What is "starcraft"

Starcraft \Star"craft\ (st[aum]r"kr[.a]ft), n. Astrology. [R.]
--Tennyson.

Etymology 1 n. The art of interpreting or reading the star, astrology Etymology 2

n. a vehicle which travels to or among the stars, spacecraft.

StarCraft is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment and released for Microsoft Windows on March 31, 1998. The game later spawned a franchise, and is the first game of the StarCraft series. A Mac OS version was released in 1999, and a Nintendo 64 adaptation co-developed with Mass Media was released on June 13, 2000. Work on the game started shortly after Warcraft II: Tides of Darknesss release in 1995. StarCraft debuted at the 1996 E3, where it was unfavorably compared to Warcraft II. As a result, the project was entirely overhauled and then showcased to public in early 1997, receiving a far more positive response.

Set in a fictitious timeline during the Earth's 25th century, the game revolves around three species fighting for dominance in a distant part of the Milky Way galaxy known as the Koprulu Sector: the Terrans, humans exiled from Earth skilled at adapting to any situation; the Zerg, a race of insectoid aliens in pursuit of genetic perfection, obsessed with assimilating other races; and the Protoss, a humanoid species with advanced technology and psionic abilities, attempting to preserve their civilization and strict philosophical way of living from the Zerg.

Many of the industry's journalists have praised StarCraft as one of the best and most important video games of all time, and for having raised the bar for developing real-time strategy games. With more than 11 million copies sold worldwide as of February 2009, StarCraft is one of the best-selling games for the personal computer. The game has been praised for pioneering the use of unique factions in real-time strategy gameplay and for a compelling story. StarCrafts multiplayer is particularly popular in South Korea, where players and teams participate in professional competitions, earn sponsorships, and compete in televised tournaments. StarCraft has had its storyline adapted and expanded through a series of novels, the expansion pack StarCraft: Brood War and two authorized add-ons. A sequel, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, was released in July 2010.

Starcraft (foaled 21 October 2000 in New Zealand) is an Australian-owned Thoroughbred racehorse who came to international attention when he won the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Newmarket in England in September 2005. He was the winner of five Group One (G1) races in four countries, the 2004 Australian Champion Three Year Old and also the 2005 World Champion Older Turf Miler.

Starcraft or StarCraft may refer to:

StarCraft is a comic book series by Wildstorm, based upon Blizzard Entertainment's StarCraft video game. The series covers events prior to StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. It centers around a team of outlaws, the War Pigs, reunited by their former captain for one last job: the assassination of Jim Raynor!

In December 2009, WildStorm stated that the publication of StarCraft would end with Issue #7 and they would change the format to original graphic novels set to be released in 2010. (The comic was initially expected to last 12 issues.)