Starcraft (Series)

Starcraft: Popular Real-Time Strategy Video Game Series

A sci-fi universe-based RTS game series developed by Blizzard Entertainment, featuring three playable races and revolutionary gameplay, released in 1998.

What is Starcraft (Series)?

The Starcraft series is a hugely influential set of real-time strategy (RTS) video games developed by Blizzard Entertainment for Windows and Mac PCs. The first game, simply titled Starcraft, was released in 1998 and quickly became the most popular and highest selling PC game at the time. It featured innovative asymmetric gameplay with three very distinct playable races - the scrappy Terrans, insect-like alien Zerg, and technologically advanced Protoss.

In the single player campaign and multiplayer matches, players must gather resources, build bases and armies, upgrade technologies, and out-strategize opponents. Starcraft set new standards for competitive RTS gameplay with finely tuned balance, expanding on concepts from Blizzard's earlier Warcraft games. It remains one of the most highly played RTS games in esports competitions.

Starcraft was followed up by the Starcraft II trilogy, released in a series of expansions starting in 2010. With improved graphics, storyline, and online features, Starcraft II continued the saga of intergalactic conflict between the Terrans, Zerg, and Protoss races. Two standalone expansion packs further expanded multiplayer options and single-player content.

Over its two decades of influence, the Starcraft series has cemented itself as one the most iconic, groundbreaking, and enduring RTS game franchises of all time, played by over 11 million people.

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