WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne

Continuity

• In Blood Elf mission 6 (Lord of Outland), two blademasters are encountered, called Rend and Maim. They are the two sons of Blackhand (the orc leader in the first WarCraft) and were previously mentioned in the WarCraft II manual (in WarCraft II they were the rulers of the Black Tooth Grin clan). However, Rend and Maim's appearance (and death) in Frozen Throne has since been retconned in World of WarCraft.
• Members of the Draenei race shown residing in the Outland in the campaign were retconned in World of WarCraft: The Burning Crusade as the Lost Ones version of that race, while the "main" race that the player could create a character in was heavily redesigned.

Orcs

The bonus orc campaign features some characters who should have been in Blizzard's cancelled adventure game WarCraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans, for instance the goblin Gazlowe and the orc Nazgrel.

Awards

• 4Players
  • 2003 – Best PC Multiplayer Game of the Year
• Apple Design Award
  • 2004 - Best Mac OS X Entertainment Product
• GameSpy
  • 2003 – PC Strategy Game of the Year (Readers' Vote)

Information also contributed by Agent 5 and Pirou Julien