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Blizzard Releases Forsaken Kingdom, First New Warcraft 3 Campaign in 23 Years

The surprise BlizzCon drop pairs a purchasable two-part campaign with a free technical and editor overhaul meant to repair Reforged’s standing and link Warcraft 3 to World of Warcraft Forever.

Overview

  • Forsaken Kingdom is a two-part campaign set in the Undercity that reintroduces the Scarlet Crusade and characters such as Sylvanas and includes a new neutral hero, the Forsaken Paladin, with more than 30 hours of gameplay.
  • Blizzard shipped a free Reforged update that fixes persistent bugs, adds a definitive graphics mode, boosts unit selection to 24, and improves the map-making world editor.
  • The new campaign was released as paid DLC that can be bought standalone or in a bundle, and is available for Windows PC players of Warcraft 3 and Warcraft 3: Reforged.
  • Warcraft 3: Reforged originally launched in January 2020 with missing promised narrative content, visual issues, bugs, and restrictive map-editor terms, problems that the new campaign and update are clearly intended to address.
  • By tying Forsaken Kingdom’s story to World of Warcraft Forever and improving editor tools, Blizzard aims to re-engage players and map creators and may use this relaunch to rebuild trust in the Warcraft 3 community.