𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲. 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭: 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲.
The first offspring in the StarCraft series came out on 31 March 1998 and was a great success for Blizzard, especially in South Korea, where the game is still being played. Two further expansion packages, called Insurrection and the Brood War, were launched later in 1998. The real-time strategy game also got a sequel with StarCraft 2, which was developed over many years and released in 2010.
In honour of launching StarCraft two decades ago, Blizzard has released additional, free content for several of its games, although these are mainly cosmetic elements. Among others World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, Overwatch, Diablo 3, Heroes of the Storm and StarCraft 2 get things like new skins or an extra pet. Players only need to log in at the right time: Polygon has created a list of when players need to log in to get the extra content.
Last year, Blizzard released a new version of the original StarCraft game. In doing so, the publisher wanted to offer a variant with polished graphics, improved audio and more functionality for online access. The Remastered version is compatible with the original game, allowing players to compete against each other. If you have the Remastered version and log in after March 6th, you will be given a special skin to celebrate StarCraft's birthday.
