StarCraft 2’s Biggest Update In Years Will “Shake Up Everything”

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StarCraft 2 is getting its biggest meta shift in years, with developer Blizzard announcing a surprise update that will bring some significant changes to the legendary RTS. Updates for StarCraft 2 have been a rarity ever since Blizzard announced the end of new content development back in 2020, though it pledged to continue supporting the game in the form of balance updates. StarCraft 2's last content drop was in 2016 in the form of the Nova Covert Ops single-player mission pack.

How it works

• Since 2020, the game's only received a handful of mostly smaller balance updates, usually one or two a year.
• The game's latest patch 5.0.16 update, which will first be tested on the game's PTR at a still-to-be announced date before hitting live servers, brings some noticeable changes to StarCraft 2's economy and...
• "We've tried to make this PTR focus on extending the early and mid-game experience, allowing players to remain competitive on one to three bases for longer periods," Blizzard said in the patch notes.
• It might not sound like all that much, but compared to previous balance u...