Starcraft II is now Free-To-Play
Starcraft II is now Free-To-Play
The game’s Heart of the Swarm, Legacy of the Void and Nova Ops Campaigns will remain as paid add-ons, with multiplayer taking the rules, units and balance of the game’s Legacy of the Void expansion.
In Co-op, Starcraft II fans can play together using all of the game’s commanders, with Kerrigan, Raynor and Artanis being completely free to play and all other commanders being available to for free up to level 5.
This presents newcomers to the RTS genre a great chance to get started, offering a free campaign to learn the mechanics of the game as well as a free co-op mode to play with friends, a mode that lacks the stress that online RTS games can provide to newcomers to the genre. Players now have plenty of opportunities to practice before playing the game competitively, with this mode also being free to everyone.
This update is designed to bring more people into Starcraft, making the game’s online community more active in both the game’s competitive and co-operative modes.
Full patch notes for Starcraft II’s update 4.0 are available to view here.
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