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!
Monday, August 25th 2008 at 7:06 pm |
Holy moly! That is one of the greatest game trailers I’ve seen… possibly ever.
Simply incredible.
Monday, August 25th 2008 at 7:17 pm |
OMG does Blizzard have a pile of cash to spend these days… AWESOME!
Monday, August 25th 2008 at 7:47 pm |
blizzard really needs to make a movie it will be epic
Monday, August 25th 2008 at 8:48 pm |
Absolutely beautiful! I can’t wait til the expansion comes out. The animation is for the trailer is practically flawless.
Monday, August 25th 2008 at 9:04 pm |
This is one great trailer! Blizzard has certainly made it a point that all their trailers are flawless and fabulous! *Kowtow*
Monday, August 25th 2008 at 11:07 pm |
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.
Monday, August 25th 2008 at 11:43 pm |
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…
Tuesday, August 26th 2008 at 6:32 am |
“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/
Tuesday, August 26th 2008 at 7:24 am |
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 )
Tuesday, August 26th 2008 at 8:58 am |
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.
Tuesday, August 26th 2008 at 10:05 am |
Digging the “Frazetta” influence here, all the frames are amazing paintings. Great!
Tuesday, August 26th 2008 at 11:23 am |
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!
Tuesday, August 26th 2008 at 11:59 am |
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
Tuesday, August 26th 2008 at 8:49 pm |
All of Blizzards Main titles are done in house, by there cut scene team.