With its release date rapidly approaching, the promotional push for Warcraft has stepped up, with a flock of new videos for us. It will be this year's third video game adaptation, preceded by Ratchet and Clank and The Angry Birds Movie.

Warcraft features a bevy of good actors in starring roles whose names you may or may not recognize: Paula Patton, Ben Foster, Dominic Cooper, Toby Kebbell, Travis Fimmel, Ben Schnetzer, Rob Kazinsky and Daniel Wu. Behind the camera, the secret weapon is director Duncan Jones, whose two previous features -- the haunting space drama Moon and Source Code, a clever thriller -- amply demonstrated his talents as a storyteller.

Let's take a look at the latest videos and see what they reveal about Warcraft. The first thing to have in mind is that the story takes place before the World of Warcraft game. Orc warriors are fleeing their dying world and have traveled through a portal to the peaceful realm of Azeroth. In this clip, as some of the humans travel through a forest, they are attacked by brutish orcs. Watch out for that flying horse!

The knight leading the humans is Sir Anduin Lothar (Fimmel), while the young man who nearly loses his life to an orc is Khadgar (Schnetzer), who is an apprentice to someone else (more on that below).

In another clip, orc chieftain Durotan (Kebbell) discusses with his best friend, orc warrior Orgrim (Kazinsky), the possibility of siding with the humans against an even more dangerous foe, the orc warlock Gul'dan (Wu).

Here's a featurette with Kazinsky providing more insight into his character, Orgrim.

Coming back to young Khadgar (Schnetzer), here he shares a scene with Medivh (Foster), who protects humans with magical powers, which he demonstrates on Khadgar.

This clip showcases Garona (Patton), who is half human and half orc. Obviously, her loyalties are divided. But King Llane (Cooper) requests her assistance on behalf of the humans.

Finally, this video gives a great look at the special effects in the movie.

Will Warcraft live up to expectations? We'll see when it opens June 10.