Blizzard is celebrating the launch of StarCraft 2 free-to-play by taking shots at Star Wars: Battlefront 2

All the problems surrounding Star Wars: Battlefront 2's monetisation schemes have played right into Blizzard's hand.

Blizzard launches the free-to-play StarCraft 2 today. This version includes the entire multiplayer suite, as well as the Wings of Liberty campaign, all completely free.

The developer most likely had a marketing campaign planned that would emphasise the game's free-to-play – but not pay-to-win – nature, but it didn't count on EA's mega screw up with Star Wars: Battlefront 2. What started as innocuous tweets promoting the game, quickly took shots at Battlefront 2.

Number of hours it takes to earn the full StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Campaign: 0

— StarCraft (@StarCraft) November 14, 2017

Number of hours before you can play ANY Co-op Commander in StarCraft II: 0

— StarCraft (@StarCraft) November 14, 2017

Then there's this amusing ad, which, like I pointed out earlier, couldn't have been a reaction to the problems with Star Wars: Battlefront 2. All that said, and although Blizzard didn't mention names, you can clearly see what the tweets are going for.

Number of pay-to-win mechanics in StarCraft II: 0

Free to Play – Now Live! pic.twitter.com/a02OYUCYZU

— StarCraft (@StarCraft) November 14, 2017

Dennis Brännvall, associate design director at DICE, who worked on Star Wars: Battlefront 2, even liked one of the tweets. It's pretty fascinating.

I hope I'm OK to like this.

— Dennis Brännvall (@DICE_FireWall) November 14, 2017