The next short story, which focuses on Reapers, is now available. Check out an excerpt below:

Warden Kejora stood in the very center of the Hub, hands behind his back, looking over the dozens of screens before him. Each one showed new arrivals. He liked the look of none of them. Not a surprise. A small percentage of humanity was resistant to resocialization in some way, but even among that tiny group, his program only received the dregs: pirates, petty crooks, murderers. Maybe a political dissident or two.

Not for the first time he considered having them all shot, but that wasn't his job. Emperor Mengsk wanted reapers, and by god, he'd get reapers.

 

Check out the full story here.

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Battle.net - New StarCraft Short Story: Icehouse

The short story for the Overlord is out, and can be read here.

He stood on the observation deck of the former Tarsonis Ghost Academy, a reclining giant of black reflective marble on the outside and neosteel on the inside. The desiccated grounds of the city square framed the academy and the shattered monument up front. Only two ragged stone feet on a pedestal remained of the tribute to some hero of the now-dead Confederacy.

 

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Battle.net - New StarCraft Short Story: Just An Overlord

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm is Now Live!

Players who have purchased the Heart of the Swarm expansion now have access to all of its content.

  • Continue the epic single-player campaign and story.   
    • Command the Zerg Swarm in 20 brand-new missions across seven dramatic story arcs.
    • Conquer foes and evolve your brood in seven Evolution Mission skirmishes.
    • Explore dangerous new worlds with 14 additional tilesets.
    • Relive every exciting moment by unlocking the Master Archives. After completing the Heart of the Swarm campaign, you can use the Master Archives to jump directly into any mission or replay any cinematic.
  • Experience the enhanced multiplayer game.
    • Seven new units have been added across the Terran, Protoss, and Zerg races.
    • Intriguing upgrades and abilities have been retrofitted to a number of existing Wings of Liberty units.
    • There are 26 new multiplayer maps of all sizes to wage war on!
  • Experience a completely revamped physics system.
    • Death animations have been updated to take advantage of advanced physics effects.
    • After being killed, units can fall off cliff edges, slide down ramps, glide across ice, and more.
    • Many physics-triggered sounds have been paired with these new visual effects.
  • Level up with the new Leveling System.
    • Completing Heart of the Swarm matches now grants XP.
    • Level up to unlock new skins, animations, race specific portraits, and decals.
  • Control AI partners using the “AI Communication” system.
    • Players can now work closely and strategize with their AI partners.
    • You can issue specific commands to AI teammates, such as where to attack, defend, scout, and expand.

    
Heart of the Swarm includes all of the awesome new features recently added in Patch 2.0.4, including the updated user interface, clans and groups, new replay features, unranked play, global play, language selection, and much more!

 

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Battle.net - StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm Patch Notes

Once StarCraft II: Flashpoint hit store shelves, we here at StarCraft: Legacy gave the book a thorough read. Our review of the book is now available for viewing, as well as an interview with the author, Christie Golden, which was a wonderful opportunity for us to understand the thoughts behind writing the book

To commemorate the release of the book and our review, we are giving away a signed copy of Flashpoint to a lucky member of the community. To have your chance at winning the book, simply join the StarCraft Legacy group on StarCraft II, follow our twitter (@StarCraftLegacy), and tweet to us your StarCraft II name. A winner will be chosen at random, then contacted with details on claiming the prize.

Good luck to anyone hoping to win the giveaway, and hope you enjoy our review and interview!

Click here for the review article.

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StarCraft: Legacy - Flashpoint Review and Interview with Christie Golden

Heart of the Swarm is live! If you haven't already, purchase the game here, and if you've already bought it, make sure to add the game key to your Battle.net account, then fire up the StarCraft II client!


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Battle.net - Heart of the Swarm


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