Blizzard has updated the StarCraft II website with a few beautiful screen shots. It’s not much, but it’s enough to tide us over until the release. You can view all of them in their high-resolution glory at the official website. In addition to the screen shots, a new Q&A batch has been released. The game [...]

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We’re waiting for that StarCraft II to finally hit the game shops. One of the best strategy games ever to have been created, StarCraft has gotten us plenty of hours of gameplay and multiplayer massacres.
Blizzard has launched its first StarCraft II Battle Report. It’s a 20 minute Protoss vs Terran game. It’s an early alpha [...]

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Now loyal readers, take the the following information with a grain of salt but, StarCraftWire has recently gotten their hands on a flyer detailing game releases in the near future for Singapore. The one we really care about? You guessed it, Starcraft 2.
Anyways, as you can see from the above snippet taken from the flyer, [...]

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And Blizzard once again whips out the epic ban hammer, effectively blocking StarCrack StarCraft and Diablo 2 access to over 350,000 cheaters.
An official post on the Battle.net website explains the details of the bans. Here’s a bit:
The Diablo II CD keys associated with the closed Diablo II accounts are now restricted from playing on [...]

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Having been given StarCraft 2 beta access codes at BlizzCon this year, attendees hoped that the beta for the highly anticipated sci-fi RTS would hit this year, but unfortunately, it won’t.
"It’s not going to be this year," lead producer Chris Sigaty coldly stated. "We’re working really hard on Battle.net itself; of course it’s a [...]

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Yep that’s right, some of the most adored fan favorites from the original Starcraft will be making a reappearance in Starcraft II.
This comes as news from StarcraftWire who thumbed through various interviews from Blizzcon, making the notification that the three units mentioned above (Goliaths, Vultures, and Wraiths) will infact return.
Below is the interview excerpt from [...]

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Confirming rampant speculation, Blizzard design VP Rob Pardo confirmed that Diablo III will “definitely be out after StarCraft II”.
In an interview with Wired, Pardo also talked about the company’s plans for DRM and digital distribution.
"Battle.net really is our most effective DRM," he said. "That’s really kinda been the thing that’s always saved us from [...]

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Blizzard is where they money’s at – well, at least that’s the vibe they put on as they announced StarCraft 2 would be split up into a trilogy. But the company redeemed itself a tiny little bit today, as they announced that they will go “big” on all three races.
"We’re talking about 26-30 missions [...]

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As if Blizzard needed even more money, the company had decided on releasing StarCraft 2 as a trilogy, having each game offer one civilization.
The Shrapnel Games forums offers a laugh based on the announcement. Their tongue-in-cheek announcement is as follows:
A sneak peek for all you blog readers. Dominions IV: The Profiteering will feature [...]

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Those who are attending this year’s BlizzCon event has already got their moneys worth, as Blizzard announced that every attendee with receive a beta code for StarCraft 2. This was announced by company president Mika Morhaime during the event’s opening ceremony.
No details were provided as to when the beta will arrive, though Morhaime assured [...]

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Someone at Blizzard must be extremely clever because they figured out a way to sell more copies of StarCraft II. It’s not as easy as you would think. You see, since everyone in Korea will already buy the game how can they sell more copies? Simple, by splitting the game into three parts. StarCraft is [...]

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In another stint that makes Koreans look cooler than everyone else, a Korean Starcraft fanatic who goes by the roughly translated name of Krabby Patty has taken advantage of Spore’s vast content editor.
What you see above, however, is just a small glimpse at what this user has done. Included in his (her?) gallery is a [...]

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While developer Blizzard has remained tight lipped about the release of StarCraft 2, publisher Activision Blizzard has stated that the game “should” arrive in 2009.
“Next year’s offerings from Activision Blizzard should include highly anticipated PC strategy title StarCraft II, the sequel to one of the world’s most enduringly popular games,” claimed Activision Asia Pacific [...]

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While StarCraft 2 will feature three races like its predecessor, Blizzard has suggested that a fourth race may appear as part of an expansion pack.
“We don’t have the resources or time to add a fourth race to the launch of StarCraft II, but I’m sure in the event that we decide to do an [...]

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