A foundational real-time strategy sequel that expands the humans vs. orcs conflict across land, sea, and air, refining resource management and classic base‑building warfare.
- Developer: Blizzard Entertainment
- Release year: 1995 (PC); expansion Beyond the Dark Portal in 1996
- Genre: Real-time strategy (RTS)
- Core mechanics: Dual resources (gold/lumber), tech trees, naval and air units, fog of war, population caps
- Legacy: Helped codify RTS conventions and multiplayer meta; precursor to Warcraft III and the broader Warcraft universe