{"id":51080,"date":"2020-10-16T06:44:45","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T13:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=51080"},"modified":"2020-10-16T06:44:46","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T13:44:46","slug":"its-been-a-decade-starcraft-ii-time-to-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2020\/10\/16\/its-been-a-decade-starcraft-ii-time-to-rest\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s been a decade, StarCraft II. Time to rest."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blizzard has <a href=\"https:\/\/news.blizzard.com\/en-gb\/starcraft2\/23544726\/starcraft-ii-update-october-15-2020\">announced<\/a> that the studio is winding down StarCraft II&#8217;s active development. The game will continue to get technical support and will cycle through events, but new content updates and DLC creation will cease. According to Blizzard&#8217;s Rob Bridenbecker, they will also continue to support the esports community through their official partnerships with ESL Gaming and GSL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>We know some of our players have been looking forward to some of the things we&#8217;re moving away from, but the good news is this change will free us up to think about what&#8217;s next, not just with regard to StarCraft II, but for the StarCraft universe as a whole.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, the first of three main campaign episodes for the game, launched in July of 2010. That campaign went free-to-play in November 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blizzard has announced that the studio is winding down StarCraft II&#8217;s active development. 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