It has been out since 1994. 'Warcraft : Orcs and Humans' was released in 1994, followed by 'Warcraft II Tides of Darkness' in 1995, an addon for Warcraft II, 'Beyond the Dark Portal' then 'Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition', followed by 'Warcraft III Reign of Chaos' in 2002 and it's addon- 'The Frozen Throne' in 2003. 'World of Warcraft' (online) was released November 23, 2004 and it expansions include: 'The Burning Crusade' (2007) and 'Wrath of the Lich King' (2008).
Warcraft 3 and World of Warcraft both have a T rating.
Warcraft
Warcraft 2's expansion, Both Warcraft 3's and World of Warcraft are all online play. warcraft 2 and 3 use battle.net, while World of Warcraft is a paid subscription MMORPG
Officially, Warcraft 3 (including the frozen throne expansion) came before World of Warcraft. You can check out the whole Warcraft timeline on the World of Warcraft website in the links section below.
No plans for a warcraft 4 have been announced. It has been stated that World of Warcraft is technically their "warcraft 4" because it has been ( and still is) continuing the storyline of the warcraft universe.
Warcraft 3
According to all info available- never. The DS is too limited; the latest expansion to the game now causes the disk requirements to be 15 gigs, 1 gig of ram, a Pentium IV Processor (1.1G minimum) and a DVD player (to install the game), plus 128 meg minimum video card. You may however see a new Warcraft (which is not World of Warcraft the online game).
There is no such thing as World of Warcraft: The Frozen Throne. It is called Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne. World of Warcraft is much different.
No, as Cataclysm is meant for World of Warcraft, not Warcraft 3.
World of Warcraft, November 23rd 2004. Warcraft, Humans and Orcs, 1994.
The whole storyline of World of Warcraft would be too big to fit into an answer. Here is a timeline of the games and expansions. More info can be found at the related link below.Warcraft: Orcs and HumansWarcraft IIWarcraft II: Tides of DarknessWarcraft II: Beyond the Dark PortalWarcraft IIIWarcraft III: Reign of ChaosWarcraft III: The Frozen ThroneWorld of WarcraftWorld of Warcraft: Assault on Blackwing LairWorld of Warcraft: Rise of the Blood GodWorld of Warcraft: The Gates of Ahn'QirajWorld of Warcraft: Shadow of the NecropolisWorld of Warcraft: Burning CrusadeWorld of Warcraft: Black TempleWorld of Warcraft: The Gods of Zul'AmanWorld of Warcraft: Fury of the SunwellWorld of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich KingWorld of Warcraft: Secrets of UlduarWorld of Warcraft: Call of the CrusadeWorld of Warcraft: Fall of the Lich KingWorld of Warcraft: CataclysmWorld of Warcraft: Rise of the ZandalariWorld of Warcraft: Rage of the FirelandsWorld of Warcraft: Hour of TwilightWorld of Warcraft: Mists of PandariaThis if just the history from the games themselves. There are tons of books, comic books and other stuff that make up the history of Warcraft. Some are canon (officially supported and made into lore), some are not.