| StarCraft is a popular video game. It is actually a | | | | game. They even called it as one of the best and |
| real-time strategy video game based on a plot | | | | most important video games ever released. The |
| which is a hybrid of military and science fiction. | | | | game is especially praised for raising the bar for |
| The game was developed by the company, | | | | the real-time strategy games. |
| Blizzard Entertainment. | | | | The video game's popularity is unchallenged all |
| StarCraft is the first game in the popular | | | | over the world. Apart from the United States the |
| StarCraft series. It was first released on 31st | | | | game is also very popular in many European |
| march 1998 for the Microsoft Windows platform. | | | | countries as well as in the Asian continent. One of |
| The very next year a MAC version of the game | | | | the biggest Asian countries with a huge fan |
| was created and launched in the market. In June | | | | following for Starcraft is South Korea. The most |
| 2000, the company also came up with a Nintendo | | | | popular version of this game in that country is the |
| 64 adaptation of the game. It was created with | | | | multiplayer version. In South Korea, there are |
| the help of Mass Media Interactive Entertainment. | | | | professional players as well as teams that |
| Till now the game has sold more than nine million | | | | participate in various matches that are held as a |
| copies all over the world. This makes it one of the | | | | part of the televised tournaments wherein they |
| best-selling games played on a personal computer. | | | | can earn sponsorships. |
| It is not only popular among users but is also | | | | The fact remains that Starcraft indeed is very |
| favored by the industry people. In fact many | | | | popular and is counted amongst the best video |
| reviewers and industry experts have praised the | | | | games ever created. |