

The Edition eventually released in 1999, providing Blizzard's online gaming service,, and replacing the MS-DOS version with a Windows one. In 1997, Electronic Arts released Warcraft II: The Dark Saga for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn, which combined the campaigns of Tides of Darkness and Beyond the Dark Portal. According to the README.TXT file included alongside the Warcraft II demo version, the graphics are pre-rendered 3D models.īlizzard sold exclusive worldwide rights to develop, publish, and distribute console variants of the game to Electronic Arts. The game has a linear single-player campaign for each side, and a multiplayer option via a LAN or the Internet, using existing or user-created maps. Blizzard also released an expansion pack known as Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal and later a sequel to this game, Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos. In addition, there was a Macintosh version of the game. It was originally written for the DOS operating system, though it had an MS-DOS Windows launch screen and played well under Windows 95. Users play either orcs or humans in a fantasy medieval world full of magic and swords. Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness is a sequel to the real-time strategy game Warcraft: Orcs & Humans and published by Blizzard on December 09, 1995. The novel Tides of Darkness, by Aaron Rosenberg, focuses on the events in this game.

Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (usually simply called Warcraft II sometimes abbreviated to WCII, WC2, or War2) is the second, highly popular real time strategy game from Blizzard Entertainment set in the Warcraft universe.
