{"id":338746,"date":"2017-04-19T16:09:50","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T08:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/04\/19\/strategy-classic-starcraft-free-download-mac\/"},"modified":"2017-04-19T16:09:50","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T08:09:50","slug":"real-time-strategy-classic-starcraft-becomes-a-free-download-for-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/real-time-strategy-classic-starcraft-becomes-a-free-download-for-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"Real-Time Strategy Classic &#8216;StarCraft&#8217; Becomes a Free Download for Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"body\" readability=\"58.742665549036\">Blizzard Entertainment today made wildly popular real-time strategy game <em>StarCraft<\/em> a <a href=\"https:\/\/starcraft.com\/en-us\/articles\/20674424\">free download<\/a> for Mac and PC, nearly two decades after its original release.<\/p>\n<p>The RTS hit was universally acclaimed when it launched in 1998, and went on to become an e-sport phenomenon in South Korea, where big-prize tournaments and TV channels drew legions of fans to the game.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.macrumors.com\/article-new\/2017\/04\/starcraft.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-561348\"\/><br \/>The free download is the game&#8217;s first in eight years and includes the <em>Brood War<\/em> expansion pack. The patch 1.18 download also sports a handful of new features, including windowed mode, a better online game search engine, and improved response times during multiplayer battles.<\/p>\n<p>Blizzard&#8217;s decision to make the title freely available comes ahead of this summer&#8217;s <em>Remastered<\/em> edition of <em>StarCraft<\/em>, which promises enhanced 4K graphics, better audio, high-quality cinematics, and a redesigned matchmaking system.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5ypU9j4w3_w\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Making vintage <em>StarCraft<\/em> free also offers a unique opportunity for getting in some practice before the new version is released: Blizzard says owners of the original game and the remastered edition will be able to play each other online. Nostalgic gamers can find the free download of the original <em>StarCraft<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/starcraft.com\/en-us\/articles\/20674424\">here<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blizzard Entertainment today made wildly popular real-time strategy game <em>StarCraft<\/em> a <a href=\"https:\/\/starcraft.com\/en-us\/articles\/20674424\">free download<\/a> for Mac and PC, nearly two decades after its original release.<\/p>\n<p>The RTS hit was universally acclaimed when it launched in 1998, and went on to become an e-sport phenomenon in South Korea, where big-prize tournaments and TV channels drew legions of fans to the game.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.macrumors.com\/article-new\/2017\/04\/starcraft.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-561348\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>\nThe free download is the game&#8217;s first in eight years and includes the <em>Brood War<\/em> expansion pack. The patch 1.18 download also sports a handful of new features, including windowed mode, a better online game search engine, and improved response times during multiplayer battles.<\/p>\n<p>Blizzard&#8217;s decision to make the title freely available comes ahead of this summer&#8217;s <em>Remastered<\/em> edition of <em>StarCraft<\/em>, which promises enhanced 4K graphics, better audio, high-quality cinematics, and a redesigned matchmaking system. <\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5ypU9j4w3_w\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\n<br \/>\nMaking vintage <em>StarCraft<\/em> free also offers a unique opportunity for getting in some practice before the new version is released: Blizzard says owners of the original game and the remastered edition will be able to play each other online. Nostalgic gamers can find the free download of the original <em>StarCraft<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/starcraft.com\/en-us\/articles\/20674424\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkback\">Tag: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/blizzard\/\">Blizzard<\/a> <\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.macrumors.com\/threads\/strategy-classic-starcraft-free-download-mac.2042369\/\">Discuss this article<\/a> in our forums<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.macrumors.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?a=vxReXPZFzqg:PTgtp5ebUMU:6W8y8wAjSf4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?d=6W8y8wAjSf4\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.macrumors.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?a=vxReXPZFzqg:PTgtp5ebUMU:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/MacRumors-All\/~4\/vxReXPZFzqg\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5817,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[68,69,59,26],"class_list":["post-338746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-apple","tag-macrumors","tag-media","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338746\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}