Tag: Starcraft II

Starcraft II: Starter Edition

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Blizzard has recently released a free Starter Edition for Starcraft II, which is supposed to replace the small SC II demo. StarCraft II: Starter Edition allows anyone to play the following content for free (Battle.net account and Internet connection is required):

  • The first four missions of the StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty single-player campaign, including Mar Sara 1-3 and the choice of Tychus’s first mission or Dr. Hansen’s first mission.
  • The first two Challenges: Tactical Command and Covert Ops.
  • Access to the terran race in Custom Games and Single-Player vs. AI.

Any campaign progress and achievements earned while playing StarCraft II: Starter Edition are automatically saved to Battle.net account, and will carry over after upgrade to the full version of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty.

 

Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm

Lukas Rox Games ,
Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm

Blizzard Enterteinment has officially unveiled the coming Starcraft II expansion centered around the Zerg and Sarah Kerrigan. Heart of the Swarm follows the events of Wings of Liberty campaign, where Jim Raynor succeeded in using the Xel’Naga artifact to convert Sarah back into human. Even though the Queen of Blades is gone, her powers lost, she seeks to lead the Zerg once more, and make the Koprulu sector fear of the Hive once more.

This brand new campaign will bring some interesting gameplay twists:

  • Kerrigan will be a playable unit in most missions
  • As a hero unit she will have different so called “Battle Focus” giving her unique abilities
  • Each Zerg unit can be evolved to different strains, for example Zerglings can evolve into a strain which breeds 3 Zerglings from one Egg, or 2 Zerglings that can move faster

* Personally I do not play RTS games much, but Starcraft and Starcraft II have been my favourite for a long time, and I intend to get my hands on HotS as soon as it is available.