![]() HotS picks up where Wings of Liberty left off, this time picking up Sarah Kerrigan's tale. That was nearly three years ago – so is it all we hoped for? Some of that disappointment was dispelled by the misguided belief that at least we would not have to wait long for the next instalment. After all, it was the expert balancing of three separate races, each with their own interlocking storylines that made the original such a step change for real time strategy games. Read this for more details.When Blizzard first announced that Starcraft 2 would feature only a Terran campaign, you could hear collective groans from every corner of cyberspace. ![]() The free version of StarCraft II, launching on Tuesday the 14th, will contain the Wings of Liberty campaign along with SC2's full competitive multiplayer and most of the cooperative mode. We've got until December 8th to redeem the gift, after which it'll expire and vanish. Alec's old review said the Swarm campaign's story and writing were guff but it had some big fun action bits and yup, I'll go for that. I don't really play real-time strategy games in multiplayer and Wings of Liberty's campaign was wobbly enough that I didn't fancy buying HotS, then it slipped out of my mind. ![]() Look for the little gift icon in the top-right corner:Ĭlicking that should open a window letting you claim a free copy of HotS. People who owned Wings of Liberty as of October 31st this year can now fire up the client and claim Heart of the Swarm for free. Stomp around as Kerrigan and make some meatfriends, sure, why not? This little freebie comes ahead of Blizzard launching a big free version of SC2, including the Wings of Liberty campaign, next week. If you, like me, bought the original StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty then skipped the sequels, good news: you can now get the Zergy one, Heart of the Swarm, for free.
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