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World of Warcraft:”Wrath of the Lich King” Main Title

This cinematic game title for “World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King” is an epic and powerful piece that wields some magnificent shots and some seriously beautiful animation. Monumental matte paintings and a dynamic sound track are the icing on cake.

Also some nice process and development artwork over at the game’s website! ENJOY!

UPDATE: We were wondering which studio was responsible for this, and it turns out Blizzard does all their own work in house. Pretty impressive! Thanks for the info in the comments, Blackbag!

Posted on 25 August 2008 |

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14 responses to “World of Warcraft:”Wrath of the Lich King” Main Title”

  1. Comment by jordanwollman:

    Holy moly! That is one of the greatest game trailers I’ve seen… possibly ever.

    Simply incredible.

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  2. Comment by kmfix:

    OMG does Blizzard have a pile of cash to spend these days… AWESOME!

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  3. Comment by satellitegml:

    blizzard really needs to make a movie it will be epic

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  4. Comment by PhoenixFX:

    Absolutely beautiful! I can’t wait til the expansion comes out. The animation is for the trailer is practically flawless.

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  5. Comment by zeniamai:

    This is one great trailer! Blizzard has certainly made it a point that all their trailers are flawless and fabulous! *Kowtow*

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  6. Comment by Frozensmokeprod:

    Why is this not a movie. There is nothing like it, not even the final fantasy movie came close to this, and this is just a trailer. Amazing soundtrack also.

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  7. Comment by JustinMetz:

    Blizzard has always been one for producing amazing cinematics like this (you’d probably be equally impressed with their previous installments). If I recall, there was some talk about a feature length in the works… somewhere…

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    • Comment by Nick:

      “If I recall, there was some talk about a feature length in the works… somewhere…”

      Yeh, Blizzard announced some time ago that they would be working with Legendary Pictures on a live action picture though nothing else has been said about the project since and I believe it might be on hold.

      The projects imdb profile: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0803096/

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  8. Comment by ocelot:

    cinematic for warhammer (done by blur) was released earlier as well…
    http://mythicmktg.fileburst.com/war/us/home/flash/WAR_cinematic_08.html

    (some wireframes n stuff at http://brandonriza.com/3DVisualEffects/HTML/3DVisualEffects.htm )

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  9. Comment by wabash:

    I love the aqua and turquoise color pallet. From the deep blue glacier ice to the burning blue steam. It’s great how in every single shot there is so much production value. This is the best CG snow I’ve seen.

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  10. Comment by Matthew Bennett:

    Digging the “Frazetta” influence here, all the frames are amazing paintings. Great!

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  11. Comment by oeuf:

    Crazy nice stuff!
    The Warhammer stuff is dope too!
    Was it Blur or Blizzard that did the Warhammer Dawn of War spots? Those were pretty damn good too!

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  12. Comment by Blackbag:

    Blizzard only does their own games. Check out the last couple of cinematics they’ve done for their games:

    Starcraft II:
    http://trailers.gametrailers.com/gt_vault/4868/t_starcraft2_h264.mov

    World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade:
    http://trailers.gametrailers.com/gt_vault/2247/t_wow_bc_2_h264.mov

    Diablo III:
    http://trailers.gametrailers.com/gt_vault/8234/t_diablo3_ts_h264.mov

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  13. Comment by LIKESYRUP:

    All of Blizzards Main titles are done in house, by there cut scene team.

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