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StarCraft: Brood War is the expansion pack for the military science fiction real-time strategy video game StarCraft. Released in December 1998 for Microsoft Windows and June 1999 for Mac OS , it was co-developed by Saffire and Blizzard Entertainment .
Combined with its official expansion, Brood War, over 10 million copies of StarCraft have been sold globally. [7] StarCraft remains one of the most popular online games in the world; [8] Blizzard Entertainment reported an 800 percent increase in Battle.net service usage after the game's release in 1998. [9]
StarCraft: Remastered is a remastered edition of the 1998 real-time strategy video game StarCraft and its expansion Brood War, which was released on August 14, 2017.It retains the gameplay of the original StarCraft, but features ultra-high-definition graphics (ultra HD), re-recorded audio, and Blizzard's modern online feature suite.
Approximately 56% of PC game players in Indonesia are males, with the 21–35 age group making up the largest demographic. [11] According to Euromonitor, Sony consoles are the most popular with a 60.6% market share followed by Microsoft and Nintendo. [7] Mobile games make up the majority of the revenues, with a 52% revenue share in 2015. [12]
StarCraft is a military science fiction media franchise created by Chris Metzen and James Phinney and owned by Blizzard Entertainment. [1] The series, set in the beginning of the 26th century, centers on a galactic struggle for dominance among four species—the adaptable and mobile Terrans, the ever-evolving insectoid Zerg, the powerful and enigmatic Protoss, and the godlike Xel'Naga creator ...
This is an index of real-time strategy video games, sorted chronologically. Information regarding date of release, developer, platform, setting and notability is provided when available. Information regarding date of release, developer, platform, setting and notability is provided when available.
It is the standard by which all real-time strategy games are judged." [3] IGN stated that StarCraft "is hands down one of the best, if not the best, real-time strategy games ever created." [95] StarCraft is frequently included in the industry's best games rankings, for example it ranked 37 in Edge ' s top 100 games of all time. [2]
The release of StarCraft in 1998 increased usage of the Battle.net service significantly. Features such as ladder ranking and game filters were added to the service. Battle.net grew even larger after the release of the expansion pack StarCraft: Brood War, with tens of thousands of players logged on at any given time (even in the present day).