Originally named World of Starcraft, StarCraft Universe focus on recreating multiplayer raid battle experiences also found in games such as World of Warcraft. Starcraft Universe will be released in a series of Starcraft 2 custom maps and published officially on Battle.net. Users will be able to play against a wide variety of monsters, bosses and character classes. Playable units will include the Marine, Firebat, Ghost, Medic, Dark Templar, High Templar, Preserver, Zealot and others not yet announced. The custom maps released for the mod on Battle.net will allow players to create, save and load existing characters. All this combined with support for up to 5 players per game along with customizable weapons is going to make this one of the most amazing game mods of all time.
The mod's website StarCraft Universe launched today. In addition the group making the mod released a preview trailer visible below:
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