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Well that was unexpected.。

StarCraft。is coming back. Not as a sequel or as yet another expansion for
。 StarCraft II 。. Instead, Blizzard Entertainment is cooking up a remaster of the 1998 original, with a spruced up 4K resolution sheen and an assortment of modern contrivances aimed at making it easier to play a 20-year-old game in 2017.。

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SEE ALSO:Everyone on Twitch can't stop watching this new survival shooter 。 The re-release, titled 。StarCraft Remastered
。 , will launch this summer. Functionally, it's meant to be the game you remember -- none of the rules, mechanics, or any of the stuff that made。StarCraft 。

the gold standard of the real-time strategy genre will change. 。

It's just going to look better. And sound better. In addition to a new coat of 4K-friendly textures -- effectively, sharper versions of the original game's art with a wider range of supported aspect ratios -- all the dialogue and music has been re-recorded.。 For story devotees,StarCraft Remastered 。

will also feature comic book-style interludes that put an eye-catching new spin on the 1998 game's Terrans vs. Protoss vs. Zerg royal rumble. 
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StarCraft Remastered。

website is clear: the year-long development process led to a mountain of cosmetic improvements, but the gameplay core of the experience won't change in the slightest.
。Here are some side-by-side looks at what "remastered textures" actually means in the context of a 20-year-old game.。Here are some side-by-side looks at what "remastered textures" actually means in the context of a 20-year-old game. 。Left:。1998年Credittit: Blizzard Entertainment
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。1998年Credittit: BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT。Right:。2017年Credittitt: BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT。Left:。

1998年Credittit: BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT。 Right:。2017年Credittitt: BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT。 You can view all of these images (plus a few others) in GIF form on the newly launched。StarCraft Remastered
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website. If you've got any other questions about the re-release, you might find answers in Blizzard's extensive new interview with。 TeamLiquid。. 。

Blizzard is baking in support for campaign cloud saves, keybindings, custom maps, and replays.
。 StarCraft Remastered  。will also lean on Blizzard's Battle.net for matchmaking and social features.
。 To top it all off, the original version of 。StarCraft: Brood War 。

-- which includes the core game and its celebrated expansion -- will be re-released in the Blizzard store as a free download. The package, dubbed。 StarCraft Anthology
 。, was recently removed for unexplained (but now abundantly clear) reasons. 。

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The new version 1.18 release fixes bugs, improves performance on modern operating systems, and adds support for keybindings as well as an observer mode.。

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StarCraft Anthology 。

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StarCraft Anthology
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will arrive in the Battle.net online store sometime this week.。Featured Video For You 。Esports bars bring fans together to socialize and game。TopicsBlizzard EntertainmentGaming。

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