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One Game for the Price of Three?


Looks like gamers will have to pay a little extra for Blizzard’s highly anticipated StarCraft II.

 

The video game developer, which recently merged with Activision, announced on Friday that the real-time strategy’s single-player campaign will be split into three separate titles, one for each race: Wings of Liberty (for Terrans), Heart of the Swarm (for Zerg), and Legacy of the Void (for Protoss).

 

While the company has stated that each game will be a fully fleshed-out campaign, gamers are skeptical at having to potentially pay $150 for all three games. Splitting the campaigns could prove problematic, as some players may decide they don’t really enjoy a particular campaign. Instead of switching to another race like they could in the first StarCraft or in the WarCraft games, they’ll have to purchase another game.

 

No word yet on how the games will be priced, though, so each separate game may be less than $50.

 

No matter how big of a single-experience Blizzard is crafting, there’s no reason why the game can’t be released on multiple discs, but sold as one game. It wouldn’t be the first computer game to do so, and Blizzard could even charge a little bit more for the heftier package.

 

Although further details are needed, it seems like Activision Blizzard is trying to wring as much money as they can from their loyal fans.