It’s been a hell of a long road for StarCraft. With development kicking off on a sequel to the mega-popular real-time strategy game back in 2003, it wouldn’t be until 2007 when Blizzard would officially announce the title. It’d be another three years before fans got to play the first StarCraft 2 game, Wings Of Liberty. It was then another three years before the Zerg-centric Heart Of The Swarm was released. There’s one more chapter to go however, as Legacy Of The Void focuses on the Protoss. And that game will be going into a closed beta at the end of the month.
As per usual with Blizzard, only a select amount of players will get to experience the rough cut of the game in order to provide feedback on it. “The StarCraft II Legacy of the Void Beta is on the way, and with only two weeks left until its launch we wanted to take a look at the goals and expectations around the multiplayer beta,” Blizzard wrote on their Battle.net blog.
As you are likely aware, we’ve been trying to be as open as possible with the status of our development, and strongly believe that the increased cooperation between developers and players is beneficial to StarCraft II. To be clear, our goal for this expansion is to work together with all of you to make Legacy of the Void as awesome as possible.
For this reason, we decided to start the beta sooner than we normally would have in the past. This should provide ample time for feedback and iteration. However, this naturally results in a few things:
- Some things at the start of the beta will feel more rough than usual
- We will be missing some units, improvements, features, etc
- The beta will run for a longer period of time than usual
Legacy Of The Void will of course feature some extensive changes to units, resulting in a whole new meta-game for seasoned pros. Battle.net has an extensive list of what’s new in the Protoss hood, if you’re into that kind of thing.
Last Updated: March 19, 2015
ReaperOfSquirrels
March 19, 2015 at 09:04
Probably makes me a bad person, but I’ve never played SC2.
Pariah
March 19, 2015 at 09:07
I played the first on a friend’s computer. Was a good campaign, but I don’t have much interest in online multiplayer (which is where the real value lies). So one day I’ll get the trilogy on special or something.
Viking Of Science
March 19, 2015 at 09:32
Blizzard? Special? they hardly ever have a sale….
Pariah
March 19, 2015 at 09:41
BT games, Look n Listen. Retail. Blizzard don’t put their digital shit out for a discount. Ever.
Viking Of Science
March 19, 2015 at 09:46
re-tail? what is that some kind of Sonic DLC?
Gareth L (That eXCheez Guy)
March 19, 2015 at 20:52
Wrong. Black Friday. 😉
Gareth L (That eXCheez Guy)
March 19, 2015 at 20:51
Blizzard always has a 50% off Black Friday sale. It’s when I always buy their games.
Blood Emperor Trevor
March 19, 2015 at 09:09
Me neither. I’ve had zero interest in it since day one. And I did play Starcraft.
Skyblue
March 19, 2015 at 13:29
Missing out on some of the best gameplay and storylines available to PC gamers. I loved everything about SC2 and not competitively speaking either.
Gareth L (That eXCheez Guy)
March 19, 2015 at 20:54
Best storyline? It’s a ripoff of a lot of space movies. Heck, it’s mostly a rehash of the first one.
Gideon Venter
March 19, 2015 at 15:38
Heathen ;P
Hammersteyn
March 19, 2015 at 09:13
It’s really good. Blizzard knows how to make strategy games even though they’ve given that up for MMOs and MOBAs 🙁
Loftus
March 19, 2015 at 09:18
Heroes of the Storm isn’t all that bad, but yes you are right gone are the days of a good strategy games
Kromas is drunk with power!
March 19, 2015 at 09:20
Strategy games with a story that actually ties together very well. In fact the only rts ever that made me get the feels.
Viking Of Science
March 19, 2015 at 09:33
Westwood RTS > Blizzard RTS
Pariah
March 19, 2015 at 09:42
HERETIC!
Actually I loved them both, equally. They were different, but both amazing.
Viking Of Science
March 19, 2015 at 09:47
You’re The HERETIC!
KANE LIVES IN DEATH!
Kensei Seraph
March 19, 2015 at 10:55
I now want a Starcraft/Tiberium crossover.
Hammersteyn
March 19, 2015 at 09:50
But Westwood diededed. Thanks EA!
