StarCraft – 20th Anniversary
Major Game Anniversaries in March 2018 to Make You Feel Old
The international phenomenon known as StarCraft first debuted on March 31, 1998 and has since spawned great commercial success for Blizzard. Having sold more than any other PC game the year it was released (over 1.5 million copies), the game and its subsequent add-ons and sequel are credited with spearheading the use of high quality cinematics – a feature that many developers like Naughty Dog use to this day.
Two decades since its debut, StarCraft still remains one of the most popular games in the world, having sold nearly 10 million copies in lifetime sales and establishing a competitive esports scene that’s still going strong in South Korea. In fact, StarCraft pros in the country are regarded somewhat as celebrities, proving how much the game has had a cultural impact on international societies at large.
