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Publisher Blizzard is partnering with Hasbro's USAopoly to release World of Warcraft Monopoly and StarCraft Risk, it said today. So now you can take breaks from your World of Warcraft and StarCraft sessions to play World of Warcraft and StarCraft. More »
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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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Two great flavors of geek culture collide in this custom map for Blizzard's RTS super-success. Starrcaft player/modder Kenneth Tran's built an homage to Episode V of George Lucas's space fantasy films, substituting planet Braxis for the icy world of Hoth where The Empire Strikes Back took place. On The Dominion Strikes Back, the Rebel faction must hold out for 45 minutes while the opposing Dominion faction must crush the Rebels. Tran's work doesn't map one-to-one to Empire Strikes Back, but does a nice job of imagining what a siege would feel like if you were fighting alongside Luke and the resistance. More »
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The first thirty seconds might be a little slow, but once the music starts you will happy you stuck around—even if I'm not sure what the music has to do with Christmas or Starcraft 2. 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 »
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American accents are everywhere in video games. Even when something is developed in Canada, or Britain, or Japan, the principal characters usually speak with one kind of American accent or another. More »
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In this video Sargonas turns a table-filling pile of Mega Blocks into StarCraft Battlecruiser in one minute and 40 seconds. More »
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During G-Star, Blizzard showed off impressive fan art at its booth's community zone. The Grand Theft Auto inspired World of Warcraft Cataclysm art is cool and all, but check out those mini-figures. Wow! 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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I thought I was the most hideous Queen of Blades in StarCraft history during my session with Blizzard DOTA at BlizCon 2011 last weekend. Last night Dwight from The Office proved me wrong. 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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After spending the entire weekend trying to get good shots and video on a dimply lit show floor with a mobile phone, Blizzard walks in, drops a load of professionally shot official BlizzCon 2011 photos and a small video on my desk, and then disappears in a puff of smoke. Jerks. 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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The huge multiplayer update coming to StarCraft II with the second installment, Heart of the Swarm, gives Blizzard an excellent opportunity to balance the three races and take advantage of missed opportunities. Let's see what holes the new multiplayer units plug. More »
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In a show filled with people dressed in cardboard copies of World of Warcraft armor a woman dressed up as the Adjutant from Starcraft completely stole the show at last night's costume contest. More »
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Today was a good day to be a Blizzard fan. Blizzcon kicked off with a bang in California, revealing a batch of new trailers, more details about the pending release of Diablo III and news of a Panda-themed World of Warcraft expansion pack. 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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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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It's a party in the Anaheim, C-A this Friday when Kotaku's most prominent figures host an evening of drinks, snacks, Samsung, and StarCraft. Won't you join us? 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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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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After taking the stage as Tenacious D's drummer at BlizzCon 2010, Dave Grohl returns with his own damn band to play out BlizzCon 2011. More »
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Do you love Blizzard games? Any of them? The new Blizzard Music site, launched today, lets you listen to snippets of every song on the official soundtracks for World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, StarCraft II, Diablo II and so much more. 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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It's the fourth and final day of Dragon Con 2011, but I'm not there. The final day of a convention like this is a sad affair. Instead, let's revel in the glory of yesterday's cunning cosplayers. More »
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Mike Nash is a talented artist. He's also a shy, humble guy. Mike's friend Adam isn't nearly as shy and was more than happy to direct our attention to Mike's StarCraft fan art. More »
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In today's thrilling episode of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Vezroth explains why people need to stop getting angry when every other massively multiplayer online game in the world is compared to World of Warcraft. 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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Joyland, a theme park in China built with massive (if unlicensed) tributes to the video games of Blizzard Entertainment, has actually opened its doors. People are going on the rides. And taking photos. 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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Competitive gaming and eSports are not a new phenomenon. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5820907&view=rss&microfeed=true Blizzard's World of Warcraft and StarCraft franchises would be the perfect fit for LEGO sets. Sadly, the company has instead signed a deal with rival Mega Bloks to create toys and sets based on the franchises instead. Mega Blocks? More like Mega Sucks. [MEGA] 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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It's Wednesday. There are new comic books in comic shops. Only some of them are worth your time and money. As always, I have some suggestions…. More »
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