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Early last year, pro gamer Linda Liao made waves when she joined Team Razer's competitive gaming team. Lao isn't only a pro gamer. Oh no, she's much more. More »
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LEGO Thor? Check. LEGO Siege Tank? Check. LEGO Terran Battlecruiser? Yup, we can now say check to that one too. More »
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Researchers looking at cognitive science have long studied chess. But a story on Scientific American shows that chess' days could soon be numbered, because a superior model is emerging: Blizzard's StarCraft II. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5865779&view=rss&microfeed=true Blizzard gets in on the Black Friday mania this year with a special $29.99 sale price on StarCraft II:Wings of Liberty at the Blizzard online store. Prices are only good til Monday, so act fast! More »
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StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm will introduce a few new units to game's tried and tested roster. Normally you'd have to wait for the actual game/expansion for this, but why wait when there are mods? More »
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In 2010, a bunch of keen and talented StarCraft fans decided to make their own cinematic short based on Blizzard's blockbuster strategy franchise. It went down OK, so they've made another one. More »
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During BlizzCon 2011 this weekend I got to ask Starcraft II senior designer Jonny Ebbert what was in store for the solo player in the upcoming expansions and why Heart of the Swarm's campaign is nine missions shorter that Wings of Liberty's. You whiny bastards. More »
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Kerrigan. The Queen of Blades. The most feared woman in the known universe, destroyer of worlds, and murderer of millions. The greatest leader the Zerg has ever known. More »
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This Thursday night, what looks like an entire night's programming on NBC is going to involve TV show characters dressing up for Halloween. And StarCraft is getting some love. More »
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StarCraft II's Heart of the Swarm trailer is everything I would want from this latest step forward in Blizzard's real-time strategy game. More »
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The next chapter in the World of Warcraft, Diablo III, and StarCraft II saga starts here, at the BlizzCon 2011 opening ceremonies, and Kotaku is there, watching, waiting...liveblogging. More »
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Half the joy of attending Blizzard's yearly celebration of all things Blizzard is opening up the sack of goodies they give you at registration and splaying them over your hotel room desk like a kid at Christmas. This year we might have to keep the jubilation to a dull roar; the mini Archangel of Justice is watching. More »
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It's been a while since we saw how the fan-made MMO built on the bones of StarCraft II is looking. So let's take a look! More »
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In celebration of their upcoming World of Warcraft and StarCraft II lines, Mega Bloks is hitting BlizzCon 2011 big time, with a tiny Thrall for every convention attendee, a limited edition StarCraft II Battlecruiser, and much, much more. More »
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Having teased one of the new Terran units due in the next instalment of StarCraft II, Heart of the Swarm, developers Blizzard are now showing the outline of a new Zerg unit. More »
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Like another man who has done such fine work for Blizzard, Mathias Verhasselt, Chris Thunig is here for one reason and one reason only: his amazing landscape paintings for Diablo III, StarCraft II and World of Warcraft. More »
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Changes are coming to the multiplayer side of StarCraft II when the game's next expansion, the Zerg-focused Heart of the Swarm, arrives sometime next year. Today, Blizzard offers us our first, unclear look at one of those changes—a new multiplayer unit. More »
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It's hard. Just ask StarCraft II player Kim Shee-Yoon, aka "Eve". More »
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Up on stage at the Citi 2011 Technology Conference last week, Activision Blizzard COO Thomas Tippl told attendees that over the next three years there should be six "proven property" releases from Blizzard. More »
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Many NBA players have signed contracts with overseas teams as the 69-day NBA lockout drags on, certain to wipe out at least some of the regular season. One player is joining a different kind of professional league. More »
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Still on the fence about StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, Blizzard's spacey real-time strategy game? Maybe the StarCraft II: Starter Edition, the game's revamped demo, is for you. It's the bigger StarCraft II demo that's less restrictive. More »
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Reader Petey is on his way to MLG Anaheim to play some StarCraft. So he looked the part, he had some custom sneakers made, in a StarCraft theme. They're amazing. More »
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Yeah, this is how big StarCraft is in Korea. They can break out the Protoss v Terran gags on national TV. More »
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Blizzard Entertainment, maker of World of Warcraft, StarCraft and Diablo, comes to Comic-Con each year armed with all-new things for fans to rabidly consume. From books to belts to food to thigh-high demon socks, Blizzard and its partners innovate new ways for fans to spend, spend, spend. More »
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StarCraft Universe, the "World of Starcraft" MMO project that touched off a tense week for the StarCraft II modding community back in January, has released the first trailer of gameplay from its alpha version. You get a wide look at a lot of features of the game in that four-minute trailer, above. More »
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Well now this is interesting. Sean "Day[9]" Plott, who we've featured here before on Kotaku, has helped put together a StarCraft II tournament. Only, instead of it being man versus man, it's company versus company. And the companies are big ones. More »
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Blizzard's strategy smash StarCraft II will soon be "linking" many of its regions together, in a move that will give its players a whole new world of people to kick ass with/against. More »
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If you thought competitive StarCraft II in a bar was wild, wait until you see it amidst a throng of thousands of fans at BlizzCon 2011, home of the 2011 Global Battle.net Invitational and the 2011 Global StarCraft II League October Final. More »
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In addition to releasing dozens of new screen shots for StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, Blizzard's second chapter in the real-time strategy trilogy, the developer also offered us a look at some early, Zerg-centric concept art. More »
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Blending campaign gameplay and scenes from the previously revealed cinematic teaser, here's our first peek at StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, the second chapter in Blizzard's ongoing space war trilogy. More »
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New in StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm is the option to choose a "Battle Focus" for Kerrigan, the hero character of the campaign. Up to four Battle Focuses, each with five special abilities and attributes, will be available. Only two, Spec Ops and Corruption, were playable during a recent hands-on preview event. More »
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StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm is a mutated beast of last year's real-time strategy game infused with traces of point and click adventure. For StarCraft II's first expansion, the second chapter in Blizzard's trilogy, the game is getting a dose of role-playing game elements. More »
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It's only 45 seconds long, but for this early look at StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, you may still want to sit down. More »
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Most people just aren't interested in watching video games. They'd rather be playing them. So why is strategy juggernaut StarCraft such an exception to the rule? More »
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Koreans are notorious for their passion for StarCraft. Thing is, passion alone can't account for these StarCraft II models. There's genius at work here, because believe it or not, these models are made out of paper. More »
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Luke "Sacretis" Pierson has put together this great little 13-minute documentary on the competitive StarCraft II scene. It's short, but given the lack of funds and scope, sweet. More »
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Blizzard plans to show off the single-player side of StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm for the first time next month, offering an early look at the first expansion for and follow-up to StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. More »
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Not only did someone take the time to painstakingly replicate StarCraft's Siege Tank, they actually made it able to change into and out of siege mode. The only thing missing here is... a guide on how to build one. More »
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Blizzard has cordoned off two fleeting moments in time next month in which fans can attempt to spend $175 per ticket to attend the annual celebration of all things Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo-related in Anaheim, California. More »
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