StarCraft 2 is going to be free to play starting this month, Blizzard revealed at BlizzCon today.
- StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void is a standalone expansion pack to the military science fiction real-time strategy game StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, and the third and final part of the StarCraft II trilogy developed by Blizzard Entertainment. The game was released on November 10, 2015. The expansion includes additional units and multiplayer changes from StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, as well as a.
- The free-to-play option includes the complete Wings of Liberty single-player story campaign (which, incidentally, earned a 9.5 rating from GameSpot when it debuted in 2010). You also get access to.
- StarCraft II is going free-to-play starting November 14, including the Wings of Liberty campaign, ranked multiplayer ladder, and more.
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is the sequel to the original StarCraft, Blizzard Entertainment's critically acclaimed sci-fi real-time strategy game. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is both a challenging single-player game and a fast-paced, eSports multiplayer game, and it also taps into Battle.net (Blizzard entertainment platform) as a free-to-play title.
Specifically, StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty will be going free-to-play on Nov. 14 (Nov. 15 in some areas around the world), which includes the first campaign in StarCraft 2, the multiplayer, and portions of co-op campaigns. The two later expansions — Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void — and the Nova Covert Ops downloadable content will still come at a cost.
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'We feel like we've got a great game that we want more people to play, so taking away some of the barriers — primarily cost — to get into the game, we're hoping will really give a larger audience a chance to play StarCraft 2,' said game director Tim Morten.
Of course, Blizzard didn't forget about the people who already own StarCraft 2 — even just the original version. StarCraft 2 players who already own Wings of Liberty will have the chance to claim Heart of the Swarm for free.
To cover the cost of development for StarCraft 2, Blizzard will be relying on revenue from the game's expansions and downloadable content as well as war chests.
Blizzard first introduced war chests last year, which players could purchase to receive items like character skins, portraits, and emoticons. Revenue from war chests went toward funding StarCraft 2 esports and supporting the development team, and will do so again this year.
'For a lot of people, when they hear 'free-to-play,' they think that means we're introducing a bunch of new microtransactions, secondary currency, and things like that,' Tim said. 'We're not doing that.'
Additionally, Blizzard is releasing a new pair of commanders and a new map for the game's co-op mode. The commanders are Mira Han and Matt Horner. The co-op mission with the new map is called Part and Parcel.
Players who get StarCraft 2 once it's free will only be able to fully play some core commanders at no cost. Others will be free to play until level five, after which players will have to pay to fully unlock them.
Starcraft II is a real-time strategy game by Blizzard Entertainment. It is one of the most successful RTS's in history. In 2015, Starcraft II introduced a co-op mode, where two players would face up against Amon in a PVE-type mission. The game features several different commanders to play and many different maps to choose from.
This site serves as a repository of all the information gathered by the Starcraft II co-op community. It aims to help players improve their gameplay, by providing in-depth commander and map analysis, as well as providing tips on how to deal with certain tricky situations that may arise in-game.
Starcraft II is currently free to play. Three of the commanders in co-op mode are free, while the others are free to play up to level 5. If you are a new player, check out the New Players page to help you select your first commander. Also, check out the General Tips page for some great tips to get you started with this game mode.
Visit the official Starcraft II page here and join the fight against Amon!
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