Blizzard Entertainment begins development of the real-time strategy game StarCraft.
Blizzard Entertainment releases the original StarCraft game for PC, introducing the Terran, Zerg, and Protoss races.
StarCraft expansion pack Brood War is released, adding new units and campaigns.
StarCraft becomes a major esports title, especially popular in South Korea with professional leagues and televised matches.
Blizzard announces StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty as a sequel to the original game.
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty launches as the sequel to StarCraft, continuing the story and gameplay.
Blizzard releases the first expansion to StarCraft II, focusing on the Zerg campaign.
Second expansion to StarCraft II, focusing on the Protoss campaign and concluding the trilogy.
Blizzard releases StarCraft: Remastered, an updated version of the original game with modern graphics and audio.
The ancient and mysterious Xel'Naga create two powerful species, the Protoss and the Zerg, as part of their evolution experiment.
A long and brutal conflict erupts on the planet Aiur between the Protoss and the invading Zerg Swarm.
Human refugees from Earth establish colonies in the Koprulu Sector, becoming the Terran faction.
Terran colonists on Mar Sara discover the Zerg infestation, leading to the first major encounter with the Zerg Swarm.
Jim Raynor forms Raynor’s Raiders and fights against corrupt Terran factions and the growing Zerg threat.
Jim Raynor and Sarah Kerrigan lead an assault that results in the destruction of the Overmind, the Zerg's central intelligence, during the campaign on Char.
During the conflict on Char, Kerrigan is betrayed by Arcturus Mengsk and left to be captured by Zerg, where she undergoes transformation into the Queen of Blades.
Sarah Kerrigan emerges as the Queen of Blades, commanding the Zerg Swarm and becoming a major threat.
Following the power vacuum left by the Overmind, conflicts intensify between Protoss, Terrans, and Zerg with Kerrigan as a dominant force.
Protoss, led by Executor Artanis, evacuate their homeworld Aiur due to the massive Zerg invasion orchestrated by Kerrigan.
The united forces of Terran and Protoss sweep the Zerg from Aiur and begin reclaiming the planet.
In a final effort to bring peace, Jim Raynor uses Xel'Naga artifacts to depower Kerrigan from Queen of Blades back to human form.
Jim Raynor leads a rebellion against the corrupt Terran Dominion and seeks to rescue Kerrigan.
Kerrigan regains control of the Zerg Swarm and embarks on a quest to reclaim her power and identity.
Artanis unites the Protoss factions to defeat Amon, a dark Xel'Naga threatening the galaxy.
The combined forces of Protoss, Terran, and Zerg defeat Amon, ending his threat to the Koprulu Sector.
