek the Icecrown glacier and the mysterious powers found inside. Although the former Orc Shaman lacks physical form, his soul lives on, forever seeking a means to escape his icy prison. The evil Lich King Ner'zhul has been imprisoned inside the Icecrown glacier, deep within the arctic continent of Northrend. Several months have passed since Archimonde and the Burning Legion were defeated at the battle of Mount Hyjal, yet a new threat has arisen throughout the land. In the single-player campaign, players revisit the war-torn world of Azeroth.
And if it’s half as good as the World of Warcraft expansion was, this could be one of the digital card game’s best expansions ever.Following in the tradition of previous Blizzard expansion sets, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne provides gamers with a vast new chapter in the epic Warcraft saga. Finally, one of the highlights of the entire franchise is coming to Hearthstone. Instead, each of the game’s existing nine classes can play a new kind of card that turns their hero into a death knight, giving them a new Hero power, some extra armor, and triggering a Battlecry effect.įor Warcraft fans, this is a set we’ve been waiting for. And we can also expect some of the raid bosses to show up as new cards, with Blizzard already showing off Prince Keleseth as a new Legendary minion.Īnd Knights of the Frozen Throne is also finally bringing death knights to Hearthstone. These will include iconic encounters from the Icecrown Citadel raid, including Professor Putricide and Sindragosa.
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It will pit players against a series of bosses. Knights of the Frozen Throne will feature a single-player campaign similar to Hearthstone’s old adventures. The death knight was a great new class, Northrend was a beautiful new continent, and we got to see the conclusion to the story started in Warcraft III.įrom what Blizzard has said about Knights of the Frozen Throne, it’s clear that Hearthstone’s expansion is taking a lot from Wrath of the Lich King and the Icecrown Citadel raid. Many players still hold a fondness for Wrath of the Lich King, with fan polls often voting it as the game’s top expansion. The Wrath of the Lich King was a huge hit, and it helped propel World of Warcraft to its most popular era, with subscription numbers reaching a peak of 12 million near the end of the Lich King campaign in 2010.
Death knights use ice magic, summon undead minions, and heal themselves with the blood of their enemies. The expansion also introduced the first new class since its release, the death knights. Blizzard revealed that World of Warcraft’s second expansion would take players to Northrend and pit them against the Lich King (who was just as often called Arthas at this point, the Ner’zhul half of him ignored). Players assumed Blizzard would have to address it.Īnd it would. It was the single biggest question mark left from Warcraft III. We were fighting dragons and traveling to the shattered planet of Outland to fight Illidan, but nothing came of the Lich King. Image Credit: GamesBeat World of WarcraftĪt first, players did not hear from Arthas again as Warcraft evolved into its new online world.
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