Press Release

StarCraft II is Blizzard Entertainment’s award-winning real-time strategy game featuring an interstellar battle between the Terran, Zerg and Protoss. Blizzard announces that the game will now be free to play. The game also evolves with free access to the Wings of Liberty campaign, ranked ladder multiplayer experience, and all Co-op Commanders.

Watch the StarCraft II Free-to-play overview video below:

Expansions and Chapters

Those who wish to experience later chapters in the StarCraft II story can purchase the additional single-player campaigns, Heart of the Swarm, Legacy of the Void, and Nova Covert Ops, individually ($14.99 USD each) or together in the Campaign Collection ($39.99) through the online Blizzard Shop. For a limited time, players who already own Wings of Liberty (as of October 31, 2017) but have not yet purchased Heart of the Swarm will be able to get the latter campaign free by logging in to the Blizzard Battle.net desktop app and claiming their free Heart of the Swarm gift between November 8 and December 8, 2017.

As a thank-you to the dedicated StarCraft II player community, those who already own any version of StarCraft II prior to October 31, 2017 will receive a special Eidolon Ghost skin and three portraits commemorating their founder’s status in the game after StarCraft II goes free starting on November 14.