Legacy of the Void, the final installment in the StarCraft 2 trilogy, is finally released today! (10th November).
The news was revealed during the StarCraft 2 World Championships Series Season 3 Finals, held in Krakow, Poland yesterday evening. Blizzard also lifted the lid on one of its fancy cinematic trailers too.
Legacy of the Void follows on from the vanilla and Heart of the Swarm installments of StarCraft 2‘s story, and this time around focuses on the exploits and destiny of the Protoss race.
“Legacy of the Void provides an epic conclusion to a story more than 17 years in the making,”
As well as providing a new storyline and new units to mess around with in multiplayer, the final expansion also introduces Archon Mode, which allows a pair of players to share ownership of a single base while doing battle against their opposite numbers.
Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime said in a statement.
“It also brings tremendous enhancements to StarCraft II’s definitive real-time strategy gameplay, with new units, automated tournaments, collaborative game modes, and more. We can’t wait for players to experience it all this November.”
Multiple versions of Legacy of the Void will be available, as is often the case these days. The base digital version sells for $40 and unlocks a Hero, Artanis, in Blizzard’s team brawler Heroes of the Storm. The Digital Deluxe version of the game sells for $60 and also unlocks an Archon pet in World of Warcraft and a Void Speeder mount in Heroes of the Storm.
A retail-exclusive Collector’s Edition of Legacy of the Void will also be available. Selling for $80, the game includes everything available in the other two versions as well as a special edition of the StarCraft Field Manual, a DVD featuring cinematics and special features, and a CD soundtrack
While the campaign in Wings of Liberty focused on the Terrans and Heart of the Swarm focused on the Zerg, Legacy of the Void’s campaign is centered around the Protoss and their battleship, the Spear of Adun. Additionally, “players will also bear witness to the ultimate fates of Terran hero Jim Raynor, the former marshal turned rebel leader, and Kerrigan, the Zerg Queen of Blades,” Blizzard writes.
This might wrap up StarCraft II, but that doesn’t necessarily mean Blizzard is done with the RTS. At GamesCom last month, Legacy of the Void producer Tim Morten hinted at future plans, saying “there’s no question, though, that we’ll consider Warcraft, StarCraft, or even new ideas.”
