The price drop comes alongside a new patch 1.18. Both were succeeded by StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty in 2010, that game's expansion Heart of the Swarm in 2013, then the final standalone chapter of the Starcraft 2 saga, Legacy of the Void, in 2015. StarCraft and StarCraft: Brood War are now completely free to download from Blizzards official website. The original StarCraft launched back in March 1998, at least in North America, while Brood War followed in November. You can see how it's evolved in the StarCraft Remastered trailer below. As for the remake, this will include spruced up assets, resolution, audio, and story cinematics. This shows a lot of confidence on Blizzard's part that people will still pay for the upgrade when the original games are free. It's just free on both PC and Mac.Īlong with making the games free, Blizzard updated these perennial classics with a new 1.18 patch adding a few key features like the ability to toggle between fullscreen and windowed modes (Alt+Enter), an Observer mode, autosaves, improved UI layouts in, improved compatibility with Windows 7, 8.1 and 10, and more. You can visit Blizzard’s page for the giveaway to see the complete patch notes, but this is a very nice surprise for players who have never played the originals, have lost their copy or want to show their kids what all the fuss was about back in 1998, when the original StarCraft was released.The original StarCraft and its expansion Brood War have been made free by developer Blizzard Entertainment in preparation for the real-time strategy game's remaster due this summer. Added opponent information when joining a game lobby.Added options to display actions per minute.Added Popular Maps to streamline finding games or game types.Added cursor clamping in-game while windowed unclamped in menus.Added windowed fullscreen or windowed mode use Alt+Enter to switch between.The 1.18 patch also includes some pretty welcome updates for the game, including the following improvement, and a lot more: “Follow the links here to begin installing. “ StarCraft and StarCraft: Brood War are now free,” the official page states. before releasing the original games to players for free. StarCraft and its Brood War expansion are receiving a graphical overhaul this summer with StarCraft: Remastered, and Blizzard celebrated by releasing a new patch for the original game.
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