StarCraft has its 20th Birthday coming with presents for everyone

Fans across the world get ready to celebrate a stellar anniversary as StarCraft officially turns 20 on the 31st of March. Throughout the month, Blizzard will be celebrating this epic milestone with the community. Revisit the saga that introduced the world to iconic characters like Jim Raynor, Sarah Kerrigan, and Zeratul, and helped set the stage for esports as we know them today.

• Short Film: On March 31st, we’re debuting StarCraft is Life: A 20th Anniversary Celebration, which features StarCraft players from around the world sharing how the series has impacted their lives.
• Anniversary Live Stream: Join the team on March 30th and 31st for a live celebration featuring personalities old and new. Tune in on Twitch during the stream to earn a commemorative console skin for StarCraft II, and earn even more goodies by watching StarCraft on Twitch throughout the entire month!
• Party Across Games. It may be StarCraft’s birthday, but all our universes are coming to the party. Leading up to StarCraft’s anniversary on March 31th, we’re giving out all kinds of bonuses and goodies when you log into your favorite Blizzard games.
• StarCraft II: Log in to earn Remastered Terran, Zerg, and Protoss console skins; a 20 Years of StarCraft portrait; a 20 Years of StarCraft achievement; and 20 Years of Terran, Zerg, and Protoss decals. Select StarCraft II items will also be on sale from March 6th–20th.
• StarCraft Remastered: A new console skin awaits those who log in during the 20^th Anniversary. The game will also be on sale from March 6th–20th.
• Heroes of the Storm: Log in to earn Protoss, Zerg, and Terran portraits and test your mettle in StarCraft-themed Brawls. Also, be on the lookout for a new Hero from the StarCraft universe coming to the Nexus soon.
• Diablo III: Call down the Hyperion to Tristram—in a manner of speaking—with the new Battlecruiser Pet.
• World of Warcraft: WoW players can stand up and be recognized when they /salute one of the following StarCraft-themed companion pets: Zergling, Grunty, Mini Thor, Baneling, or Zeradar.
• Overwatch: One of the Dominion’s deadliest Ghosts meets Talon’s ruthless assassin with the new Kerrigan Widowmaker skin.
• Hearthstone: Get ready for a StarCraft-inspired Tavern Brawl later this month.

Since its debut, this game has emerged as one of the world’s most acclaimed and influential real-time strategy series, with over 20 million units sold. The series also established itself as a fixture of global esports, with millions of players still watching top pros like Sasha ‘Scarlett’ Hostyn—who won a Guinness World Record in 2016 for being the highest-earning woman playing video games competitively—compete in the StarCraft II World Championship Series (WCS).

• StarCraft and StarCraft: Brood War — the game that started it all and its first expansion is available to download free here.
• StarCraft: Remastered — a thoughtful recreation of the original StarCraft and Brood War expansion, with gorgeous 4K Ultra HD graphics and full connectivity to Battle.net.
• StarCraft II is now free-to-play, including the epic Wings of Liberty campaign, ranked competitive play, and a Co-op mode with weekly challenges and regular content updates.

This is an incredible milestone even I a gamer who never played the game know how much of an impact it had when it hit the stands back in 1998. It changed the game and started something revolutionary, my friends would just hang out playing into the wee hours of the morning and that’s before the mods gave it a new lease on life. This is going to be a hell of an Anniversary I’m sure will be celbrated around the world.