Warcraft 3 is a 2002 real-time strategy video game developed by Blizzard Entertainment and published by Vivendi Universal Games. It is the third installment in the Warcraft series, following Warcraft: Orcs & Humans and Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness. It was released in July 2002.

The game is set in the world of Azeroth, four years after the end of Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness. The human kingdom of Lordaeron is being invaded by the orcs of the Horde, who were fleeing the destruction of their home world of Draenor. The human forces are being led by Arthas Menethil, the …