StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm

Heart of the Swarm is the name of the StarCraft II zerg campaign and episode.

It will be the second StarCraft II product and will be released separately from the other two games, Wings of Liberty and Legacy of the Void, occurring after the former and before the latter chronologically. It picks up directly from where Wings of Liberty left off. It is expected to be priced as an expansion. Blizzard's storyboard team has already moved on to it while the gameplay of Wings of Liberty is refined. A few missions ideas have been pitched, but nothing has been solidified yet, nor has its multiplayer. However, it is unlikely that new units will be incorporated into the multiplayer due to balance issues.

Campaign Features
The campaign is focused on Infested Kerrigan and the development of a zerg empire. The campaign operates similarly to an RPG, in which Kerrigan is focused on increasing her personal power through mutations. Zerg armies protect her as she garners this power. The greater her power, the more zerg she's able to control. Like Wings of Liberty, the player will be presented with choices as to which missions to carry out and which units to get, but such choices won't be based on cash. Both the missions and their objectives are intended to be quite different from the ones featured in Wings of Liberty.


 * SPOILER ALERT*

The statement above is false as it is now known that the Queen of Blades is defeated at the end of Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty. The style of gameplay as it is an RPG is confirmed, but the story content may more likely be the rising of a new overmind perhaps.


 * (This is speculation based on the expansion being a continuation of the story from Wings of Liberty)

Multiplayer Features
Blizzard plans on adding "drawing" functionality for referees in Heart of the Swarm.