If you have been living under a rock, then you may not know today, July 27th, 2010, is the release date StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. Developed by Blizzard Entertainment, the long awaited second installment of the popular real-time strategy series has finally made its way to store shelves. It has been twelve years since the first version of StarCraft popularized the RTS genre. Since that time, the game has grown to be an international phenomenon and even a professional sport in other countries.
Wings of Liberty has almost thirty single player missions. There is also a robust online multiplayer component, which features a newly updated Battle.net service, along with a fully adaptable set of mod tools. The CEO of Blizzard Entertainment had this to say about StarCraft II, “We’ve worked hard to deliver an epic continuation of the StarCraft story line as well as the ultimate competitive real-time strategy game with StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty…Combined with the next-generation online environment of the new Battle.net, we believe players will agree that StarCraft II offers an experience unlike anything we’ve ever created, and we’re excited to finally be able to share it with them.”
Available today are the standard edition (here) and limited Collector’s Edition (here) .
Included in the Collector’s Edition is a bunch of great extras that are totally worth the higher price, as follows:
- The Art of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, a 176-page book featuring artwork from the game
- An exclusive 2GB USB flash drive replica of Jim Raynor’s dog tag, which comes preloaded with the original StarCraft and the StarCraft: Brood War® expansion set
- A behind-the-scenes DVD containing over an hour of developer interviews, cinematics with director’s commentary, and more
- The official StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty soundtrack CD, containing 14 epic tracks from the game along with exclusive bonus tracks
- StarCraft comic book issue #0, a prequel to the comic series
- A World of Warcraft® mini Thor in-game pet that can be applied to all World of Warcraft characters on a single Battle.net account
- Exclusive Battle.net downloadable content, including special portraits for your Battle.net profile, decals to customize your units in-game, and a visually unique version of the terran Thor unit
If you want to know more about Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty, head on over to the Official Site
Source: Activision-Blizzard
