Warcraft III announced

Warcraft III announced puts another piece of PC gear into the September hardware pile, and 1999 is not exactly short on that right now.

During a press conference today at the European Computer Trade Show, Blizzard Entertainment announced what promises to be its most highly anticipated title ever. Departing from the current generation of real-time strategy games, Blizzard is developing Warcraft III as a 3D RPS, or Role-Playing Strategy game. By introducing role-playing elements to the Warcraft universe, Blizzard intends to elevate strategy games to a new level of interactivity.

The hardware race is getting mean, and the upside is simple: gamers keep getting faster, stranger toys to bolt into their rigs.