<s>
StarCraft	B-Application
:	I-Application
Remastered	I-Application
is	O
a	O
remastered	O
edition	O
of	O
the	O
1998	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
video	O
game	O
StarCraft	B-Application
and	O
its	O
expansion	O
Brood	B-Application
War	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
August	O
14	O
,	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
retains	O
the	O
gameplay	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
StarCraft	B-Application
,	O
but	O
features	O
ultra-high-definition	B-Device
graphics	I-Device
(	O
ultra	B-Device
HD	I-Device
)	O
,	O
re-recorded	O
audio	O
,	O
and	O
Blizzard	O
's	O
modern	O
online	O
feature	O
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
remaster	O
was	O
developed	O
over	O
the	O
period	O
of	O
a	O
year	O
and	O
included	O
playtesting	O
from	O
professional	O
StarCraft	B-Application
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarCraft	B-Application
:	I-Application
Remastered	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
project	O
released	O
by	O
the	O
"	O
Classic	O
Games	O
division	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
team	O
at	O
Blizzard	O
focused	O
on	O
updating	O
and	O
remastering	O
some	O
of	O
their	O
older	O
titles	O
,	O
with	O
an	O
initially	O
announced	O
focus	O
on	O
StarCraft	B-Application
,	O
Diablo	B-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Warcraft	B-Application
III	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
StarCraft	B-Application
and	O
its	O
expansion	O
were	O
both	O
made	O
free	O
to	O
download	O
and	O
play	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarCraft	B-Application
:	I-Application
Remastered	I-Application
retains	O
the	O
gameplay	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
,	O
but	O
updates	O
its	O
graphics	O
and	O
sound	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
remastered	O
graphics	O
support	O
up	O
to	O
4K	B-Architecture
ultra-high-definition	I-Architecture
resolution	I-Architecture
,	O
and	O
its	O
original	O
soundtrack	O
and	O
sound	O
effects	O
are	O
re-recorded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
online	O
features	O
are	O
updated	O
to	O
support	O
Blizzard	O
's	O
modern	O
suite	O
,	O
including	O
improved	O
multiplayer	O
matchmaking	O
,	O
social	O
integration	O
with	O
other	O
Blizzard	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
saved	O
settings	O
on	O
Blizzard	O
's	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computers	I-Architecture
such	O
that	O
player	O
campaign	O
progress	O
,	O
replays	O
,	O
custom	O
maps	O
,	O
and	O
keybindings	O
are	O
synced	O
wherever	O
the	O
player	O
opens	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Professional	O
StarCraft	B-Application
players	O
from	O
South	O
Korea	O
,	O
including	O
Flash	O
,	O
Bisu	O
,	O
and	O
Jaedong	O
,	O
gave	O
the	O
company	O
feedback	O
during	O
several	O
playtests	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blizzard	O
's	O
president	O
publicly	O
announced	O
the	O
remaster	O
in	O
late	O
March	O
2017	O
at	O
a	O
StarCraft	B-Application
event	O
in	O
Seoul	O
,	O
South	O
Korea	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
announced	O
that	O
later	O
that	O
week	O
,	O
Blizzard	O
would	O
make	O
the	O
original	O
games	O
—	O
the	O
StarCraft	B-Application
Anthology	O
—	O
free	O
to	O
download	O
and	O
would	O
include	O
an	O
update	O
with	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
remaster	O
's	O
features	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
modern	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
remaster	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
Windows	O
on	O
August	O
14	O
,	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developer	O
said	O
that	O
their	O
"	O
classic	O
games	O
team	O
"	O
plans	O
to	O
further	O
support	O
the	O
community	O
after	O
the	O
remaster	O
's	O
launch	O
,	O
and	O
will	O
look	O
for	O
feedback	O
on	O
ideas	O
such	O
as	O
voice	B-Protocol
chat	I-Protocol
integration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
who	O
purchased	O
the	O
title	O
in	O
advance	O
of	O
its	O
release	O
received	O
alternative	O
aesthetic	O
options	O
for	O
in-game	O
assets	O
in	O
both	O
the	O
remaster	O
and	O
StarCraft	B-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blizzard	O
's	O
Robert	O
Bridenbecker	O
and	O
Pete	O
Stilwell	O
explained	O
to	O
Team	O
Liquid	O
that	O
in	O
almost	O
every	O
respect	O
that	O
Brood	B-Application
War	I-Application
fans	O
care	O
about	O
,	O
StarCraft	B-Application
:	I-Application
Remastered	I-Application
will	O
be	O
the	O
same	O
as	O
Brood	B-Application
War	I-Application
,	O
as	O
it	O
's	O
the	O
same	O
client	B-Protocol
powering	O
each	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
essay	O
by	O
"	O
Thieving	O
Magpie	O
"	O
of	O
Team	O
Liquid	O
explained	O
the	O
difference	O
between	O
the	O
original	O
and	O
remastered	O
versions	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
the	O
StarCraft	B-Application
engine	O
generated	O
such	O
"	O
classic	O
"	O
gameplay	O
because	O
of	O
its	O
awkward	O
compromises	O
between	O
a	O
flat	O
2D	O
engine	O
and	O
the	O
forced	O
isometric	O
perspective	O
it	O
presents	O
to	O
the	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
