{"id":70380,"date":"2014-11-08T11:22:36","date_gmt":"2014-11-08T09:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=70380"},"modified":"2014-11-08T11:26:33","modified_gmt":"2014-11-08T09:26:33","slug":"starcraft-2-legacy-of-the-void-details-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/70380-starcraft-2-legacy-of-the-void-details-announced","title":{"rendered":"StarCraft 2: Legacy of the Void details announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cMy life\u2026 for Aiur,\u201d Zeratul breathed.<\/p>\n<p>If that line alone isn\u2019t enough to give you chills then it is likely you won\u2019t understand the rest of this article.<\/p>\n<p>You see Zeratul is a Dark Templar who was exiled from\u2026 Oh who am I kidding. I can\u2019t spoil the StarCraft storyline for new players like that, and neither can a summarise in a paragraph what takes up <a href=\"http:\/\/starcraft.wikia.com\/wiki\/StarCraft_storyline\" target=\"_blank\">whole wiki pages<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Evoking nerdgasms around the globe, Blizzard gave us the first taste of the final chapter of the StarCraft 2 storyline, which we all already knew would be called \u201cLegacy of the Void\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>We already knew the single player campaign would focus on the Protoss and would feature the Xel\u2019Naga in some way, as it had been hinted at in both of StarCraft 2&#8217;s previous instalments:\u00a0Wings of Liberty and Heart of the Swarm.<\/p>\n<p>So the cinematic trailer for Legacy of Void holds few surprises plot-wise for fans of the series, but it will still give you tingles:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OUMSMDX5iQc\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We also suspected that Legacy of the Void would follow the same pattern as Heart of the Swarm in being a stand-alone expansion. This means you don\u2019t need either of the previous games to play it.<\/p>\n<p>Which brings us to what Blizzard said that we didn\u2019t actually know already (as per the press release):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Archon Mode<\/strong>, a competitive multiplayer mode where two players share control over a single base and units as they take on an enemy duo.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Allied Commanders<\/strong>, an objective-based, co-operative mode where players can team up and take on the roles of the commanders from the StarCraft saga. Each commander offers its own abilities and upgrades, and grants special bonuses to their armies. Players are able to battle through a series of special scenarios together, levelling up their commanders\u2019 capabilities as they progress.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Automated tournaments<\/strong>, will provide players with ongoing events that support the active StarCraft II community.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Blizzard also confirmed that the new expansion will include a bunch of new units for players to use in multiplayer.<\/p>\n<p>The current status of the planned changes were detailed in a set of videos that Blizzard released with the announcement:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3tKHSrkilGY\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NaKT0YQSJ9I\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LkVMd1-ZyM8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As always, Blizzard has update the game to ensure that Protoss remains \u201cimba\u201d, and that Zerg don\u2019t stand a chance against the other two races.<\/p>\n<p>You might disagree with my knee-jerk conclusion about the changes without actually playing the game, but you would be wrong.<\/p>\n<p>For those who are interested in having an informed opinion and\/or would like to help shape the future of StarCraft 2, Blizzard has announced\u00a0a beta which you can sign up for via Battle.net, or the <a href=\"http:\/\/legacyofthevoid.com\" target=\"_blank\">Legacy of the Void site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In true Blizzard fashion, no information about the launch date or pricing for Legacy of the Void was revealed:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Further details about Legacy of the Void, including pricing and availability, will be announced at a later date.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3 id=\"rlated\">More Blizzard and StarCraft 2 news<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/64771-blizzard-to-sue-starcraft-2-hackers.html\"><strong>Blizzard to sue Starcraft 2 hackers<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/61560-blizzard-revitalises-free-starcraft-2-with-big-update.html\"><strong>Blizzard revitalises free StarCraft 2 with big update<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/70376-overwatch-blizzards-pick-up-and-play-team-based-shooter.html\"><strong>Overwatch: Blizzard\u2019s \u201cpick up and play\u201d team-based shooter<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/64049-activision-blizzard-to-spend-r5-2-billion-on-destiny.html\"><strong>Activision Blizzard to spend R5.2 billion on Destiny<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/62990-blizzard-games-battle-net-hit-by-ddos-attacks.html\"><strong>Blizzard games, Battle.net hit by DDoS attacks<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blizzard has unveiled new units and gameplay modes, and other change to online multiplayer for StarCraft 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163,"featured_media":70382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[665,2415,21,4155,13082],"class_list":["post-70380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-blizzard","tag-blizzard-entertainment","tag-headline","tag-starcraft-2","tag-starcraft-2-legacy-of-the-void"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/163"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}