“The Cinematics of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty” by Chamberlain and Carpenter
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Title:
- The Cinematics of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
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Length:
- 5:52
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Company / Institution / Agency:
- Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.
Description:
Blizzard Entertainment has been creating some of the world’s most engaging entertainment soft ware for nearly two decades. Each Blizzard game is built on a rich universe that provides the backdrop for some of the most epic, elaborate stories found in the games medium. Th e Blizzard Film Department has played a key role in telling these stories ever since the premiere of their cinematics for WarCraft II in 1995. The team hit its stride with Diablo II in 2000, showcasing the tale of the Wanderer. Shortly aft er that, it won awards for the cinematics featured in Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and its expansion Warcraft III: Th e Frozen Th rone, and went on to create the epic opening piece for the world’s most popular subscription-based, massively multiplayer online role-playing game, World of Warcraft . Subsequently, the Blizzard Film Department created cinematics for each of the game’s expansions (World of Warcraft : Th e Burning Crusade, World of Warcraft : Wrath of the Lich King, and the upcoming World of Warcraft : Cataclysm). Th is year marks the department’s return to the StarCraft universe with the release of the greatly anticipated StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty.