StarCraft	B-Application
game	O
programmer	O
Patrick	O
Wyatt	O
’s	O
own	O
words	O
:	O
"	O
Because	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
always	O
two	O
months	O
from	O
launch[,]	O
it	O
was	O
inconceivable	O
that	O
there	O
was	O
enough	O
time	O
to	O
re-engineer	O
the	O
terrain	O
engine	O
to	O
make	O
pathfinding	B-Algorithm
easier	O
,	O
so	O
the	O
pathfinding	B-Algorithm
code	O
just	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
made	O
to	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
handle	O
all	O
the	O
tricky	O
edge-cases	O
,	O
the	O
path[find]ing	O
code	O
exploded	O
into	O
a	O
gigantic	O
state	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
which	O
encoded	O
all	O
sorts	O
of	O
specialized	O
'	O
get	O
me	O
out	O
of	O
here	O
 '	O
hacks.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
StarCraft	B-Application
:	I-Application
Remastered	I-Application
had	O
a	O
pre-release	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
South	O
Korea	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
available	O
to	O
play	O
two	O
weeks	O
early	O
in	O
the	O
country	O
's	O
PC	O
bangs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
this	O
celebration	O
,	O
the	O
StarCraft	B-Application
:	I-Application
Remaster	I-Application
Pack	O
was	O
on	O
sale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
event	O
featured	O
retired	O
professional	O
StarCraft	B-Application
players	O
from	O
outside	O
of	O
South	O
Korea	O
taking	O
part	O
in	O
an	O
exhibition	O
tournament	O
over	O
two	O
days	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
hosted	O
by	O
popular	O
StarCraft	B-Application
and	O
StarCraft	B-Application
II	I-Application
personalities	O
Sean	O
"Day[9]"	O
Plott	O
,	O
Nick	O
"	O
Tasteless	O
"	O
Plott	O
,	O
Dan	O
"	O
Artosis	O
"	O
Stemkoski	O
,	O
and	O
Geoff	O
"	O
iNcontroL	O
"	O
Robinson	O
,	O
the	O
latter	O
two	O
of	O
which	O
also	O
competed	O
in	O
the	O
exhibition	O
tournament	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
15	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
they	O
announced	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
the	O
Korea	O
StarCraft	B-Application
League	O
(	O
KSL	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
competitive	O
league	O
to	O
run	O
alongside	O
the	O
AfreecaTV	O
StarCraft	B-Application
League	O
(	O
ASL	O
)	O
run	O
by	O
afreecaTV	O
with	O
two	O
seasons	O
planned	O
for	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blizzard	O
initially	O
worked	O
with	O
three	O
popular	O
South	O
Korean	O
StarCraft	B-Application
casters	O
,	O
Yong	O
"	O
Jeon	O
"	O
Jun	O
,	O
Kim	O
Jung	O
Min	O
,	O
and	O
Jae	O
"	O
Um	O
"	O
Kyung	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
four	O
announcer	O
packs	O
,	O
one	O
each	O
and	O
one	O
that	O
featured	O
all	O
three	O
of	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
graphical	O
overhaul	O
,	O
its	O
effect	O
applies	O
to	O
all	O
game	O
modes	O
and	O
menus	O
in	O
StarCraft	B-Application
:	I-Application
Remastered	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
July	O
10	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
as	O
StarCraft	B-Application
:	O
Cartooned	O
alongside	O
an	O
announcer	O
pack	O
featuring	O
South	O
Korean	O
YouTuber	O
and	O
children	O
's	O
television	O
host	O
Hyejin	O
"	O
Hey	O
Jini	O
"	O
Kang	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
resumed	O
updates	O
for	O
the	O
original	O
StarCraft	B-Application
and	O
its	O
expansion	O
,	O
Brood	B-Application
War	I-Application
,	O
gaming	O
and	O
tech	O
outlets	O
praised	O
Blizzard	O
's	O
commitment	O
to	O
its	O
older	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarCraft	B-Application
:	I-Application
Remastered	I-Application
received	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
upon	O
release	O
,	O
with	O
critics	O
praising	O
its	O
visual	O
improvements	O
and	O
commitment	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
's	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PCGamer	O
's	O
Tyler	O
Wilde	O
commended	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
successful	O
modernization	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
,	O
despite	O
minor	O
grievances	O
,	O
"	O
This	O
is	O
a	O
project	O
for	O
StarCraft	B-Application
fans	O
that	O
serves	O
them	O
whether	O
they	O
spend	O
$15	O
or	O
not	O
,	O
and	O
makes	O
no	O
compromises.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
positive	O
review	O
,	O
IGN	O
's	O
TJ	O
Hafer	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
faithfulness	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
and	O
concluded	O
,	O
"	O
StarCraft	B-Application
Remastered	I-Application
makes	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
play	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
you	O
remember	O
and	O
look	O
as	O
good	O
as	O
you	O
remember.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
reviewers	O
took	O
issue	O
with	O
the	O
unchanged	O
gameplay	O
of	O
StarCraft	B-Application
:	I-Application
Remastered	I-Application
and	O
expressed	O
concern	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
not	O
be	O
friendly	O
to	O
new	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
