Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War
"Descent: FreeSpace" was well received as a single-player space simulation that integrated all the desired features of its genre, from competent AI wingmen, to the presence of large capital ships that not only dwarf the fighters piloted by the player, but also explode spectacularly when destroyed. However, the game's multiplayer mode was criticised, as it was plagued by lag and inaccurate tracking of statistics. An expansion for the game, which was less well received, was also released in 1998 under the title of "Silent Threat", and focuses on events after the main game's campaign with the player working for an intelligence branch of the Terrans' armed forces that later attempt to overthrow the Terran government. A sequel to "Descent: FreeSpace" entitled "FreeSpace 2", was released in 1999 to critical acclaim.
StarCraft in esports
"Brood War" tournaments with cash prizes continued to be run following KeSPA's exit from the scene. In 2014, two years after professional KeSPA-sanctioned "StarCraft" competition ended, OGN once again televized StarCraft competition for two seasons. Starting in 2016, Afreeca TV began running the Afreeca StarCraft League (ASL) alongside their StarCraft II event, the Global StarCraft II League (GSL). In 2017, Blizzard announced "", a graphical and systems update to "StarCraft: Brood War" that left the gameplay completely untouched. Following the release of "StarCraft: Remastered", the scene had no trouble transitioning as the game remained the exact same in terms of gameplay and only had its graphics and matchmaking improved, which didn't affect professional players. In 2018, coinciding with "StarCraft"'s 20th anniversary, Blizzard announced their own league, the Korea StarCraft League (KSL), bringing the number of professional individual leagues for "StarCraft: Brood War", now "StarCraft: Remastered", in Korea back to two for the first time since 2011 when the last season of MSL was played.