SCU's focus is recreating multiplayer raid battle experiences similar to World of Warcraft. Starcraft Universe will be released in a series of Starcraft 2 custom maps and published officially in Battle.net.



The objective of this game is to experience dungeon raiding in Starcraft 2. Raiding: A team of players creating/customizing their own hero character which they use to battle together through enemy forces and a powerful boss. These levels will be fun, exciting and very challenging.

Last month we brought you the story of Ryan Winzen, the gamer that used the Starcraft II map editor to transform Blizzard's RTS into an MMORPG dubbed World of Starcraft -- a story that ended with the future of the impressive mod in doubt after a cease and desist order from Activision. But after a visit to Blizzard HQ and a quick title change, everything has been smoothed over, and Starcraft Universe is coming soon. Techspot reports on the latest developments, noting that Blizzard's intention never was to stop the project, but rather protect its trademarks. Winzen and his team of modders are now working to finish Starcraft Universe with Blizzard's blessing and hope to publish the mod soon on Battle.net.On the Starcraft Universe forum , the modders also describe in detail what SCU will be all about:Readers might also recall the World of Starcraft YouTube trailer caught the attention of League of Legends studio Riot Games and led to a job offer for Winzen. In a post on the SCU forum dated January 26, Winzen reported that he is still considering all of his growing options:"Anyways yesterday I was contacted by Riot games in Los Angeles for a potential position in game design. I'm not special though I will have to go through the application process and testing like everyone else, and this is not a 100% guaranteed thing, and I'm not exactly sure what I'm going to do at the moment. There's a lot going on outside of what I've even mentioned here.""Literally overnight I've grown from a nobody to a guy that half a million people want to design a mod. I've had professional composers contact me, dozens upon dozens of game designers and programmers and organizers."And if you haven't seen it yet, here's the YouTube trailer that quickly went viral and started all the hubbub:Glad to see a simple name change resolved things. From the looks of things, Starcraft Universe will be a stellar mod. Looking forward to doing some raiding in SCU.