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Warcraft II: The Dark Saga

Warcraft II: The Dark Saga is the console version of Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness and its expansion built on. It is the same as the original product but with new features.

31 August 1997

Warcraft II: The Dark Saga is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Blizzard Entertainment, released 31 August 1997 on PlayStation and Sega Saturn.

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What Warcraft II: The Dark Saga is

Warcraft II: The Dark Saga is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Blizzard Entertainment and released in 1997. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PlayStation and Sega Saturn.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Warcraft II: The Dark Saga is the console version of Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness and its expansion built on. It is the same as the original product but with new features.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Warcraft series

Warcraft II: The Dark Saga is the fourth of 69 entries we hold in the Warcraft series. It arrived 2 years after Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness. The next entry was Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition in 1999.

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What it launched against

Warcraft II: The Dark Saga launched on 31 August 1997, within three weeks of Final Fantasy VII, Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, GoldenEye 007 and Breath of Fire III.

Released around the same time: Final Fantasy VII, Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, GoldenEye 007, Breath of Fire III.

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When did Warcraft II: The Dark Saga come out?
Warcraft II: The Dark Saga was released on 31 August 1997 for PlayStation and Sega Saturn.

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