From Starcraft‘s humble SCV to MechWarrior‘s lumbering BattleMechs, humanoid mech robots have been a staple of science-fiction videogames for years. Mech movies, like ...

While StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty focused on Jim Raynor and the Terran race, StarCraft II‘s first expansion Heart of the Swarm puts ...

While competitive videogaming, also known as eSports, is decidedly popular outside of the United States, the growth of eSports in America has occurred ...

It’s a muggy August afternoon on Gwangali Beach in Busan, South Korea, and even the children have abandoned their sandcastles in favor of ...

It’s become a tradition here at The Escapist to do a “Five Favorites” roundup at the end of the year, where each of ...

Imagine a game without a final boss. Not just a strategy game or a social game or something that usually doesn’t have a ...

It’s officially StarCraft week at The Escapist, which means that in addition to clocking a couple hours each night with the StarCraft II ...

You’ve got to hand it to the Zerg: They’ve made their mark in videogame history. StarCraft‘s brood of ichor-dripping space bugs have come ...

One of the first articles I wrote for The Escapist (and my very first as a full-time staffer) was this one, about the ...

Number one for 17 consecutive months in the Korean eSports Player Association rankings. A salary pushing $400,000. The adoration of over a million ...

“Jack! Jack!” Ashley’s sudden cries woke me up – at the wheel. When I opened my eyes, I found I was drifting across ...

How can you possibly follow up a game like StarCraft? Blizzard’s landmark 1998 RTS is one of the most successful games of all ...