Blizzard is remaking 'StarCraft' with better graphics — and it comes out this August (ATVI)

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June 30, 2017 5:20 PM

The intergalactic war game is getting a major face-lift, but the gameplay should be identical.

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People still play the original "StarCraft," a real-time strategy game that first came out in 1998.

Now, the intergalactic war game is getting a major face-lift, and the updated version is set to come out on August 14 for $14.99.

"StarCraft: Remastered" will preserve the gameplay of the original 1998 title but will update its aging graphics and audio and will ensure better compatibility with modern computers, the company said.

"Gameplay and balance have been precisely preserved," Blizzard said in a press release.

Preserving the gameplay is important for this remake because the original "StarCraft" is still played as an e-sport, especially in South Korea.

And heres how the newly updated graphics look:

The best way to look at the graphics improvement is by looking at individual units. Here's a Protoss Carrier before:

And here's the same unit after the face-lift:

Zerg Overlord, before:

And after:

The Terran Battlecruiser is looking good:

Here's a look at how Zerg infantry units have been updated:

The purple really pops on these Space Marines:

Here's what a Protoss player will see in the remastered game:

Here's what it looked like before:

New Terran graphics:

Old Terran graphics:

Another look at the Terrans in HD:

The Zerg got a face-lift too:

How they looked before:

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Blizzard is remaking 'StarCraft' with better graphics — and it comes out this August (ATVI)

And heres how the newly updated graphics look:

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