Was Warcraft meant to be Warhammer?

Not quite. Warcraft originally started as a Warhammer game. Blizzard made it as a proof of concept and showed it to Games Workshop to see if they could finish developing it. GW said no, so the guys at Blizzard reworked the lore and finished it as Warcraft.
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Was Warcraft supposed to be Warhammer?

Pretty sure the original Warcraft: Orcs vs Humans was originally intended to be a Warhammer RTS but they couldn't get the licensing rights so they turned it into their own thing.
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Was Starcraft originally meant to be a Warhammer game?

A little known fact about Starcraft is that the game, very early on in its development, was going to be an adaptation of the Warhammer 40k universe into an RTS. While that game did eventually happen with a different developer, it was supposed to be Blizzard that made it.
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What is World of Warcraft based on?

World of Warcraft is set in the same universe as the Warcraft series of real-time strategy games and has a similar art direction.
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Why is Warcraft called Warcraft?

The name "Warcraft" was proposed by Blizzard developer Sam Didier. It was chosen because "it sounded super cool", according to Blizzard co-founder Allen Adham, without any particular meaning attached to it.
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Why is Warcraft called DotA?

The original mod, Defense of the Ancients, is a community-created Warcraft III game mode developed with the Warcraft III World Editor that was first released in 2003. The franchise name, "Dota", is derived from the original mod's acronym, DotA.
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Was Warcraft inspired by Dungeons and Dragons?

Warcraft might not be an official D&D setting, but it's definitely a D&D-like setting. It was heavily inspired by D&D in its stats, subraces and monsters, and takes many similar assumptions about the world.
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Is LoL based on Warcraft?

League of Legends (LoL), commonly referred to as League, is a 2009 multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games. Inspired by Defense of the Ancients, a custom map for Warcraft III, Riot's founders sought to develop a stand-alone game in the same genre.
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Is StarCraft a rip off of Warhammer?

Starcraft did not rip off Warhammer 40,000, and another false rumor would be that Starcraft was "supposed" to be Game Workshop's new Warhammer game before differences caused Blizzard to head out on their own. They are both similar because they both take influence from the same things.
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Why was StarCraft not Warhammer?

Blizzard actually wanted to make a 40k game, but they weren't able to get GW's permission , so they did their own thing. That is the reason why Starcraft has so much similarities with 40k. The same can be said with GW's Warhammer Fantasy game, and the Lord of the Rings.
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Is Warhammer older than Starcraft?

The most common comparison is always 40k to starcraft, but warcraft predates starcraft by two editions, and is even closer to warhammer fantasy than starcraft is to 40k. Ive heard lots of people both say that starcraft was originally going to be a 40k game, but almost as many people debunk it.
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Is Warcraft canon to WoW?

The Warcraft film and its related publications are similar in concept to the Ultimate Marvel line and are a separate continuity from the games because it is an alternative universe. That fact makes it canon in Lore terms, like the WoD universe and other alternative universes.
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What is the oldest Warcraft game?

The very first game in the Warcraft franchise, 1994's Warcraft: Orcs and Humans is now available in the Battle.net Shop. If you've ever wondered what it was like to fight the real-time strategy battles at the dawn of the Warcraft saga, this is your chance to see for yourself how it all began.
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Who owns World of Warcraft now?

Overwatch, Call of Duty and World of Warcraft are now all owned by Microsoft. Here's how the change could affect the PC, console and mobile games you love. Corinne Reichert (she/her) grew up in Sydney, Australia and moved to California in 2019.
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What was the first race in Warcraft?

The reclusive Night Elves were the first race to awaken in the World of Warcraft. These shadowy, immortal beings were the first to study magic and let it loose throughout the world nearly ten thousand years before Warcraft I.
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Is Warcraft and DotA the same thing?

Defense of the Ancients (DotA) is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) mod for the video game Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (2002) and its expansion, The Frozen Throne.
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Is Warcraft RPG canon?

Roleplaying Game

Though originally considered to be part of lore, Blizzard has stated that the sourcebooks for the Warcraft RPG are not considered canon by default. They were created to provide an engaging table-top role-playing experience, which sometimes required diverging from the established video game canon.
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Is Warcraft inspired by LOTR?

It is clearly evident that the famous Warcraft series is greatly inspired by LOTR. Equally common is the use of the term orc for a variety of hobgoblin type creatures in later fantasy although Tolkien created this modern usage of the word.
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Is Diablo inspired by D&D?

Diablo II: The Awakening

The book's rules are based on the 2nd edition Advanced Dungeons and Dragons rules, and present adaptations of Diablo II's five core character classes (Barbarian, Paladin, Necromancer, Amazon and Sorceress).
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What game was DND based on?

The game was derived from miniature wargames, with a variation of the 1971 game Chainmail serving as the initial rule system.
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How did Blizzard lose DotA?

Ice Frog (Dota creator) talked with Blizzard about developing a stand-alone game for Dota (instead of a mod from Warcraft 3 game). Blizzard refused, they want to develop their own MOBA game (HotS). So Valve came in and hired Ice Frog and developed Dota in to Dota 2.
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Is StarCraft the same as Warcraft?

StarCraft represented a departure from the first Warcraft games. While there were now three sides, the major difference was each had units and buildings with unique statistics. This meant each played differently. In addition, one has to play all of the races to get the whole story.
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