Blizzard's unleashed the first StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm gameplay footage, screenshots and details, as online previews for the expansion go live.
A teaser for the add-on leaked online this weekend, followed by the first online previews.
CVG cousins PC Gamer reveal the expansion's set to include the following additions:
- Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm features Kerrigan as a hero character in nearly all of the missions. She's able to swap between four ability types. The first two shown include a Zerg style corruption form, and a Ghost style Spec Ops form
- In single-player, you'll be able to upgrade every unit in the Zerg arsenal, eventually splitting each of them into brand new unit types.
- Examples shown so far include Zerglings that can spawn immediately, or leap at their enemies like raptors, Banelings that split apart or turn their kills into minerals and gas, or Roaches that heal themselves with every kill, or can move when burrowed.
- There will be new units in multiplayer for all the races, but Blizzard have yet to confirm what they'll be.
- Kerrigan has a new haircut.
Blizzard has said that Starcraft 2: Heart Of The Swarm is likely to miss a 2011 release date.
Read more in PC Gamer's StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm preview.
