StarCraftWire.net has gotten their hands on eight new screenshots from StarCraft 2, showing off some of the impressive single player missions of what appears to be both Terran and Protoss campaigns, or test missions. They involve "regular" combat between the three races as well as "mass defence" against incoming Zerg swarms. One of the picture is very similar to a previously released one, but most of them are completely new. This whole single player experience that we will see with StarCraft 2 looks amazing. Check them out below:



Here we can see a pack of Mutalisks and Zerglings attacking a Terran outpost, guarded by Hellions, Marines and a Nighthawk. The shading effects here look particularly nice, it looks like the sun is considerably low to the top-right. A nice thing to note is that this is one of the first shots showing an Auto Turret shooting at air units.


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A Protoss air fleet attacks the Terrans, with the Carriers and Void Rays distracting the Missile Turrets to let the Warp Prisms drop in some Zealots.



The final stand for the Terrans against a swarm of Zerglings (and some Ultralisks!). Three Planetary Fortresses, four Thors and a heap of Siege Tanks and Bunkers hold off against the unstoppable force. Note, the two Nukes in the lower-left hand corner and the third nuke in the top right corner.



A sneak attack by the Protoss against the Terrans, using Warp In with a Warp Prism to create an instant army inside the base.



An army of Zealots, Stalkers and a single Colossus defend four warp gates against a Zerg invasion



Very similar to a screenshot in the last batch, here we see that the Protoss desperately trying to defend a Nexus with no minerals. The slight variation comes from showing the Colossi attack animation and the destruction of two Photon Cannons. Sadly, the bone-like Zerg creature climbing the wall has not moved from the previous shot, it's a doodad.



A small Protoss force consisting of Collosi and Stalkers is scouting or moving over Terran landscapes, and being attacked by Zerglings. It's very interesting to note the landscape, and the level of detail we will see in the game. Like many other pics in this batch, it's most likely a single player mission.



Protoss Collosi attacks a small Terran outpost defended by only two Siege Tanks in the dark of the night. The small Terran base seems to have just started their mining operations on the high yield minerals (the yellow minerals) there.



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