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After a brief stint as Chaos Games the studio took on the name Blizzard Entertainment in 1994. As Blizzard art director Sam "Samwise" Didier explains it, the team's fascination with Dune II led directly to the development of its first blockbuster hit, Warcraft: Orcs & Humans "Back in the Jurassic period we all loved playing games like Dune II We replica Omega 3211.30 watch got inspired and thought this game was awesome and wanted to make something like it We were all big fans of Dungeons and Dragons and Tolkien, and we wanted to make a fantasy world real-time strategy game.

"Taking cues from existing titles was the norm for Blizzard in the early days Samwise points to another early Blizzard title, The Lost Vikings, which was born out of the team's love for PC puzzle game Lemmings from DMA Design, the studio that would go on to become Rockstar North of Grand Theft Auto fame. So Blizzard took the formula replica Omega 4614.20.02 watch established in Dune II and expanded upon it in Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, adding goals beyond simply building your army and decimating your enemies