Warcrafthas grown and evolved in many different ways since the franchise’s roots as a popular series of strategy games in the 1990s.Warcrafthas spawned countless video game titles, a long-running series of novels, andthe most popular MMORPG evercreated inWorld of Warcraft. Earlier this year, Blizzard mentioned that theWarcraftfranchise would be making new forays into the world of mobile gaming following the success of titles likeHearthstone.
Blizzard’sWarcraftseries began in 1994 with the initial release subtitledOrcs & Humans. The first title was immediately popular with fans and spawned several sequels, launching Blizzard to the forefront of the PC gaming market. Since its inception,Warcrafthas become one of the most popular franchises in the PC market, spawning the mega-successfulWorld of Warcraftboasting tens of millions of players at its peak. Now, the franchise is preparing to make its second entry into the mobile market and a recent job listing gives an inkling of how aWarcraftmobile title may expand the universe.
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Blizzard recently posted a job listing on job search website Indeed looking for a Senior Concept Artist for the unannounced mobileWarcraftproject. The job description mentions the creation of concept art for characters and creatures among several other aspects of the game, specifically referencing the possibility of creating new characters. New characters could be joining the richroster of pre-existingWarcraftcharacterswith many of the franchise’s most popular characters like Illidan Stormrage and Sylvanas Windrunner becoming household names in the gaming industry.
TheWarcraftmobile titles would be the most recent in a string of mobile titles from some of Blizzard’s most popular titles.Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraftfrom 2014 has grown into one of the company’s most popular games and helped to spawn a legion of online collectible card games.Diablo Immortalwas announced during Blizzcon 2018 and is currently scheduled for a 2021/22 release andOverwatchwas rumored to be coming to mobileearlier this year.
Warcraft’s reach has extended far outside the video games industry due to the franchise’s massive popularity. Director Duncan Jones brought the popularfantasy franchise to the silver screenwith the 2016 film simply titledWarcraftand the franchise has received novelized expansions of the universe almost annually for the past two decades. Blizzard has consistently looked for new platforms to push the franchise to new heights and the upcoming title will hope to build on the successHearthstonesaw in the mobile market.
TwoWarcraftmobile games are currently in development with no official release date.
