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more about #starcraft2 Atheist Jew: Is it just me or does the guy in the image look like a 50-60 year old Kevin Sorbo? Is that Raynor? more » Chalkdust: Every update like this makes the wait more painful. Still, I can be patient enough for what should be a high quality, memorable(unlike most) game. more » ThisCharmingMan: It seems like all this information is a regurgitation of everything that was shown at Blizzcon. Minus the Changeling, which is quite interesting. Sigh... more » EythR: Arcturus (or should I say, Emperor) Mengsk looks a lot more human than he did in the original StarCraft. While it might have just been the graphics, h... more » Yossarian: "Those damn dirty apes!!! " "Sir, they're called 'Zerg'" "Who cares dammit! They're dirty!" "Uhm, okay, sir. Actually, though, our biggest concern... more » rekenner: Oh, cool, SC2 has Carnifexes. #starcraftii more » Lincolnsbeard33: OMG something that doesn't look like it was lifted from WH40k! #starcraftii more » patapon: And I'll look forward to killing it when the game releases in 2020. ;) more » Archaotic: Coming soon to Starcraft 2: The Brutalisk. Sponsored by Dethklok. #starcraftii more » troopzor: Wow, Blizzard just pulled the same mistake EA did with C&C4... online all the time FTL more » mikeer990: Wait... so this means you NEED an internet connection to play this game? WTF!? more » Karlott: So is D2 patch 1.13 going to be implementing some of these features into that game as an early test run? more » Asbestos_Underwear: if a map is good enough to be sold and the community has tools to recreate it, then there will be at least five free clones of each map worth a dime. more » RockyRan: Die-hard mapmakers and other modders in game never want any money for their creations. I have a feeling that the creators of the best maps will not be... more » Johnny: Guys, guys. "This is horrible"? Seriously? Blizzard gives great modders a chance to produce great content and get some payment out of it... instead o... more » SacGamer: A lot of this stuff has been rumored for a long time. Glad to see it officially announced. more » Nexus6: I'm still hoping Diablo III comes out before Starcraft II. I need me some carpal tunnel. more » zdevex: This is a great reward for making so much of the game have to take place online, almost certainly to make it difficult to pirate that game. Honestly,... more » KefkaXI: This just in: Blizzard execs announce intention to greet, welcome and accept the Antichrist! I give up. The activision merger was bad news for the co... more » Mastrix: I don't know about the modding/mapping community being able to make money... it seems like it would thrive just fine on its own without getting paid, ... more » -
#blizzard
StarCraft II Web Site Upgrade Complete, New Info Deployed
The official StarCraft II web site got a massive injection of new info, artwork, screen shots and story details as of this week, giving sci-fi real-time strategy fans something to soften the pangs. More » -
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Meet StarCraft II's Brutalisk
Blizzard has spawned a new Zerg strain for StarCraft II, the race's biggest and most brutal, the legendary Brutalisk. So what is this giant monstrosity? And what does it do? More » -
#blizzcon
Upcoming Blizzard Battle.Net Feature Draw From Warcraft, Xbox Live, Life
Blizzard executive vice president of game design Rob Pardo hosted a Battle.Net and StarCraft II panel, explaining how the integration of game and game service has evolved over the years. More » -
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Blizzard: You May Sell Your StarCraft 2 Maps On Battle.net, Eventually
At BlizzCon 2009, Blizzard's executive vice president of game design Rob Pardo revealed plans to allow modders to sell premium StarCraft 2 maps via the Battle.Net service.
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Kotaku At BlizzCon 2009
It's time for Blizzard fans' annual pilgrimage to Anaheim, California for BlizzCon 2009, and Kotaku will be there! More » -
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First StarCraft II Single Player Campaign Hands-On (With Spoilers)
We've played one-third of one-third of StarCraft II's single-player campaign recently. Blizzard gave us a full day with the most recent playable build of the game, a seven-mission long journey through the Terran's Wings of Liberty portion of the trilogy. More » -
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First StarCraft II Single Player Campaign Hands-On (Now Spoiler-Free!)
Blizzard offered a day-long hands-on demo of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, the first chapter in the StarCraft II trilogy. We played about a third of the game and we'd like to tell you about it—minus the spoilers. More » -
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StarCraft II: The Unit Upgrades That Make Single-player Shine
While StarCraft II multiplayer may be the long-term draw of Blizzard's highly anticipated real-time strategy sequel, the game's single-player campaign is also packed with depth and replayability. That's due, in part, to the game's technology upgrade system. More » -
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Ozzy Osbourne to Headline BlizzCon Concert
The Prince of Darkness, and World of Warcraft spokesman, Ozzy Osbourne will be headlining the closing concert at this year's BlizzCon, Activision announced today.
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StarCraft II Officially Delayed To 2010
It's official. You won't be playing StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty this year, as Blizzard has moved the release date of the real-time strategy game to the "first half of 2010." No, they never dated it; but they have now. More » -
#hellitsabouttime
StarCraft II Beta Planned To Last 4 To 6 Months
Dustin Browder, lead designer on StarCraft II at Blizzard, says that the team is planning to have a publicly playable beta for the game that runs about "four to six months." When that would go live, Blizzard still isn't saying. More » -
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StarCraft II Hands-On: Round Three
This past week, Blizzard invited press to visit its Irvine, California campus to go hands-on with the latest and greatest build of StarCraft II's multiplayer game. That wasn't the original plan. More » -
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Things Dying In Starcraft II
For some of us, playing StarCraft competitively is a beautiful ballet of dying over and over again, so it's good that Blizzard is working hard on making death interesting in StarCraft II. More » -
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Behold, Starcraft 2's Terratron
Blizzard's Starcraft 2 April Fool's joke was never going to be confined to just a few screenshots. This is Blizzard we're talking about. Blizzard don't do things by halves. More » -
#aprilfools2009
Blizzard's April Fool's Day Spectacular
Blizzard pulls no punches this April 1st, with not one but four different pranks featuring pimped mounts, a new Diablo III class, the biggest StarCraft 2 unit ever created, and PVP dance battles. More » -
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Blizzard Can't Design A Starcraft II Unit, Want You To Decide
Blizzard are in a pickle! They've got two designs down on paper for the game's Protoss Dark Templar unit. And just can not decide which one to use in the game. So they want you to. More » -
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StarCraft II's Zerg, Protoss Campaigns On The Backburner
When Blizzard revealed that it was splitting StarCraft II into three separate products, we grumbled. Who wouldn't? But we've come to terms with it, especially since the Terrans get first shot at the story. More » -
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Blizzard Splashwatch Day Five - Death Knights, Protoss, And Purple Penguins
Once again Blizzard completely screws with my sleep schedule! After a day of cursing under my breath at all of the people sending in photoshatted pictures of the damned Diablo II box art superimposed over yesterday's splash, the latest splash image gives me the satisfaction of knowing all of it was in vain. This, my friends, is not the Diablo II box art. Between the eyes and the small bit between them, it is one of two things. A Protoss from Starcraft, or the Death Knight from Wrath of the Lich King. More »
