Claim: Blizzard Entertainment created World of Warcraft.

Warcraft is a franchise of video games , novels , and other media created by Blizzard Entertainment . The series is made up of five core games : Warcraft : Orcs & Humans , Warcraft II : Tides of Darkness , Warcraft III : Reign of Chaos , World of Warcraft , and Hearthstone . The first three of these core games are in the real-time strategy genre , where opposing players command virtual armies in battle against each other or a computer-controlled enemy . The fourth and best-selling title of the franchise is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game -LRB- MMORPG -RRB- , where players control their character and interact with each other in a virtual world . The most recent title is Hearthstone , a digital collectible card game .   Of these games , no expansion sets were released for Warcraft : Orcs & Humans , but Warcraft II was accompanied by the release of Warcraft II : Beyond the Dark Portal and Warcraft III was accompanied by the release of Warcraft III : The Frozen Throne . Multiple expansion packages also accompanied World of Warcraft , which include : The Burning Crusade , Wrath of the Lich King , Cataclysm , Mists of Pandaria , Warlords of Draenor and Legion .   All games in the series have been set in and around the world of Azeroth , a high fantasy setting . Initially , the start of the series focused on the human nations that make up the Eastern Kingdoms , and the Orcish Horde , which arrived in Azeroth via a dark portal , beginning the great wars . The Orcs came from another world , referred to as Draenor , which then turns into Outland , the world that will be shattered into pieces by demonic magics during the events of Warcraft II . Later on in the series the world of Azeroth was expanded , revealing the new continents of Kalimdor , Northrend , Pandaria and Broken Isles , allowing the introduction of the Night Elves , Tauren and other major races into the universe . The world of Azeroth also contains the traditional fantasy setting races of elves , dwarves , gnomes , orcs , and trolls .   The series also spawned several books and other media , covering a broad range of characters and timelines in the Warcraft universe . A collectable card game was also published , which offered those who bought booster packs a chance to gain access codes to limited in-game content in World of Warcraft '' . Many comics have also been released alongside the books , further covering parts of the universe 's storyline . A short-lived , online subscription only magazine was also available but later ceased publication after just five issues . A film adaptation was released in 2016 .