StarCraft 1.09b

One of many very popular games made by Blizzard Entertainment, StarCraft has been one of the most popular real time strategy video games out since it's release back in 1998. Over the years, it has developed quite a following and even with a new release out as of right now, is still one of the most popular streamed video games found on Twitch.tv. We can conclude that, even after over 15 years StarCraft remains a very fun game to play among strategy PC games.

StarCraft is a military science fiction real time strategy video game that was originally release on March 31, 1998 for Windows. This first release eventually created enough popularity to provoke Blizzard to make it a franchise. One of Blizzards golden games, it has been in development of some kind (including the release of the new StarCraft II) since somewhere back in 1995, being one of Blizzard's oldest games.

StarCraft is set in a fictitious timeline during the 25th century of planet Earth while revolving around three species fighting for control over a distant part of the Milky War galaxy known as the Koprulu Sector. These three species are the Terrans (humans), the Zerg (a race of insect-like aliens), and the Protoss (a humanoid species with advanced technology). 

Many people of the gaming media and the gaming industry praise the StarCraft series for revolutionizing real time strategy gameplay. Many real time strategy games use some of the ideals you see created in StarCraft which has made the game so popular over the years. With many annual tournaments and teams that heavily practice mastering the gameplay of StarCraft to defeat other teams and players, StarCraft continues to be one of the most popular video games available today despite it not being the newest release within its franchise.