In a new developer blog post Blizzard Entertainment's Chris Sigaty revealed that several upcoming online feature initially revealed for the StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty expansion, Heart of the Swarm, will also be available for Wings of Liberty owners. Some of the new features include clans, global play, resume from replay, and multiplayer replay viewing.

In our last blog post, we outlined several upcoming online features we’re working on, including clans and groups, global play, resume from replay, multiplayer replay viewing, unranked matchmaking, and language packs. Since then, we’ve seen some speculation on whether the features would be exclusive to Heart of the Swarm or available to Wings of Liberty players. We want to clarify that all of these features will be available to BOTH Wings of Liberty and Heart of the Swarm owners. You will not be required to purchase Heart of the Swarm to get the benefits of these features.

Our hope of course, is that you’ll want to join us in Heart of the Swarm to continue the epic campaign, and use the newest units coming in the expansion. We got lots of great feedback from the multiplayer sneak peek at the Major League Gaming Spring Championship a few weeks ago and look forward to starting the beta test to collect even more of your thoughts.

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