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StarCraft: Brood War

StarCraft: Brood War
The box art of StarCraft: Brood War
The box art displays Kerrigan, one of the main characters in the series.
Developer(s)Saffire
Blizzard Entertainment
Publisher(s)Blizzard Entertainment
Producer(s)Shane Dabiri
Designer(s)Rob Pardo
Artist(s)Samwise Didier
Duane Stinnett
Writer(s)Chris Metzen
Composer(s)Tracy W. Bush
Jason Hayes
Glenn Stafford
SeriesStarCraft
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, Nintendo 64
ReleaseMicrosoft Windows
Mac OS
Genre(s)Real-time strategy
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

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. The expansion pack introduces new campaigns, map tilesets, music, extra units for each race, and upgrade advancements. The campaigns continue the story from where the original StarCraft ended,[4] with the sequel, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, continuing from the conclusion of Brood War. The expansion was released first in the United States on December 18, 1998.[1]

Brood War was critically well received, with reviewers praising it for being developed with the care of a full game rather than as an uninspired extra.[5][6][7] As of May 31, 2007, StarCraft and Brood War have sold almost ten million copies combined.[8] The game is especially popular in South Korea, where professional players and teams have participated in matches, earned sponsorships, and competed in televised matches.

As of April 19, 2017, StarCraft and its Brood War expansion, aka the Anthology, are free to download and play from Blizzard's website.[9] A remastered edition of StarCraft and its expansion was released on August 14, 2017.[10]

  1. ^ a b Mullen, Micheal (December 18, 1998). "Playback: Week in Review". GameSpot. Archived from the original on June 13, 2000. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
    "Starcraft fans have been waiting - and not so patiently - for Blizzard's first expansion pack Brood War[s]. Well, Blizzard announced that the title is on its way to stores nationwide (and we actually received box copies Friday morning to prove it)."
  2. ^ "December 1998 - Blizzard Entertainment News Archive". Blizzard Entertainment. Archived from the original on May 8, 1999. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
    12-18-98: "StarCraft: Brood War, the company's highly anticipated official expansion set to 1998's biggest strategy game begins hitting stores in the United States and Canada today."
  3. ^ "BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT RELEASES MACINTOSH STARCRAFT: BROOD WAR". Blizzard Entertainment. June 30, 1999. Archived from the original on October 13, 1999. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
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  7. ^ Bottorff, James. "StarCraft: Brood War". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Archived from the original on October 10, 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-11.
  8. ^ Kalning, Kristin (2007-05-31). "Can Blizzard top itself with 'StarCraft II?'". NBC News. Archived from the original on February 27, 2014. Retrieved 2008-01-01. StarCraft and the expansion Brood War have sold nearly ten million units.
  9. ^ "The Original StarCraft Is Free From Today". kotaku.com.au. 19 April 2017. Archived from the original on 13 June 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  10. ^ "StarCraft Remastered has a release date and price". eurogamer.net. 30 June 2017. Archived from the original on 4 November 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2018.

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