StarCraft: Brood War is the seminal expansion to Blizzard’s RTS classic, escalating the Terran–Zerg–Protoss conflict with new units, campaigns, and a sharper competitive meta.
- Developer/Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment
- Release: 1998 on PC (Windows/Mac); later included in StarCraft: Remastered
- Genre: Real-time strategy (RTS)
- Notable: New units per race (e.g., Medic, Lurker, Dark Templar), refined balance that shaped competitive esports, expanded story campaigns, iconic maps and build orders
- Reception: Universally acclaimed; cornerstone of early esports (notably in South Korea) and a gold standard for RTS depth and balance