Welcome to the Starcraft Universe

Ten years in the making, Starcraft II is the sequel to the unbelievable popular Stacraft and Starcraft: Broodwar. The original game came out on March 31st, 1998, with the expansion pack, Broodwar, emerging November 30th, 1998. The universe consists of three distinct races, the Protoss, the Terrans, and the Zerg. The Protoss are an alien race that base their powers on advanced psionics, and in the lore typified as the nemesis of the Zerg. Their buildings and units are comparatively expensive and take longer to create, in return for power. Resembling aliens of our nightmares the Zerg race get their power from quick, cheap and relatively weak units. They employ rapid evolution and quick response to overrun their opponents. The Terrans are the humans of this universe. They were originally sent out into space as criminals of Earth to colonize distant lands, in exile (like Australia!). Generations later they base their strength on human augmentation and technological implementations. They are cast as a race of rebels.

There is also the mysterious race, the Xel'Naga. Continuously referred to in the campaign as the "forerunners," they are unplayable (as yet) and created the Zerg and Protoss races in search of the perfect race. Throughout the story their presence is felt in a variety of ways, most notably through the discovery of artifacts imbued with their power and crystals of a similar variety.

Each of the playable races will receive a highlight post detailing what makes them individual, as well as in-depth unit looks.