StarCraft

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StarCraft is a landmark real-time strategy video game franchise known for its competitive multiplayer, deep sci-fi lore, and major influence on esports, particularly in South Korea.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Blizzard Entertainment franchise
real-time strategy video game
video game franchise
countryOfOrigin United States
developer Blizzard Entertainment
engine StarCraft engine
esportsDiscipline StarCraft II
StarCraft: Brood War
featuresFaction Protoss
Terran
Zerg
firstReleaseDate 1998-03-31
firstReleaseTitle StarCraft
gameMode multiplayer
single-player campaign
genre real-time strategy
hasExpansion StarCraft: Brood War
hasGameMode custom games
hasMediaType board games
comics
novels
hasRemaster StarCraft: Remastered
hasSequel StarCraft II
hasSpinOff StarCraft: Ghost
influenced later real-time strategy games
professional esports infrastructure in South Korea
inUniverseConflict Terran vs Zerg vs Protoss war
multiplayerService Battle.net
notableFor competitive multiplayer
deep sci-fi lore
influence on esports
map editor and custom scenarios
notableInRegion South Korea
notableMechanic asymmetric races
base building
fog of war
resource management
notableTournamentRegion Korea e-Sports Association scene
originalLanguage English
platform Mac OS
Microsoft Windows
publisher Blizzard Entertainment
remasterReleaseDate 2017-08-14
setting science fiction universe
soundtrackComposer Derek Duke
Glenn Stafford
supports LAN multiplayer
online multiplayer

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Blizzard Entertainment
created
StarCraft
firstReleaseTitle
StarCraft ("StarCraft: Remastered")
hasRemaster
Blizzard Entertainment ("StarCraft franchise")
notableWork
Vivendi Games ("StarCraft series")
ownedFranchisePublisherOf
Activision Blizzard
ownsFranchise
Activision Blizzard ("StarCraft series")
publishes

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