Zerg

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Concept and creation

Pixar Toy Story Emperor Zurg Chris Metzen Concept art

11 related topics

Appearances

StarCraft Jim Raynor StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void StarCraft II: Nova Covert Ops

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Description

Hatchery Larvae Technology tree

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Cultural impact

Serral

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Genre: Military science fiction
Affiliation: Zerg Swarm
Base of operations: Char
Home world: Zerus
Type: Hive-minded virulent biological species

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Overview

Extraterrestrial insectoid species Insectoids in science fiction and fantasy
StarCraft
Hive minded Group mind (science fiction)
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm
Mutagens Mutagen
Zerg rush
Attrition Attrition warfare
Sheer numbers Force concentration

Concept and creation

Description

Appearances

Cultural impact

Serral

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Nodes33

Edges32

Triples134

Avg. degree1.94

Density0.060606

Components1

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Zerg

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related to Appearances · 22

Zerg → Aiur, Blades, Brood War, In, In StarCraft, Kerrigan, Koprulu, Overmind, Overmind's, Protoss, Queen, Sarah Kerrigan, StarCraft, Surviving, Swarm, Swarm's, Tassadar, Terran, The, The Zerg

related to Reception · 20

Zerg → Blizzard, Blizzard's, CGMagazine, GameSpot, Heart, In, Liberty, PC Gamer, PC Gamer UK, Protoss, StarCraft, StarCraft II, Swarm, Terrans, The, The Zerg's, While, Wings, Wired, Zerg's

related to Concept and creation · 17

Zerg → Blizzard's, Bob Fitch, Chris Metzen's, E3, Emperor Zurg, In, Nightmarish Invaders, Originally, Pixar's Toy Story, Protoss, StarCraft, Terrans, The, The Zerg, This, Warcraft, Zurg

related to Analysis · 15

Zerg → Abyssal Reef, AI, Blizzard's, Game Developer, In, Josh Bycer, Later, Other, StarCraft, StarCraft II, The, The Zerg, TStarBot-X, TStarBots, Zerg-versus-Zerg

has impact · 14

Zerg → ABC News, April, Dictionary, Easter, GamesBeat, GG, Google, Google's, StarCraft, StarCraft-inspired, The, The Zerg, Typing, Zerglings

related to background · 14

Zerg → Overmind, Protoss, Slothien, StarCraft, Swarm, Terrans, The, The Hydralisk, The Zerg, Their, Unlike, Within, Xel'Naga, Zerus

related to Gameplay depiction · 5

Zerg → In, Protoss, Terrans, This, Zerg's

Affiliation · 1

Zerg → Zerg Swarm

Base of operations · 1

Zerg → Char

First appearance · 1

Zerg → Starcraft .mw-parser-output .noitalic{font-style:normal}(1998)

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Important terminology

starcraft swarm units also ii game campaign players race identity kerrigan used described protoss said new species later visual overmind

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Zerg	Affiliation	Zerg Swarm	1.00	infobox
Zerg	Base of operations	Char	1.00	infobox
Zerg	First appearance	Starcraft .mw-parser-output .noitalic{font-style:normal}(1998)	1.00	infobox
Zerg	Genre	Military science fiction	1.00	infobox
Zerg	Home world	Zerus	1.00	infobox
Zerg	Type	Hive-minded virulent biological species	1.00	infobox
Mutalisks	instance of	The same panel used Zerg units	0.80	text
Zerglings to demonstrate animation variety	instance of	The same panel used Zerg units	0.80	text
with GameSpot noting that a crowd of zerglings appeared especially unsettling because their movement cycles did not simply repeat in unison.The Zerg received a further visual overhaul before the release of StarCraft II	instance of	The same panel used Zerg units	0.80	text
the hive	instance of	Didier said Blizzard was revisiting Zerg buildings	0.80	text
hatchery	instance of	Didier said Blizzard was revisiting Zerg buildings	0.80	text
upgrades	instance of	Didier said Blizzard was revisiting Zerg buildings	0.80	text

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