Blizzard Entertainment was a well-known game development and distribution company. They owned many well-known games, including World of Warcraft, Diablo, and so on. In addition to the game itself, Blizzard had also published a few novels related to the game. 1. Legend of Warcraft Heroes: This novel tells the story of the establishment and growth of the main character, the Kingdom of Azeroth, as well as the invasion and war with the Outlands. Sword Sage of Warcraft: This novel tells the story of the protagonist Arthas Menethil's growth and his experience in fighting the Scourge. 3. Empire of Warcraft: This novel tells the story of the struggle to build a powerful empire and the invasion and war with the outer realms. In addition, Blizzard Entertainment had also published other novels related to games such as World of Warcraft: The Forgotten Kingdom, Warcraft: The Dark Throne, and so on.
Blizzard Entertainment was a famous gaming company. World of Warcraft was a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) created by Blizzard Entertainment. In November 2022, Blizzard announced the termination of cooperation with Netease. On January 24, 2023, World of Warcraft, which was represented by Netease, ceased operations in the mainland of China. On April 10, 2024, Blizzard Entertainment, MicrosoftGames, and Netease jointly announced that World of Warcraft would return to the the mainland of China market in the summer of 2024. As of April 10, more than 220,000 people had made reservations for World of Warcraft on the gaming community of Netease. Some aspects of the game are affected by Blizzard's decisions, such as game version updates, content distribution, etc. For example, the release time of the national server's TOCs may be affected by Blizzard because Blizzard is responsible for the distribution of version content, and some code content needs Blizzard's support. Version 11.07 would be released on December 19th. The upgraded version of Hegemony Storm would be released on January 16th. Version 11.1 would be released on January 30th at the earliest (the second day of the new year). If it was slow, it would be released on February 6th. These arrangements were also related to Blizzard's official announcement. The novel "Reincarnated as an Oracle" is equally exciting. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
Blizzard announced that Warcraft 1 and 2 would be removed from GOG on December 13, 2024. This decision may be related to the release of the remakes of the two games during the 30th anniversary celebration of Warcraft. However, GOG stated that even if the games were taken down, the platform would continue to maintain the two games to ensure that they could be played normally in the system.
As of December 12, 2024, there was no information indicating that Blizzard had announced the start of the Warcraft 2 movie. Although there was news of preparations, such as the possibility of choosing Arthas or Thrall as the main character, they still needed to find a more perfect partner. The filming had not yet been confirmed. The novel " Reincarnated as an Oracle " is equally exciting. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
Blizzard's gaming director said that although they might consider launching World of Warcraft 2 in the future, there were no plans for it at the moment. Senior Game Director Ion Hazzikostas also personally said that Blizzard had no plans to develop a continuation of World of Warcraft (including World of Warcraft 2). They already had a large and active player community, so they only needed to continuously introduce new systems to meet the needs of players. World of Warcraft would also continue to be upgraded in many ways.
The plot of Warcraft was not entirely written by Blizzard, but by many authors and players. Blizzard Entertainment was only one of the creators of Warcraft novels. They would create the background story and character settings for the novel, but the inspiration for the creation of the novel came from many different sources, including Warcraft games, comics, novels, movies, and so on. Therefore, the plot of a Warcraft novel was not directly written by Blizzard, but was created by multiple authors and players. These novels might incorporate their own creativity and ideas, or they might be influenced by other works.
As of 2015, Blizzard had published five World of Warcraft novels. They were: 1 World of Warcraft: Dark Tide 2. World of Warcraft: The Mystery of the Panda Man (Panda: The Forgotten Age) 3. World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (The Burning Crusade: The Mystery of the Panda People) 4. World of Warcraft: The Legion Reappears 5. World of Warcraft: The Eye of Darkness
There was no exact figure on how much World of Warcraft earned for Blizzard. However, it could be estimated from some data. For example, if 265,000 of the 5 million active players worldwide chose to buy the Golden Thunder Dragon, Blizzard's revenue would reach 23.85 million USD. In terms of the national server, if 3 million active players and 5% chose to buy the Golden Thunder Dragon, the total revenue would reach 133 million RMB. However, these were only conservative estimates, and the actual revenue could be higher. At the same time, through the Time Emblem mechanism, players who exchanged gold coins for Time Emblem also brought considerable profits to Blizzard. Moreover, players from other servers exchanged Time Emblem for Mounts and other actions also increased Blizzard's income. Therefore, the actual total income of Blizzard in World of Warcraft was difficult to accurately calculate, but from all aspects, it was quite considerable. The novel "Reincarnated as an Oracle" is equally exciting. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
The official Warcraft novels published by Blizzard included: 1 World of Warcraft: The story of the creation and adventures of World of Warcraft has been translated into Chinese and published. 2. Legend of Warcraft Heroes: The adventures of the various races in World of Warcraft have been translated into Chinese and published. 3. Dark Portal: The story of the feud between humans and Orcs in World of Warcraft has been translated into Chinese and published. 4. Frozen Throne: The story of war and peace in World of Warcraft has been translated into Chinese and published. In addition, Blizzard officially released a number of derivative works of Warcraft novels such as Warcraft III: Remake and Warcraft III: Remake. These novels were all translated into Chinese and published.
Warcraft is a game developed by Blizzard Entertainment, while Warcraft novels are independent stories that have no direct connection to Blizzard Entertainment. Although some of the Warcraft novels were based on the game, they were not a derivative of the game itself, but an independent story. Therefore, the Warcraft novels were not related to Blizzard. The inspiration for the creation of Warcraft novels came from the imagination and creativity of the author, and it was not directly related to Blizzard. However, there were also some connections between Blizzard's games and novels because Blizzard was a pioneer in the game and novel industries. Its games and novels had a wide audience and influence.
Recently, there have been many blizzards or extremely heavy blizzards. For example, on the morning of November 25, the Central Meteorology Observatory issued a yellow warning of blizzard. Eastern Inner Mongolia, central and western Hebei, western Jiangsu, western Liaoning and northeast were affected by heavy blizzard. The snowfall in northeast Liaoning reached 20 - 25mm, which was considered as a heavy blizzard. The new snow depth may exceed 12cm. At 19:20 on November 16, Huashan issued a red warning of blizzard. The snowfall on the west peak of Huashan Mountain had reached more than 15mm in the past six hours. On November 26, the snowfall in Hegang, HeiLongjiang Province reached 40.7mm (the magnitude of the super blizzard). At 16:00, the snow depth reached 30cm, the snow in Huzhong, HeiLongjiang Province reached 43cm, and the snow in Mohe River reached 39cm. On November 25, there was a blizzard near the top of Mount Tai in Shandong Province, which almost reached the level of heavy snowstorm and formed deep snow. On November 25 - 26, there would be a large area of heavy snowstorm in the northeast, from partial heavy snowstorm to extreme blizzard. The observatory of Heilongjiang Province issued a red warning of blizzard in advance. The total snowfall in the Xiaoxing 'anling area in the north of Hei Longjiang and the Mudanjiang area in the east could reach 30 - 55mm, almost twice the standard of extreme blizzard, and the new snow depth could reach 15 - 40cm. In addition, heavy snowstorms are expected in parts of Xinjiang and Xizang. The novel "There's Snow in Kyokuboku" is equally exciting. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!