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StarCraft 2 Gets a Surprise Overhaul: Patch 5.0.16 Reworks the Game From the Ground Up

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Sub-headline: Blizzard dropped patch 5.0.16 for StarCraft 2 nearly a year after the last update. It cuts starting workers from twelve to eight and rebuilds the Warpgate mechanic, and the community is in full shock. Almost a full year had passed since the previous update, so few expected Blizzard to suddenly drop a new StarCraft 2 patch. It happened anyway, and 5.0.16 is anything but a light touch-up. The update reaches into the core of the 2010 …
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Upcomer broke the news on Friday, June 5, 2026.
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