Unlike prior games made by the company, StarCraft II requires a account and an active online connection to run, with singleplayer content being available offline only if the game was authenticated online within 30 days of the attempt to play without an Internet connection.Starcraft is a popular real-time strategy game set in the 26th century. The game is no longer receiving any new content as of October 2020, with the only updates released since then resolving bugs, minor balance tweaks and map pool rotations to accomodate major multiplayer events. The last major version, 5.0, was released in July 2020. The game's balance was significantly reshuffled, including some units and abilities getting removed, added or replaced in version 4.0 and its subsequent patches. The multiplayer lobbies for all expansions were merged into one, with free users still able to access the unranked section thereof. The Wings of Liberty content was made free-to-play for all users, replacing the Starter Edition and the spawning concept. On November 14, 2017, the game was updated to version 4.0 with significant changes. Over time, the game received co-op campaigns with purchasable/unlockable co-commanders, with a small set already unlocked for all players. During 2016, three parts of the mini-campaign Nova Covert Ops were also released. Legacy of the Void (versions 3.x) came out in November 2015 with the Protoss campaign and further new units. Heart of the Swarm (versions 2.x) came out in March 2013 featuring the Zerg campaign and new units, as well as the ability to invite one friend to ranked multiplayer for the duration of the respective account connections, the process being called "spawning". A Starter Edition was released as a sort of a limited demo release, with access to unranked multiplayer and the Arcade (in-built distribution system for modified maps), but only a limited set of campaign missions. The initial release, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (versions 1.x) from July 2010, served as the base game and featured a Terran campaign. The content was split to 3 key parts, each of them having a large campaign for a single faction. The game was initially announced at BlizzCon 2007. It offers both long singleplayer campaigns and a popular multiplayer mode. StarCraft II is a sci-fi RTS game developed by Blizzard Entertainment (specifically, its now-defunct Team 1).
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