StarCraft II

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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?

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'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.