---
title: "StarCraft 2: Heart Of The Swarm Will Be Launching On 12th March 2013"
date: 2012-11-14 08:43:48
permalink: https://lesterchan.net/blog/2012/11/14/starcraft-2-heart-of-the-swarm-will-be-launching-on-12th-march-2013/
author: Lester Chan
categories:
  - Gaming
tags:
  - "2013"
  - Heart of the Swarm
  - launch
  - StarCraft 2
  - Zerg
---

![StarCraft 2: Heart Of The Swarm](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8482/8183672703_f20b861ea2_z.jpg)

**\*UPDATE\*** The official retail price of StarCraft 2: Heart Of The Swarm in Singapore will be **S$49.90** and in Malaysia, it will be MYR125. There will be a Licence2Play exclusive pre-order event at Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Hall E, from 7th till 9th December 2012. Singapore will be launching 1 day earlier, on the 11th March 2013, and the Battle.net SEA servers will go live from 7pm on the same day.

[StarCraft 2: Heart Of The Swarm](http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/games/hots/) will be launching next year, on the 12th March 2013. The retail box version and digital download version will be available for **US$39.99 (S$49)**, the collector’s edition will be available for **US$79.99 (S$98)**. You can get both StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm and StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty from Battle.net for a discounted price of US$59.99 (S$73.36).

Something similar to collector’s edition but digitally, the digital deluxe version will be available for US$59.99 (S$73.36) as well and you will get the following items:

- Three StarCraft II Swarm-themed Battle.net portraits
- StarCraft II Zerg Ultralisk “Torrasque” skin
- World of Warcraft Baneling Battle Pet
- Diablo III “Blade Wings” item – Queen of Blades-styled wings for Diablo III heroes
- Diablo III Zerg banner sigil

Official Site: [StarCraft 2: Heart Of The Swarm](http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/games/hots/)  
Source: [StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm launches March 12, 2013](http://www.polygon.com/2012/11/13/3639730/starcraft-2-heart-of-the-swarm-launches-march-12-2013-according-to)  
FAQ: [StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm Presale FAQ](https://eu.battle.net/support/en/article/starcraft-ii-heart-of-the-swarm-presale-faq)