Wings of Liberty

As a sequel to the award-winning 1998 video game StarCraft, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game currently under development by Blizzard Entertainment. Activision Blizzard anticipates Wings of Liberty to be released in the first half of 2010, which is based upon the game meeting Blizzard’s quality standards although the Best Buy Canada site has a release date on its website of May 31st, 2010.

StarCraft II was split during development into three installments: the base game called Wings of Liberty, and two expansion packs, Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void. Although initially Starcraft was conceived as a single game, the decision was made to provide more breadth to develop the game’s story. Set in the 26th century in a distant part of the Milky Way galaxy, the game revolves around three species: the Terrans, human exiles from Earth; the Zerg, a race of insectoids; and the Protoss, a species with vast psionic power. The game takes place four years after the events of StarCraft: Brood War, and follows the exploits of Jim Raynor as he leads an insurgent group against the autocratic Terran Dominion.