Timeline (Warcraft)
- This article is about the timeline for the other games. For the MMO, see Timeline (World of Warcraft). For other timelines, see Timeline (disambiguation).
This page follows the timeline from the release of Warcraft: Orcs & Humans up to Warcraft III through present day in its culture as it applies to the players, helping us remember exactly when things happened.
1994
November 15 – Warcraft: Orcs & Humans released for MS-DOS in North America.
1995
December 9 – Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness released in North America
1996
April 30 – Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal released in North America
1997
January 6 – Warcraft II: The Dark Saga released for PlayStation in North America.
March 17 – Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans announced.
August 31 – Warcraft II: The Dark Saga released for Sega Saturn in North America.
1998
May 22 – Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans cancelled.
1999
October 8 – Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition released in North America.
2002
July 3 – Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos released in North America.
July 5 – Warcraft III patch 1.01 released.
July 10 – Warcraft III patch 1.01b released.
July 31 – Warcraft III patch 1.01c released.
August 16 – Warcraft III patch 1.02 released.
September 6 – Warcraft III patch 1.02a released.
October 9 – Warcraft III patch 1.03 released.
November 4 – Warcraft III patch 1.04 released.
November 7 – Warcraft III patch 1.04b released.
2003
January 30 – Warcraft III patch 1.04c released.
January 31 – Warcraft III patch 1.05 released.
June 3 – Warcraft III patch 1.06 released.
July 1 – Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne released in North America (as patch 1.07).
July 3 – Warcraft III patch 1.10 released.
July 15 – Warcraft III patch 1.11 released.
July 31 – Warcraft III patch 1.12 released.
December 16 – Warcraft III patch 1.13 released.
December 19 – Warcraft III patch 1.13b released.
2004
January 7 – Warcraft III patch 1.14 released.
January 10 – Warcraft III patch 1.14b released.
May 10 – Warcraft III patch 1.15 released.
July 1 – Warcraft III patch 1.16 released.
September 20 – Warcraft III patch 1.17 released.
2005
March 1 – Warcraft III patch 1.18 released.
September 19 – Warcraft III patch 1.19 released.
September 21 – Warcraft III patch 1.19b released.
October 3 – Warcraft III patch 1.20a released.
December 12 – Warcraft III patch 1.20b released.
2006
January 9 – Warcraft III patch 1.20c released.
April 21 – Warcraft III patch 1.20d released.
June 22 – Warcraft III patch 1.20e released.
2007
January 22 – Warcraft III patch 1.21 released.
2008
February 6 – Warcraft III patch 1.21b released.
June 30 – Warcraft III patch 1.22 released.
2009
March 20 – Warcraft III patch 1.23 released.
August 4 – Warcraft III patch 1.24a released.
August 25 – Warcraft III patch 1.24b released.
December 1 – Warcraft III patch 1.24c released.
2010
January 21 – Warcraft III patch 1.24d released.
March 11 – Warcraft III patch 1.24e released.
2011
March 8 – Warcraft III patch 1.25b released.
March 24 – Warcraft III patch 1.26a released.
2015
Sometime... - Classic Games team formed
2016
March 14 – Warcraft III patch 1.27a released.
September 11 - Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans leaked.
December 13 – Warcraft III patch 1.27b released.
2017
April 5 – Warcraft III patch 1.28 released.
April 27 – Warcraft III patch 1.28.1 released.
May 10 – Warcraft III patch 1.28.2 released.
June 20 – Warcraft III patch 1.28.3 and patch 1.28.4 released.
July 6 – Warcraft III patch 1.28.5 released.
August 25 – Warcraft III patch 1.28.6 released.
2018
February 21 – Warcraft III patch 1.29.0 released.
March 15 – Warcraft III patch 1.29.0a released.
April 10 – Warcraft III patch 1.29.0b released.
April 23 – Warcraft III patch 1.29.1 released.
May 3 – Warcraft III patch 1.29.2 released.
August 8 – Warcraft III patch 1.30.0 released.
August 9 – Warcraft III patch 1.30.0a released.
September 13 – Warcraft III patch 1.30.1 released.
November 2-3 - BlizzCon
- Warcraft III: Reforged revealed to be released in 2019
November 30 – Warcraft III patch 1.30.2 released.
2019
January 4 – Warcraft III patch 1.30.3 released.
January 7 – Warcraft III patch 1.30.3a released.
January 14 – Warcraft III patch 1.30.4 released.
March 28 – Warcraft: Orcs & Humans and Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition were released on GOG.com.
April 1 – Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition Hotfix v2 was released for the GOG.com release.
April 3
- A Warcraft: Orcs & Humans Hotfix was released for the GOG.com release
- Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition Hotfix v3 was released for the GOG.com release.
April 12 – Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition Hotfix v4 was released for the GOG.com release.
May 28 – Warcraft III patch 1.31.0 released.
June 10 – Warcraft III patch 1.31.1 released.
2020
January 28/29 - Warcraft III: Reforged has released (as patch 1.32.0).
February 6 – Warcraft III patch 1.32.1 released.
February 24 – Warcraft III patch 1.32.2 released.
March 18 – Warcraft III patch 1.32.3 released.
April 28 – Warcraft III patch 1.32.4 released.
April 29 – Warcraft III patch 1.32.5 released.
May 5 - Warcraft II: The Dark Saga's PlayStation source code leaked.
June 2 – Warcraft III patch 1.32.6 released.
July 7 – Warcraft III patch 1.32.7 released.
August 11 – Warcraft III patch 1.32.8 released.
October 21 – Warcraft III patch 1.32.9 released.
2021
April 13 – Warcraft III patch 1.32.10 released.
2022
August 18 – Warcraft III patch 1.33.0 released.