The series also resulted in the publishing of several books relevant to the Warcraft universe setting, covering a wide range of the timelines of the universe. A spin off online card game, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, was released which features elements from World of Warcraft it was later renamed to just Hearthstone.
The last and best selling title of the franchise is the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) World of Warcraft and its eight expansions, The Burning Crusade, Wrath of the Lich King, Cataclysm, Mists of Pandaria, Warlords of Draenor, Legion, Battle for Azeroth, and Shadowlands. The series is made up of three real-time strategy (RTS) games where opposing players command virtual armies in battle against each other or a computer-controlled enemy and includes, Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness and its expansion Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal and Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and its expansion Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.
Warcraft is a franchise of video games, novels, and other media originally created by Blizzard Entertainment.