It's a bit like when normal telly channels went HD and some newsreaders and presenters really suited the increased fidelity, but some looked a bit like sinister slightly iffy doppelgangers. I don't even know what most of the StarCraft units are but I can imagine some people recoiling from the screen when the new 4K version of their favourite unit doesn't look quite like they expected. The glasses were like an HD upgrade and the StarCraft Remastered trailer captures that feeling, right down to the way some parts of the world don't look quite right in the higher resolution. I thought the whole world had just got a bit muddy around the edges but it turns out my eyes had started to break and the world was doing just fine (in terms of its resolution at least). Last year, I started wearing glasses for the first time and this video reminds me of the first time I tried them on. It's coming in summer and you can see it below. On top of that it has 4K visuals, widescreen support, improved online functions and remastered audio. StarCraft is back, even though it never really went away.Īlthough presumably aimed at the esports crowd, Remastered contains all of the singleplayer content and the Brood War expansion. What's more, owners of the original will be able to play against those using Remastered. Patch downloads should be a bit faster on modern broadband connections than they were on the modem connections so common back when StarCraft's released in 1998.Blizzard have fired two blasts from the news-barrels, finally revealing a vague release window for the long-rumoured StarCraft Remastered project, and informing the world that the original version of the game will be free to download and play once the next patch arrives. The information posted to Team Liquid suggests that both StarCraft 1.18a and StarCraft Remastered will maintain compatibility with the older version 1.16 of the standard game.īlizzard isn't ready to talk specifics about the release date of StarCraft Remastered just yet, saying nothing more definitive than "summer 2017." The new patch 1.18a has a more concrete date of March 30. The update fixes a few bugs, including compatibility with recent versions of Windows and behavior issues with Valkyrie and Dragoon units. Version 1.18a will arrive soon, superseding the most recent Brood War 1.16 patch from 2009. The original version of the game is getting some attention in the meantime, according to a post at StarCraft community site Team Liquid. Note the revolutionary 16:9 aspect ratio. The game's mission briefings are to be re-imagined in a comic-book-style format, and the audio will be upgraded with re-recorded music and dialogue. The full single-player campaign from the base game and its Brood War expansion pack will be included. StarCraft Remastered will let players zoom in and out of the playfield for close-up or eagle-eye views of the action. Meanwhile, the standard versions of StarCraft and Brood War will soon be free to download and getting a new patch. The game will support widescreen resolutions up to 4K, thanks to re-drawn 2D art. Blizzard has officially announced that it's re-launching the legendary science-fiction RTS title as StarCraft Remastered. After 19 years at a maximum resolution of 640×480 and a fixed 4:3 aspect ratio, StarCraft is getting a high-resolution widescreen update.
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