Viking Of Science
March 19, 2015 at 09:51
Westwood Lives on as Petroglyph… (kinda, it’s a long story)
Hammersteyn
March 19, 2015 at 10:02
O_o so we may still play some C&C again?
Viking Of Science
March 19, 2015 at 14:29
In Spirit yes, Grey Goo plays a lot like a Classic CnC title, Or So I hear, my PC won’t Handle Goo too well 🙁
Gareth L (That eXCheez Guy)
March 19, 2015 at 20:56
Not really. Only about five Westwood guys are still there and they’re not in charge.
Brady miaau
March 20, 2015 at 11:09
Hmm. No. Almost, but no. C&C, when looked at, was won by the fastest developed army.
In Warcraft 2, I held demons (high end unit) at bay with small groups of well controlled archers. in C&C I could never, ever get that sort of thing right, well, not easily. But in SC and Wacraft 2 I could, with superior strategy, win games.
justlikemo
March 19, 2015 at 10:22
whaaat ! you seriously have to try this game, it rocks, the development on it happens on like a daily basis, as most of the game is online. So any map issues get resolved very fast.
MalikaiZA
March 19, 2015 at 12:00
Very bad indeed
Hammersteyn
March 19, 2015 at 09:12
Will buy the bundle when all is released. Played this at a friends house. SC2 is a massive improvement over SC1. I love how you must plan your upgrades in between missions. It affects the gameplay during the campaign tremendously.
Skyblue
March 19, 2015 at 13:31
Great game, can’t wait.
Kromas is drunk with power!
March 19, 2015 at 09:21
POWER OVERWHELMING!
ReaperOfSquirrels
March 19, 2015 at 09:24
Wrong game, that’s an Illidan quote. 😛
Kromas is drunk with power!
March 19, 2015 at 09:27
No good Sir. You are wrong. That is a quote from Sc1 Protoss unit the Archon.
Pariah
March 19, 2015 at 09:31
Thank the gods you at least know. XD
Kromas is drunk with power!
March 19, 2015 at 09:34
Also a cheat for one of the blizzard games. Not sure what game though.
Also Dark Archons forever!
#TassadarforExarch!
Pariah
March 19, 2015 at 09:43
Warcraft 3, original.
Either way, an army of Dark Archons was always fun. Plus they’re red. And red shit is awesome!!!!
What? This? It’s not a chainsaw, don’t worry. What’s that? Over there? Look!
Kromas is drunk with power!
March 19, 2015 at 09:47
For me it was the “Steal their stuff and kill them with it turtling strategy” that made them fun. I just loved steamrolling over a battlefield with Siegetanks backed up by Carriers and Ultralisks cause Dark Archons. 😛
Kensei Seraph
March 19, 2015 at 10:43
I almost upvoted but then I saw the hashtag.
Kromas is drunk with power!
March 19, 2015 at 10:49
You have an issue with Tassadar? I mean the man did sacrifice himself (sorta) to save the day.
Don’t tell me you like Zeratul more? Lately he is a poor mans’ Deckard Cain.
Kensei Seraph
March 19, 2015 at 10:53
Tassadar is/was/will be (I somewhat suspect that this is all a vision of the future that someone [maybe Raynor or Sarah] are having that will then flashback to before Starcraft and Starcraft 3 will be them rewriting everything) awesome and learning more about him is half the reason I want to get LotV.
Brady miaau
March 20, 2015 at 11:07
Deckard Cain is nothing special. Zeratul is. Dammit.
ReaperOfSquirrels
March 19, 2015 at 10:26
Oh right, I forgot about that. -.-
Kromas is drunk with power!
March 19, 2015 at 10:31
Easy to miss as they do a lot of crossovers.
Remember “My life for AUIR! …. I mean Nerzhul!”
Hammersteyn
March 19, 2015 at 09:28
I’VE GOT A FLYING MACHINE
Pariah
March 19, 2015 at 09:42
I CAN SEE MY HOUSE!
Chaos Lord Norm
March 19, 2015 at 11:29
I’M NOT THAT KINDA ORC!
Vulcha
March 19, 2015 at 13:30
THEY CAME FROM BEHIND
Brady miaau
March 20, 2015 at 11:06
no, it is from original Starcraft