Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness is the sequel to the first real-time strategy game created by Blizzard, WarCraft: Orcs & Humans. This second chapter of the fantasy RTS was developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment and it was released for DOS in 1995 and for Macintosh in 1996.
Warcraft II was a major upgrade compared to the first game. Many changes were introduced including new buildings and units, sea and air combat, multiplayer support with up to eight players. The graphics were also improved with a new hi-res SVGA resolution of 640x480 pixels.
The game was a commercial and critical success, and sold over 2 million copies, making Blizzard one of the top studios in the videogame world.