Last week, Blizzard dropped its Warcraft 3 remake, Reforged, into the laps of expectant fans, and the results, it’s fair to say, weren’t pretty. Broken online play, bugs, missing features, and a final product that some customers felt was wide of that originally promised resulted in an immediate backlash, and Blizzard – a company still struggling to right its reputation following last year’s Blitzchung debacle – has now responded.
Eurogamer’s Wesley Yin-Poole highlighted many of Reforged’s shortcomings in his write-up last week, if you’re looking for a more thorough breakdown of the remake’s strengths and weaknesses, but Blizzard primarily focussed its attention on bug fixes and missing features – including various online functionality – in its latest message to the community.
Leaderboards and clans are missing, not only for Reforged players, but those playing the original version of Warcraft 3, given that Blizzard has opted to merge both into a single client. And while it sidestepped the question of exactly why it had chosen to launch its new Warcraft 3 client without key online functionality, it did assure players that “These and other features will be included in a major patch for Reforged, which will also address the issue for players of the original game.” More information on this update is due in the “coming weeks”.
Source: Eurogamer Blizzard addresses fan complaints following controversial Warcraft 3: Reforged launch