A player has a choice of playing as three different races – Terran, Protoss, or Zerg – all with unique units, buildings, abilities, and mechanics. Essentially a war simulation, the goal of the game is to eliminate your opponent by amassing an army and making your opponent forfeit, or destroying all of your opponent’s structures. StarCraft launched in 1998 and gave rise to celebrity-status professionals and prestigious tournaments, and is still updated with new content and expansions. The StarCraft franchise developed by Blizzard Entertainment is one of the most popular real-time strategy video games. A seventh is being created in the Command Center. A Terran base with the starting six workers.