'StarCraft II' is now free-to-play

Screenshot from the "StarCraft" trailer YouTube/StarCraft

At BlizzCon, Blizzard announced that "StarCraft II" would soon be free-to-play. The company followed up on their words, and on Nov. 14, the hit real-time strategy, sci-fi game took on the free-to-play title.

New and old fans of the "StarCraft" franchise will now be able to playthrough the campaigns without spending a single coin. According to video game news website Game Spot, the campaigns aren't the only things that are free-to-play, all the commanders are now available as well, at least, up until level five.

Ranked multiplayer will be accessible free of charge as well. This would include all the multiplayer units from the expansion packs Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void. Some of the new units from Heart of the Swarm are the Viper, Swarm Host, Oracle, Tempest, and Mothership Core. Meanwhile, the Legacy of the Void expansion pack introduced tweaks to the races and some of their abilities.

An announcement regarding these freebies has also been made on the StarCraft II website.

"Starting November 14, you'll have free access to the original Wings of Liberty single-player campaign and every Co-op Commander, and will be able to unlock access to StarCraft II's competitive multiplayer content for free. Here is a specific rundown of everything that will be available to you for free."

The announcement then goes on to name the things players will be able to access.

"You can now play all of StarCraft II's multiplayer, every Co-op Commander, and the entire first campaign in the single-player story, for free."

However, if players want to play the following single-player campaigns following Wing of Liberty, those will no longer be free-to-play. They will need to purchase Heart of the Swarm, Legacy of the Void, and Nova Covert Ops. They will be available for purchase at $14.99 each, but fans can also purchase the bundle for $39.99.

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