After the rumours of going gold had been quashed a few days ago, Blizzard has now made an official announcement. WarCraft III has indeed gone gold, and with just under 20 days before release.

July 3, 2002 is the release date!

Blizzard Entertainment, a studio of the games division of Vivendi Universal Publishing, today announced that Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, the eagerly awaited sequel to the company's #1-selling series of games, has gone gold...

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