"9:14am : ...and if you thought you were missing out, each game will feature approx 26-30 missions if the player goes through and does everything available.

9:13am : Mission-wise
- more branching missions (including Easter Egg missions)
- the ending is set, but the middle has branches.

9:13am : So - the new story content:
More sets
More characters
More props (like the ingame jukebox)

9:12am : What does this mean?
Nothing changes for multiplayer or skirmish mode. All three races ..."

"Fresh from BlizzCon 08 are cinematics from Blizzard's upcoming strategy sequel StarCraft II. In classic Blizzard style, we're given a rendered scene full of awesomeness."

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quote Anonymous source

[Starcraft 2] is still being worked on, but only by a minuscule amount of people compared to what [Blizzard] put on the Diablo 3 team.

This has yet to be confirmed officially by Blizzard, and I personally doubt they will respond. Because this information was leaked unintentionally through a casual conversation with one of our staff members, we can not reveal the name of our source publicly - so to protect this individual and his/her position within Blizzard. Nor can ..."

"Improved Battle.net In-Game Functionality
Any quote from Blizzard clearly states that while they won't talk much about Battle.net 2.0, we will be blown away or be very impressed. It's a given that all current features for Battle.net will be included - and improved! Blizzard has said they have learned a lot from WoW on infrastructure, and features from WoW will definitely also be seen. So Battlenet 2.0 WILL feature:

* Excellent Ping
* Channels and Chat in-game
* Ladders and R..."

"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.

While this isn't a bold statement by any measure, it's nice to hear that communication inside the massive company talks in the terms of "2009" rather than "sometime in the distant future". Most predictions of StarCraft II's release date range around 2009, so fans will not get overly surprised by this announcement."

"“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 expansion set it’s a feature that’ll come up for discussion,” the company boss told VG247.

StarCraft II will feature the three races from the first game - the Terrans, the Zerg and the Protoss - but a fourth had been considered early on in development.

“We talked about the possibility of a fourth race early on, but we felt like we had a finite amount..."

"The chances of upcoming PC and Mac RTS StarCraft 2 coming to console are "very close to zero", Blizzard has said.

Speaking to VideoGamer.com at Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany, executive vice president of product development and Blizzard co-founder Frank Pearce said that a console version of the hotly anticipated StarCraft 2 would be "a different experience" on account of the speed of the game.

In recent years EA has begun bringing the popular Command & Conquer series to the Xbox 3..."

""Looks like after a barrage of folks whacking Blizzard servers, taking them offline several times, all the tickets for the upcoming BlizzCon expo have been sold. Blizzard is holding the event on October 10th and 11th at the Anaheim Convention Center (in Anaheim, CA). Tickets were $100 dollars a piece and there is no word on how many were sold.

What we do know for sure is that we have been offered two press passes for the event and will bring you the latest coverage from the expo as it unfo..."

"“Eventually, our plans are for the Achievement system to become an account-based system,” [lead “World of Warcraft” designer Jeff Kaplan] explained.

When the new Blizzard Accounts are active, a player’s ‘WoW’ points can be added to an overall score dubbed an account holder’s “Blizzard Level.” “It’s basically a gamerscore,” Kaplan said, when I made reference to Xbox Live’s Achievement system. “For now the points are just a ‘WoW’ character score. As we graduate to that Blizzard Account syste..."

"First let me say that, so far this has been one of the most exciting and def most surprising Professional Starcraft finals I've watched.

The OSL Finals pits top Protoss player BesT up against one of the best Zerg players in the world July Zerg, and guess what month it is...

If July wins he will be only the 2nd progamer to win 3 OSL titles. An honor that earns the player the coveted $8000 Golden mouse."

"Videos in Link"

Screens showing off the environments and characters of the Starcraft II world are here for your viewing pleasure.

As for a release date, you'll get it when you get it!

"Many froth-mouthed fans of Blizzard's intergalactic real-time strategy masterpiece Starcraft have anxiously been awaiting word on when the next installment of the series would land in their anticipatory laps. Blizz has been characteristically tight-lipped about the title's launch window, though we were recently informed that an online SKU search for Starcraft II on Best Buy, Circuit City, and Gamestop's web sites reveal the same supposed release date of December 3, 2008. With no confirmation ..."

"Specifications for Starcraft 2 have leaked out of Blizzard HQ and are unusually high... for Blizzard, at least.


Minimum Requirements:

GFX: GeForce 7/8 Series or Radeon 1000/2000 with 25Mb RAM
CPU: Pentium 4
RAM: 1Gb
Internet: ADSL 1 MBit

Recommended Requirements:

GFX: GeForce 8000 or Radeon 2000 series with 512Mb RAM
CPU: Core 2 Duo or Athlon X2
RAM: 2Gb
Internet: ADSL 3 Mbit

Optimal Requirements:

GFX: Geforce 9000er or Radeon 3000er Series
CPU: Core 2 Duo 3 Ghz or ..."

