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The controversial Warcraft 3: Reforged will apparently be getting some kind of news soon. Released nearly two and a half years ago, the game was derided upon launch, and was at one time the lowest user-rated game on Metacritic (by comparison, the original Warcraft 3 is still the 14th most highly-rated PC game by users on Metacritic). Though some small updates were released after launch, there hasn't been any word from Blizzard since the latest patch released in April 2021, and many fans still considered the game incomplete and abandoned.

However, new Blizzard president Mike Ybarra has teased upcoming news for the game a couple of times. Back in April, Twitch streamers Back2Warcraft cut a clip of him speaking on stream saying "I think you will hear from the team pretty soon on plans there." Then, just a few days ago, Ybarra responded to a Tweet asking for an update on Reforged, saying "You'll hear from them soon (in June)."

While it's unclear exactly what this update will be, given the length of time between updates and Ybarra's slow teasing of news, it seems unlikely it will be insubstantial. The 20th anniversary of Warcraft III's release, July 3, is also just around the corner, so it would be an appropriate time for a large update, if one is coming.

 

[Xzi]

The only way to fix it is to have Vicarious Visions re-develop it entirely from the ground up, so hopefully that's the plan.

 

[mspy]

The only way to fix it is to have Vicarious Visions re-develop it entirely from the ground up, so hopefully that's the plan.

Unless the team has nothing better to do I don't see that happening.
After the damage that has been done it would be very hard to salvage the game and bring people back.

Fingers crossed!

 

[Xzi]

Unless the team has nothing better to do I don't see that happening.
After the damage that has been done it would be very hard to salvage the game and bring people back.

Fingers crossed!

As an alternative, I'd be almost as happy with VV developing a WC2/Tides of Darkness remaster.

 

[MariArch]

Well at least they're not fully abandoning this POS. Would be nice to see a rework from the ground up

 

[Axido]

Inb4 they announce that it will become an F2P mobile game.

 

[subcon959]

The only way to fix it is to have Vicarious Visions re-develop it entirely from the ground up, so hopefully that's the plan.

Or just play the original...

 

[Dark_Ansem]

Or just play the original...

How would that even work on Steam Deck?

 

[MarkDarkness]

How would that even work on Steam Deck?

Linux?

 

[Dark_Ansem]

Linux?

I mean from a player's perspective. Is using the steam deck control even good?

 

[Xzi]

I mean from a player's perspective. Is using the steam deck control even good?

The trackpads are quite accurate once you get used to them. You can also assign buttons to various hotkeys with per-game profiles. So yes, while I've used mine mostly to play controller-centric games so far, I'd say the feel is very good.

 

[subcon959]

I mean from a player's perspective. Is using the steam deck control even good?

You can control the whole game with mouse so it's as simple as selecting the appropriate control layout. It also looks rather good on the Deck's screen.

 

[The Catboy]

Feels like more attempts to do damage control. Their public image is shit right now, so why not focus on projects like this in an attempt to fix that shit image?

 

[Noctosphere]

I wonder if it has to do with the world editor in order to make even more complex maps

 

[eyeliner]

I mean from a player's perspective. Is using the steam deck control even good?

There's a long history of mouse centric games being ported to consoles.
The first Diablo was on the PSX, Command and Conquer and many others, so, it's doable.

 

[Noctosphere]

There's a long history of mouse centric games being ported to consoles.
The first Diablo was on the PSX, Command and Conquer and many others, so, it's doable.

I remember Populous the beginning on psx
Once you get used to commands, it's fairly easy to use (like all games)

 

[MikaDubbz]

The only way to fix it is to have Vicarious Visions re-develop it entirely from the ground up, so hopefully that's the plan.

Isn't that essentially what happened with Final Fantasy 14? I never played the game, but my understanding is that it's original version was very poorly received, and then later, the game essentially was rebuilt from the ground up and rereleased as almost a brand new title, and now everyone seems to love the current version of Final Fantasy 14. So I suppose it's not even an unheard of prospect, but it is absolutely asking a hell of a lot.

 

[AshuraZro]

Isn't that essentially what happened with Final Fantasy 14? I never played the game, but my understanding is that it's original version was very poorly received, and then later, the game essentially was rebuilt from the ground up and rereleased as almost a brand new title, and now everyone seems to love the current version of Final Fantasy 14. So I suppose it's not even an unheard of prospect, but it is absolutely asking a hell of a lot.

Plus, to a far lesser extent, Blizzard has already done a large overhaul on another title. Diablo 3 had substantial problems that was affecting its popularity and longevity. They did a great job turning the game around and making it a fantastic game.

 

[Taleweaver]

Or just play the original...

Control issues aside... How do you get it to work? Afaik it's not on Steam or gog, and getting blizzard's launcher to work is something i haven't heard either.

 

[Taleweaver]

Unless the team has nothing better to do I don't see that happening.
After the damage that has been done it would be very hard to salvage the game and bring people back.

Fingers crossed!

Well... If you put it like 'the original is still the 14th best ranked game on meta critic', then it becomes more likely that they INDEED have nothing better to do.