Patch 5.0 includes new map editor features, campaign achievements, and prestigious talents of the cooperative commander
In a moment of self-reflection where we all turned to dust, Blizzard has reminded everyone that today is the tenth anniversary of StarCraft II. There’s a robust patch 5.0 to celebrate the occasion.
Most of the anniversary update is all about the Galaxy Map Editor expansion – expect plenty of essential features and better support for custom campaigns, but there are a few other things to mention. There’s a countdown timer in Versus matches once players have loaded, a prestigious progression system for cooperative commanders to unlock talents, and new campaign achievements for “the 83 missions.”
I’m very excited about the latter: if it’s nothing else, as a predominantly solo-focused RTS player, I adore Blizzard’s mission layouts. I always had to fight the urge to replay levels as soon as I finished them.
If you manage to win every tenth anniversary achievement, you will unlock Stone announcer in StarCraft II. “These achievements are achievable on any above-normal difficulty. However, they are designed to be scalable and are possible, albeit extremely challenging, even in Brutal.”
If you don’t live up to that commitment, you will still get something new to come forward. You can unlock the White-Ra Annunciator by simply logging into the game between July 27 and August 10, 2020.
The team also plans to run the “Top 10 Games in StarCraft II esports “starting this week.
For many of us, this is an opportunity to remember the series in general and how excited we were about a Star boat continuation. Things did not work exactly as expected for history, and the esports scene, not to mention Blizzard as a company, has changed a lot in the past decade. It has been a wild journey.
StarCraft II 5.0 patch notes, StarCraft II turns 10 [Blizzard]
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