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StarCraft: Insurrection (also known as Insurrection: Campaigns for StarCraft) is an expansion pack to the StarCraft video game with new campaign missions and multiplayer maps. It was licensed by Blizzard Entertainment to be developed by Canadian studio Aztech New Media and was released on June 10, 1998 for Windows .
The StarCraft II Editor is a campaign, map, and mod editor. It is the first editor by Blizzard to feature built-in mod creation and usage support. Updated art and data from the original StarCraft that were not used, along with models and data that were scrapped during the development process (including those made as April Fools jokes) will be ...
StarCraft: Remastered is a remastered edition of the 1998 real-time strategy video game StarCraft and its expansion Brood War, which was released on August 14, 2017. It retains the gameplay of the original StarCraft , but features ultra-high-definition graphics (ultra HD), re-recorded audio, and Blizzard's modern online feature suite.
StarCraft remains one of the most popular online games in the world; [8] Blizzard Entertainment reported an 800 percent increase in Battle.net service usage after the game's release in 1998. [9] The original StarCraft and its expansion are particularly popular in South Korea, where a successful eSports scene has been established. [10]
Chances are, if you're reading this, you're either new to the wild, unforgiving (but rewarding) world of StarCraft 2.Either you fit in that category or you just plain stink at the game.
Before the release of StarCraft, Blizzard Entertainment released a free-to-download game demo entitled Loomings, comprising three missions and a tutorial. [53] The prequel was made available for the full game in October 1999 as a custom map campaign, adding two extra missions and hosting it on Battle.net . [ 54 ]
After the mod was ported to StarCraft 2 and Dota 2, it was made into a paid standalone app using the Unity Engine for Android and iOS mobile devices in June 2016. [30] A second similar app was released on both platforms during mid-October, [31] [32] now available as free to download but with some content locked behind a paywall. [33]
The expansion includes additional units and multiplayer changes from StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, as well as a continuing campaign focusing on the Protoss race. The campaign, which focuses on Artanis as its protagonist, is a sequel to Wings of Liberty and Heart of the Swarm, and concludes the StarCraft II trilogy. [3]