Greetings Commanders, Cerebrates, and Executors,
We're proud to announce that StarCraft will be patched for the first time in over 8 years today. The patch will go live at 2:00 PM PDT.
When patching, please use the 'Run as Admin' option; it is required during your first client run to migrate saves and avoid issues from Windows system admin changes.
StarCraft will be free with this patch as well. We'll add a link here when the patch is live.
Installers
Win:
https://battle.net/download/getInstallerForGame?os=WIN&version=LIVE&gameProgram=STARCRAFT
Mac:
https://battle.net/download/getInstallerForGame?os=MAC&version=LIVE&gameProgram=STARCRAFT
Which are you, Human, Protoss, or Zerg?
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday April 20 2017, @05:44PM (2 children)
Do we need the free-as-in-beer discussion again?
They want lots of buzz and players so they can sell the HD one (and sequels). They didn't suddenly turn over very valuable IP...
(Score: 2) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Thursday April 20 2017, @06:53PM (1 child)
ID software released source-code for the engine while retaining copyright on the in-game assets for several games.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 20 2017, @07:54PM
Same with FreeSpace 2, you can get it over at hard-light.net