Evolution Complete! Blizzard Entertainment Announces StarCraft®: Remastered
March 27 2017 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
The groundbreaking sci-fi real-time strategy game remastered in
4K Ultra High Definition, to include all content from the original
award-winning game and its renowned expansion, StarCraft: Brood
War®.
StarCraft: Remastered maintains the gameplay and balance that
set the standard for the RTS genre, while updating graphics and
audio, and adding matchmaking, ladder, social features, and
more!
One of the highest rated, most celebrated games of all time has
evolved. Blizzard Entertainment today unveiled StarCraft®:
Remastered, a reverently crafted modernization of the original
award-winning real-time strategy game. StarCraft: Remastered will
offer a full graphical overhaul of the original StarCraft and the
StarCraft: Brood War® expansion, while preserving the sublime
gameplay that captivated millions of gamers around the world and
served as the foundation for professional global esports.
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StarCraft: Remastered is a reverently
crafted modernization of Blizzard Entertainment's original
award-winning real-time strategy game. (Photo: Business Wire)
“StarCraft is a pure distillation of Blizzard’s DNA—its story,
its balance, and all the little details reflect our long-running
commitment to epic entertainment, and it’s been a staple in
competitive gaming and esports for almost 20 years,” said Mike
Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. “With
StarCraft: Remastered, we’re modernizing the original game’s
visuals, audio, and online support to ensure that players can enjoy
StarCraft for another 20 years and beyond.”
The remastered graphics and audio will bring a modern look and
feel to the timeless classic, with widescreen UHD support for up to
4K resolution. Other updates will include new illustrations to
enhance storytelling in the StarCraft and StarCraft: Brood War
campaign missions; advanced matchmaking; full connectivity to
Blizzard’s gaming network for social features and updates; cloud
saving for campaign progress, custom maps, replays, and keybinds;
support for eight new languages in addition to the original five;
and more. While these improvements will bring StarCraft to the
modern era, gameplay and balance have been precisely preserved, for
an experience that will feel identical to veteran players.
Blizzard is developing StarCraft: Remastered for release on
Windows® and Mac® PCs, with an anticipated release date this
summer. Pricing and related information on StarCraft: Remastered
will be announced at a later date. Prepare to venture once again
onto the planetary battlefields of the war-torn Koprulu Sector;
command the forces of the zerg, protoss, and terrans in their
struggle for galactic domination; relive the epic saga of Marshal
Jim Raynor, Kerrigan, and Praetor Fenix; or just vie for the GG
against fellow players in this rejuvenated version of the online
competitive RTS that set the bar for an entire genre.
Learn more at www.starcraft.com.
In preparation for StarCraft: Remastered, Blizzard Entertainment
will update StarCraft: Brood War later this week to version 1.18.
The update will include bug fixes and improvements, including the
ability to rebind keys; observer mode; modern anti-cheat measures;
compatibility improvements for Windows 7, 8.1, and 10; and more.
Once the update is live, StarCraft Anthology, which includes the
original game and the Brood War expansion, will be free to download
and play.
About Blizzard Entertainment,
Inc.
Best known for blockbuster hits including World of Warcraft®,
Hearthstone®, Overwatch®, the Warcraft®, StarCraft®, and Diablo®
franchises, and the multi-franchise Heroes of the Storm®, Blizzard
Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com), a division of Activision
Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI), is a premier developer and publisher of
entertainment software renowned for creating some of the industry’s
most critically acclaimed games. Blizzard Entertainment’s track
record includes twenty-one #1 games* and multiple Game of the Year
awards. The company’s online-gaming service, Battle.net®, is one of
the largest in the world, with millions of active players.
*Based on internal company records and reports from key
distribution partners.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking
Statements: Information in this press release that involves
Blizzard Entertainment's expectations, plans, intentions or
strategies regarding the future, including statements about
StarCraft: Remastered, are forward-looking statements that are not
facts and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Factors that
could cause Blizzard Entertainment's actual future results to
differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking
statements set forth in this release include unanticipated product
delays and other factors identified in the risk factors sections of
Activision Blizzard’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K and
any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. The forward-looking
statements in this release are based upon information available to
Blizzard Entertainment and Activision Blizzard as of the date of
this release, and neither Blizzard Entertainment nor Activision
Blizzard assumes any obligation to update any such forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements believed to be true when
made may ultimately prove to be incorrect. These statements are not
guarantees of the future performance of Blizzard Entertainment or
Activision Blizzard and are subject to risks, uncertainties and
other factors, some of which are beyond its control and may cause
actual results to differ materially from current expectations.
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