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Developed and published in 2010 by Blizzard Entertainment, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is still among the best and certainly most influenatial RTS games that pit Terran, Protoss and Zerg against one another.
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Starcraft and SC: Brood War remade in Starcraft 2: Mass Recall

Hold your horses, it's not an official Blizzard remake but it's still pretty impressive, as seasoned veterans remade the two classics in Starcraft 2's engine, calling it Mass Recall in the process.

StarCraft II vets have formed a new studio called Frost Giant Studios

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Real-time strategy veterans that previously worked at Blizzard on StarCraft II and WarCraft III games have formed a new studio to make a next great RTS game, after failing to greenlit RTS games at Blizzard, reportedly.

Starcraft 2 content development ended by Blizzard

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Only a few months after the tenth anniversary, Blizzard have broken the news to fans that development of their megapopular real-time strategy Starcraft 2 is coming to an end.

Starcraft 2 celebrates 10 anniversary with custom campaigns, achievements

Okay, real-time strategy fans are likely to feel a bit long in the tooth now, as Starcraft 2 dev team announced they're celebrating 10 anniversary with some special goodies.

Blizzard teams up with ESL and Dreamhack for Starcraft 2, Warcraft 3: Reforged esports

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Blizzard announced some pretty big news for Starcraft 2's esports aspirations, as the company is teaming up with ESL and Dreamhack on delivering Starcraft 2 and Warcraft 3: Reforged esports competitions, with more than $4.6 million in play.

Starcraft 2 gets free iNcontroL commemorative bundle

Written insignia and logo for the game Starcraft 2 by Blizzard
Many a Starcraft fan was caught off guard earlier this year with the news of prominent caster and player Geoff 'iNcontroL' Robinson passing away, but Blizzard are keen on immortalising his image, and hopefully his jovial personality.

Starcraft 2 DeepMind AI coming to Battle.net competitive ladder

AI from 2001 Odyssey in Space with StarCraft 2 logo
I know - we're, like, this close to Skynet, but Blizzard just don't care, as they've announced that Starcraft 2's DeepMind AI will be taking part in Battle.net competitive ladder, where it will keep honing its world-destroying skills.

Gaming reaction times - At what age should you give up on PvP?

Player is walking towards a bike while looking at the sunset in PUBG
Over the past few decades, the age at which a person is considered 'old' has increased. However, a wider perception remains that gaming is primarily an activity for young adults. It isn't - but how do you age and stay competitive?

DeepMind AI swept the floor with two pros in StarCraft 2

Logo of Google's artificial intelligence project DeepMind
We've already reported on the DeepMind AI team, whose demonstration included pitting their AI called AlphaStar against seasoned StarCraft 2 pros and as it turns out, their digital opponent not only won, it did so by 5:0 in two matches.

Blizzard to take DeepMind artificial intelligence out for a spin

AI from 2001 Odyssey in Space with StarCraft 2 logo
Blizzard's DeepMind artificial intelligence seems to be ready for a proper public showing as they plan on showing off its newly acquired strategy skills in StarCraft 2, the live Twitch stream of which is scheduled to go live tomorrow.