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.。

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。

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 。The message on Blizzard's newly launched。

StarCraft Remastered。

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。

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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