Australia Sues Amazon Over Prime Video Ads and Subscription Terms 
Apple Eyes Chinese Memory Chips as AI Shortage Pressures iPhone Supply Chain 
Trump Administration to Launch Voluntary AI Standards for Frontier Models 
Switch Seeks $2 Billion Funding at Nearly $50 Billion Valuation Ahead of Potential IPO 
Super Micro Employees Detained in Taiwan AI Server Export Investigation 
Super Micro Shares Slide After Taiwan Raids Over Alleged Nvidia AI Chip Smuggling Probe 
Meta CEO Zuckerberg Says AI Agent Development Has Slowed Despite Massive AI Investment 
Anthropic Tightens AI Access Controls After Reports of China-Based Workarounds 
Nvidia Stock Rises as SemiAnalysis Sees AI Data Center Revenue Beating Wall Street Forecasts 
Anthropic Brings Claude AI Models to Microsoft Azure Foundry With NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs 
Chip Stocks Rally as Samsung and SK Hynix’s $1.3 Trillion Investment Plan Boosts AI Optimism 
Microsoft Reportedly Plans New Job Cuts Across Sales, Consulting, and Xbox 
Apple Expands iPhone Lineup, Boosts Foldable iPhone Production Plans Through 2027 
Meta Stock Jumps as AI Cloud Expansion Challenges AWS, Microsoft, and Google 
SoftBank Shares Slide as OpenAI IPO Delay Concerns Weigh on AI Investment Outlook 
OpenAI Proposes 5% U.S. Government Stake Amid AI Policy Talks 
Blizzard has yet to release the full version of “Warcraft 3: Reforged,” but it is already shaping up as one of the sought-after video games of the new year. Proving that is a recent deal that Blizzard closed with renowned esports organizers ESL and DreamHack.
‘Warcraft 3: Reforged’ lands a spot in a prestigious professional esports tournament
“Warcraft 3: Reforged” is the highly anticipated remastered title of one of the classic real-time strategy video games from the early 2000s, “Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos.” Aside from the main story campaign, it will also include a remaster of the original expansion “The Frozen Throne.”
Blizzard signed a three-year deal with the professional esports companies that allowed remastered title and “StarCraft 2” to join the lineup of the ESL Pro Tour along with “Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.” “Warcraft 3: Reforged” will not be launched until later this month, but it will go live in time for the first events of the tournament.
ESL Pro Tour will be the first professional esports tournament to feature “Warcraft 3: Reforged.” Challengers Events are already set through springtime starting in Anaheim, California, on Feb. 21-23, followed by another competition in Jonkoping, Sweden, on May 22-24.
‘Warcraft 3: Reforged’ new release date set in late January
Blizzard first announced “Warcraft 3: Reforged” at the 2018 BlizzCon and was initially slated to be fully released within 2019. However, the developer announced in the middle of last December that they would have to delay the game’s launch.
On the bright side, the wait will not be that long, and Blizzard already gave fans a specific release date. “Warcraft 3: Reforged” is now set to arrive on Jan. 28.
‘Warcraft 3: Reforged’: What to expect from the remastered title
When Blizzard first unveiled “Warcraft 3: Reforged,” the company hinted at applying some alterations in the story campaign to feature more of characters like Jaina and Sylvanas. Blizzard also suggested their intention to incorporate the overall plot developments of the “World of Warcraft” lore after the release of the original “Warcraft 3.”
However, the developer confirmed last fall that the game would no longer be retconned to pave the way for the said changes. As a result, fans can now expect “Warcraft 3: Reforged” to feature a remaster of familiar campaign missions from “Reign of Chaos” and “The Frozen Throne.”
