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StarCraft
Developer: Blizzard Entertainment · Published by Fueled by a sudden popularity in game rooms that spring up q · 1999
A restored Vault stub from the October 1999 POCG news desk.
About This Game
StarCraft is covered here as part of the October 1999 POCG news archive. This Vault entry is a restoration stub tied to period news coverage, preserving the release, demo, beta, promotion or development update as it was reported at the time. The story connects the game to the late-1999 PC and console release calendar, when demos, gold master announcements, retail shipments and online play events were moving fast enough to make your modem sweat. Further release details, platform notes and review context can be expanded during the full Vault restoration pass.
In the News
Oct 221999
StarCraft 1 million Units Sold in Korea
StarCraft 1 million Units Sold in Korea is today's update from the October 1999 desk, and there is enough here to make retro PC players pay attention.
ReleaseMay 181999
Blizzard Novels, Action Figures, and AD&D Suppliments Announced
At the Electronic Entertainment Expo last week, Blizzard Entertainment announced a series of strategic licensing partnerships for its three number-one selling game properties,...
ReleaseApr 201999
Rainbow Six Sequel Expansion Pack Announced
Aztech new Media a leading publisher of budget line software and expansion pack products focusing on entertainment and games, has revealed that it will exclusively produce a licensed expansion pack for the sequel to Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six, the best-selling game by Red Storm Entertainment, Morrisville, North Carolina.
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