After more than a decade since the launch of StarCraft, Blizzard Entertainment has released the highly-anticipated sequel StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. Today is an important day for StarCraft fans that have been following the original game. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is a real-time strategy game for PC and Mac platforms and can be termed as the biggest PC and Mac game release for 2010.
The new StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is a direct sequel to 1998 hit RTS game StarCraft. The clash between protos, terrans and zergs takes place once again. This time, every class deploys their own legion of veteran, upgraded and new unit types. Solo campaign starts just where StarCraft: Blood War ended. Jim Raynor, a rebel leader, is one of the lead heroes along with other familiar as well as new faces. Players can get to choose their own mission path. Ultimate technology and research upgrades need to be selected to suit individual playing style to pave through 29-mission campaign.
The online gameplay is powered with new architecture based Battle.net gaming service that was redesigned for premium experience. The game would be made available as digital download – Standard edition for PC and Mac; Standard Edition DVD for PC and Mac and Special Collector’s Edition package.
Special Collector’s Edition of the game will include the following goodies:
- The Art of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, a 176-page book featuring artwork from the game
- An exclusive 2GB USB flash drive replica of Jim Raynor’s dog tag, which comes preloaded with the original StarCraft and the StarCraft: Brood War expansion set
- A behind-the-scenes DVD containing over an hour of developer interviews, cinematics with director’s commentary, and more
- The official StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty soundtrack CD, containing 14 epic tracks from the game along with exclusive bonus tracks
- StarCraft comic book issue #0, a prequel to the comic series
- A World of Warcraft mini Thor in-game pet that can be applied to all World of Warcraft characters on a single Battle.net account
- Exclusive Battle.net downloadable content, including special portraits for your Battle.net profile, decals to customize your units in-game, and a visually unique version of the terran Thor unit
- This game is available in Standard Edition as digital purchase from www.starcraft2.com for $60. In case you want to pick up a personal copy, you can buy one from retail stores for your PC or a Mac. While the Special Collector’s Edition will cost $100 and it we think it would be totally worth it.Get more information about the game at www.blizzard.com/games/sc2/.
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