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|Company=Activision Blizzard
|StartDate=2025-10-21
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|Status=Unresolved
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|Product=Warcraft 3 Legacy
|ArticleType=Product
|Type=Broken Promise
|Description=
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CD keys for Warcraft 3 (2002) used to be redeemable on [[Battle.net]] for a copy of Warcraft 3: Reforged (2020). This grandfathered deal was discontinued on November 21, 2025.


==Background==
==Background==
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===Scope===
===Scope===


Over a 4.4 million legacy customers of directly affected product lines beginning from initial release of Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (2002,) and through subsequent release of Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne (2003.) Additional figures beyond this point are not corroborated and this must be treated as a minimum threshold for scope of affected users.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Warcraft III tops 1m sales in Europe |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/news050104war3 |access-date=2026-01-31 |website=Eurogamer}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Warcraft III Shatters Sales Records |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/07/22/warcraft-iii-shatters-sales-records |access-date=2026-01-31 |website=IGN}}</ref>
Over 4.4 million legacy customers of directly affected product lines beginning from initial release of Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (2002,) and through subsequent release of Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne (2003.) Additional figures beyond this point are not corroborated and this must be treated as a minimum threshold for scope of affected users.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Warcraft III tops 1m sales in Europe |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/news050104war3 |access-date=2026-01-31 |website=Eurogamer}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Warcraft III Shatters Sales Records |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/07/22/warcraft-iii-shatters-sales-records |access-date=2026-01-31 |website=IGN}}</ref>
 
==Consumer response and Blizzard-Activision's follow-up==


==Consumer response and Activision-Blizzard's follow-up==


Consumer responses in reply to the announcement tended to reflect skepticism or negative responses to the change. While unofficial alternatives do exist allowing for ad hoc play compatible with the affected titles, the sentiment reflected overall disappointment that players can no longer utilize the Activision-Blizzard services for online play, and reacquiring the software.
Consumer responses in reply to the announcement tended to reflect skepticism or negative responses to the change. While unofficial alternatives do exist allowing for ad hoc play compatible with the affected titles, the sentiment reflected overall disappointment that players can no longer utilize the Activision-Blizzard services for online play, and reacquiring the software.
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