StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void is a standalone expansion pack to the military science fiction real-time strategy game StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, and the third part of the StarCraft II trilogy developed by Blizzard Entertainment.[2] The game was released on November 10, 2015.[1]
The expansion includes additional units and multiplayer changes from Heart of The Swarm, as well as a continuing campaign focusing on the Protoss race. The campaign concludes the Starcraft II trilogy and focuses on Artanis as its protagonist.[3] Blizzard launched its invite-only beta testing of the game on March 31, 2015.[4] The beta testing closed on November 2, 2015,[5] a week before the November 10th release date.
The pre-order of the game was announced and made available for purchase on Battle.net and major game retailers on July 15, 2015.[6] Pre-ordering the game granted immediate access to the multiplayer beta and a set of 3 prologue missions titled Whispers of Oblivion, which was made available to all players following the StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm 3.0 update at October 6, 2015.[6][7