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<p>During a panel at this past weekend&#8217;s BlizzCon, a fan asked if Blizzard had any plans to remaster the <a href="http://ift.tt/1hoUTUT">Warcraft</a> series&#8217; first two games. Unfortunately for that fan and anyone else who wanted them, Blizzard co-founder Frank Pearce said there are no plans at this time (via <a rel="nofollow" href="http://ift.tt/2fRc8E7">Eurogamer</a>).</p>
<p>Pearce explained how Blizzard is fortunate enough to have access to the original source code and assets, but he says it&#8217;s &quot;really hard to access that stuff, unlock it, and figure out how it all works.&quot;</p>
<p>&quot;We had some dedicated folks that were passionate about the idea, dig up the Warcraft 1 assets and code,&quot; Pearce continued. &quot;They got it working and they got it running in a window. And I played it. Warcraft: Orcs &amp; Humans was awesome for its time. I promise you, in today&#8217;s world, by today&#8217;s standards, it&#8217;s just not that fun any more.&quot;</p>
<p>The Blizzard co-founder explained that the developer has limited resources, and it would &quot;much rather work on amazing content&quot; for games like <a href="http://ift.tt/1075cCd">World of Warcraft</a> and <a href="http://ift.tt/10Ft6sN">Overwatch</a> or work on a new project altogether. Blizzard president and co-founder Mike Morhaime jumped in at this point to say, &quot;At this time.&quot;</p>
<p>&quot;We totally appreciate your enthusiasm for those old games,&quot; Pearce said. &quot;We love them, too.&quot;</p>
<p>While Blizzard isn&#8217;t working on remasters for Warcraft 1 and 2, it is releasing <a href="http://ift.tt/2fkmxER">reworked content based on the original Diablo for Diablo III</a>.</p>
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<p><em>Source: <a style="text-decoration:none;" href="http://ift.tt/2ftVTcL">GameSpot</a></em></div>
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