It’s almost hard to believe. Ten years from today, Blizzard’s now-classic RTS StarCraft was born. Since its release on March 31, more than 9.5 million copies have been sold worldwide, with 1.5 million units sold within the first year of the game’s release.

To celebrate the big day, Blizzard has written up a mini-retrospective on the StarCraft franchise as a whole. Give it a read if you’re feel nostalgic, and in the meantime, don’t forget to cross your fingers for a 2008 release of StarCraft II.

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