| StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is set to be next the next | | | | will follow those of the Protoss. |
| hit in Blizzard Entertainment's StarCraft series of | | | | Starcraft II is designed to focus more heavily on |
| military sci-fi strategy games. A sequel to the 1998 | | | | multi-player gaming than its predecessor. The |
| award-winner, StarCraft II is a real-time strategy game | | | | single-player action, substantially modified from the |
| set in a remote part of the Milky Way galaxy during | | | | original, is still expected to remain highly playable. In |
| the 26th century just four years after the events | | | | addition to new characters and locations, all of the old |
| occurring in the last expansion pack, StarCraft: Brood | | | | characters from the original Starcraft title will also be |
| War. | | | | included. A new level editor, Galaxy Editor, is set to |
| Players can choose to play one of three species, | | | | replace the original campaign editor, StarEdit. The |
| namely the Terrans, Zerg, and Protoss in a competition | | | | addition of a marketplace for high-quality maps should |
| for galactic dominance. The Terrans are a rag-tag | | | | generate increased interest in Galaxy Editor. |
| group of humans exiled from Earth, while the Zerg are | | | | Starcraft II is currently planned for release on the |
| an insectoid species of sorts. The Protoss are a | | | | Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems |
| bizarre species with various paranormal powers. | | | | in both standard and collector's editions. A few lucky |
| Each of these species has their various strengths and | | | | gamers may even be able to play the game early |
| weaknesses, all of which make for playable | | | | through Blizzard's beta testing program. Navigate to for |
| entertainment regardless of which species ends up | | | | more details. |
| being your dominant favourite. | | | | Although there is no fixed release date published so |
| StarCraft II is planned to be released in three | | | | far, it is expected that Wings of Liberty will be available |
| instalments, with one base game, "Wings of Liberty", | | | | during the first half of 2010. Official commentary from |
| and two expansion packs, namely "Heart of the | | | | Blizzard dictates the release date being dependent on |
| Swarm" and "Legacy of the Void". As one may guess, | | | | the title satisfactorily fulfilling their quality-control |
| Wings of Liberty will be focused around Terran | | | | standards. With only a couple short months left before |
| adventures, with long-time, award-winning Starcraft | | | | the end of the first half of 2010, it is hoped these |
| hero Jim Raynor leading the fray. Heart of the Swarm | | | | standards will be soon met. |
| will focus on Zerg story-lines while Legacy of the Void | | | | |