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StarCraft

StarCraft is a 1998 real-time strategy classic developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment. The game has three unique races whose units are different but equally strong and perfectly balanced.
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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.

The very best PC strategy games of all time - Part 1

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Strategising expressed in real-time, turn-based and the time-bending variants in between has been a cornerstone of gaming since close to its infancy. Here's a selection of the very best examples of strategy games to ever grace the medium.

Starcraft gets a cartoony makeover in Starcraft: Cartooned

Blizzard's already legendary strategy Starcraft has received a whimsical, cartoony makeover, courtesy of Carbot Animations, the team you might know from their Starcraft parody videos, but the game itself remains unchanged of course.

DeepMind AI swept the floor with two pros in StarCraft 2

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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.

StarCraft's 20th anniversary brings gifts to players who log in to Battle.net games

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Blizzard's E-Sport game celebrates it's 20th birthday tomorrow. After reaching cult-classic status in the RTS genre, it is still supported and played. The 20th anniversary event has started, with a few days left to your claim goodies.

Starcraft celebrates 20th anniversary with goodies across Blizzard's lineup

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Blizzard's Starcraft is celebrating its 20th anniversary and the company is celebrating in style, announcing a slew of goodies across their line up, which includes the likes of Diablo, Overwatch, World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, etc.

Overwatch's new escort map and Blizzard's plans for gamescom

Blizzard just revealed a new escort map for Overwatch. The map is set in Australian Outback. A new animated short is to be revealed during the Blizzard Reveal Ceremony on Wednesday, 23 August.

Video games that aged well

This weekend we take a look at some of the games that have aged beautifully. Whether that was because of their story or their graphics, the important thing is that they are still a joy to play.

StarCraft: Remastered is arriving in August

StarCraft will be receiving its fresh coat of 4K paint 14 August 2017 and South Korea is overjoyed. Everyone else will have a good reason and opportunity to replay Blizzard's classic RTS for the modest sum of £12.99