Blizzard Entertainment
On November 23, 2004, Blizzard released "World of Warcraft", a massively multiplayer online role-playing game. "World of Warcraft" is the fourth released game set in the fantasy "Warcraft" universe, which was first introduced by "" in 1994. Blizzard announced "World of Warcraft" on September 2, 2001. The game was released on November 23, 2004, on the 10th anniversary of the "Warcraft" franchise.
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
Many of the characters, locations and concepts introduced in "Warcraft III" and its expansion went on to play major roles in Blizzard's "World of Warcraft", released in 2004. They also appeared in other Blizzard games, such as "Hearthstone". In October 2018, "Comic Book Resources" listed four characters introduced in "Warcraft III" in their list of the Top 25 most iconic characters ever created by Blizzard, including Illidan Stormrage at #1 and Jaina Proudmoore at #3.