Jul 17, 2010

Starcraft II, rated as one of Top 25 games for 2010 Summer, will be releasing its games all over the U.S.  With all new graphics, challenging single player campaigns, and tons of upgrades for your units (Terran, Protoss, Zerg), I am sure you would love to get a load of this awesome strategy game.

Early in Starcraft I, Zerg has overran both Protoss and Terran Race with formidable forces, destroying majority of Terran Domain and leaving Terran Jim Raynor along with the rest of the Terran Dominic power.

Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty will focus on the human Terran faction with a 29-mission single-player campaign. However, the multiplayer component will also let gamers wage interstellar real-time strategy warfare as the hivelike Zerg and technologically advanced Protoss factions. Two sequels focusing on those factions–Legacy of the Void and Heart of the Swarm–are also in development.

Storyline of Stacraft II: Wings of Liberty
At the conclusion of Brood War, Kerrigan and her Zerg forces became the dominant faction in the Koprulu Sector, having annihilated the United Earth Directorate’s (UED) Expeditionary Force, destroyed the Terran Dominion and invaded the Protoss homeworld of Aiur. However, after the conclusion of Brood War, Kerrigan retreats to Char, despite having more than enough power to crush all remaining resistance in the Koprulu Sector. In the four years leading up to the events of StarCraft II, she has not been seen or heard from by any of the other characters.

So What is Happening in Terran?
Left alone to rebuild the Terran Dominion, Arcturus Mengsk is consolidating his power while fending off harassment from rival Terran groups. Introduced by the novel Firstborn, Valerian Mengsk will play an important role in Dominion politics, due to his position as heir apparent to the throne. Meanwhile, Jim Raynor, a famous veteran vulture rider and an admired marine from Starcraft I and Brood War, has been reduced to a mercenary status, and has been shown to be doing business with the Moebius Foundation, a new faction which is interested in ancient Xel’Naga artifacts. VP of Creative Development at Blizzard Entertainment, Chris Metzen has emphasized that by the events of StarCraft II, Raynor has become jaded and embittered by the way he was used and betrayed by Arcturus Mengsk. Other new characters in StarCraft II will include Tychus Findlay (the marine you’ve seen in StarCraft II teaser Cinematic) as a member of Raynor’s crew, and Raynor’s second in command, Matt Horner, a character originally featured in the novel Queen of Blades.

Protoss Artanis & Dark Templar Zeratul: Their Journey to Rebuilding Their World

Following the fall of Aiur and the death of their matriarch Raszgal, the Protoss retreated to the dark templar homeworld of Shakuras. Within this dark world, Artanis, a former student of Tassadar and a Protoss scout, (Tassadar was known as the Protoss Templar, who sacrificed himself by crash landing a Khoal Crystal armed carrier to OverMind in Starcraft I storyline and eliminated Overmind), is trying to unify the Khalai Protoss and the dark templar, who have nearly separated into a tribal mindset as a result of centuries of distrust.

Zeratul (first appeared in StarCraft I as the dark templar leader and having fought against the Zergs), tormented over the murder of his matriarch, has disappeared to search for clues to the meaning of Samir Duran’s  cryptic statement on the Protoss/Zerg hybrid in Brood War’s secret mission “Dark Origin”. (Samir Duran is the Kerrigan’s second-in command and a Terran/Zerg hybrid ghost from StarCraft I. He was responsible for tricking the UED force to attack Psi Distrputer controlled by Terran Dominion and ultimately killed Vice-Admiral Alex Stukov. Dark Origin was the last few bonus games added into the Starcraft I when the gamers finished all the single campaigns. Zeratful, along with his dark templar and Protoss force, had traveled to far side of the universe and saw the several experiments of Protoss/Zerg Hybrid. )