Budding artists can now tool around in StarCraft 2

Is crafting silly hats for Team Fortress 2 just not artistically challenging enough? It's time to move on, my friend, and reach for the stars—of StarCraft 2 , that is, thanks to Blizzard's newly released Art Tools.

The release of the toolset was first promised StarCraft MMO project, huh?

The Art Tools have been in a closed beta stage for awhile now—the images you see here were produced by fans, and that's some Blizzard-quality stuff right there. If you want to jump in and get creative too, you'll be able to 32- and 64-bit versions of the tools via Battle.net , though be sure to check the installation instructions for some possible fiddly requirements.