"On March 31, 1998, Blizzard Entertainment released StarCraft, a revolutionary real-time strategy game pitting three powerful and distinctive races against each other in a war-torn galaxy. In StarCraft, the resourceful terrans, mysterious protoss, and relentless zerg find themselves in a confluence of events that has only one possible outcome: an epic war for conquest and survival."

""This new StarCraft II trailer that just debuted in Korea gives a first look at the Zerg alien race. Great looking trailer! Just checked the news, and no, South Korea hasn't imploded. Yet." -Kotaku"

During the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference being held at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, California, Activision CEO, Bobby Kotick had to say this about StarCraft II:

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because it is a short-session experience, [StarCraft II] can actually be the model for in-game advertising and sponsorship and tournament play and ladder play for the future.

According to a community manager at Blizzard for StarCraft they had this reply to Kotick's comment:

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We have no plans to have ...

"With this year's gaming harvest already played and beaten and filed away into memory like so many saves, it is time now to look on.

Past the bulbous shores of 2007, far off in the distant recesses of release schedules, lies the gone-golden bounty of untapped potential. And while many may slip their surly bonds and give flight to the year 2009, more still will cement their crusted plastic into delighted hands. Here we mark the prophecy of the PC legacy, a concrete, yet tumultuous hour of re..."

"Although no-one’s actually ever pointed it out, it would perhaps be fair to accuse GamerSquad of focusing more on the videogame console side of the gaming industry rather than the PC side. To be fair, that’s likely because the console industry is predominantly made up of corporate back-biting, hardware slamming, handbag swinging, and moronic fanboys… and, y’know, that’s just a fabulous source of news.

Just because the PC industry rarely degenerates into a vicious maul of banal bitch-slappi..."

"This weekend in Anaheim, California is scheduled to be packed full of action with everything from World of Warcraft tournaments to live concerts. One of the most highly anticipated features, however, is the playable StarCraft 2 demo. Although the Blizzard team announced the game at the Worldwide Invitational in South Korea back in May, only a few videos of the actual in game action were released."

"Alright you princes of Azeroth. You kings of Aiur. Naturally Blizzard Entertainment did show its face at E3, with press kits bubbling afresh with fancy screenshots and sparkling glimpses of what's to come in both World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade and the much anticipated Starcraft II. Sadly what they had to say about Starcraft II wasn't nearly enough to get your pylons in a twist, but to see what Blizzard had to offer for both Starcrafters and Warcrafters alike, hit the jump."

""Twilight Archon: Sacrifice two Dark Templars and booyah! You have the bad ass Twilight Archon - but you probably knew that already."

"High Templar: Recognize this one, mayhap?"

"Dark Templar: Damn Dark Templar! The second game was over after exactly 15 minutes when a German ran in to my base with tre invisible Dark Templars and killed most of it. I didn't have time to build an Overseer that can detect invisible units."

"Marine: StarCraft wouldn't be anything without its Marines, whi..."

"Talking to Gamasutra, Frank Pearce, founding member and senior vice president of product development for Blizzard revealed that the company has a third team hard at work on a new title, separate from World of Warcraft and StarCraft II.

The comment came amid discussion of the company's current workforce. "Our global headcount is 2,700," said Pearce, "And most of that is customer service for World of Warcraft! In terms of development staff it’s probably around 350. World of Warcraft is about..."

"Blizzard Entertainment, the firm behind the likes of World of Warcraft and Diablo, has announced today that those lucky individuals attending their second BlizzCon convention at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California, will be offered the chance to play the much anticipated PC real-time strategy title, StarCraft II."

PC Gamer just recently did a preview of the units (Protoss only, so far) for StarCraft 2. A few new units can be seen in the video along with their names.

Some of these units are not even on the official StarCraft 2 website, yet.

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"StarCraft II will not be released this year, Blizzard has confirmed. The likely launch window for the sequel, recently revealed at an event in Korea, would seem to be late 2008, although even that tentative prediction is subject to Blizzard's traditional "It'll launch when it's ready" approach.

With just over six months remaining until the Christmas run-in, a 2007 launch seemed overly hopeful. But fanboys across the internet had prayed that, given the near finished state of the game in the..."

For your viewing pleasure an assortment of eye candy with eleven trailers and videos of videos from Blizzards recently announced Starcraft II.

It's unfortunate that some of the video's aren't of the highest quality but they at least give you an insight of the game and are definitely watchable. Be sure to visit the official Starcraft II site: http://www.starcraft2.com

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"3:44 - As for initial StarCraft 2 impressions - the game looked very similar to SC1 with nearly identical user interface, graphical style and unit proportions nearly the same. There was more flashy lighting effects but it seems like Blizzard didn't want to mess with SC's underlying style very much. The screens they showed the video on didn't display the video very clearly, unfortunately, but the game still looked pretty with some nice animations. We'll have to wait to bring you any updates on..."