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StarCraft 2's Gameplay Balance 2007-05-24 10:45:00 The evolution of Blizzard's RTS mechanics.
[source: ign.com]
There sure are a lot of panel discussions at Blizzard's Worldwide Invitational 2007 in Seoul, South Korea, and they're all focused on StarCraft 2. In fact there's so much buzz about StarCraft 2 you may forget the traditional focus of this event, mainly the high-intensity professional StarCraft and WarCraft 3 tournaments. This time the Read more:Balance
Digg.com Screenshot 2007-05-24 10:31:00 Digg.com upcoming stories page - just minutes after the official announcement...
[source: flickr.com]
So blizzard announces starcraft 2... 20 seconds later i go to digg gaming and refresh...
Man we're sad fanbois. Read more:Digg
, Screenshot
Why You Should Be Excited for Starcraft 2 2007-05-24 10:11:00 "What I’m presenting to you now are several reasons you should, in fact, be excited for Starcraft II."
[source: critical-hits.com]
If you look through the limited information that is on the game’s website, you begin to get a glimpse of what is behind the curtains. At this point they’ve revealed a very small amount of the Protoss’ new units each with great descriptions and backgrounds as to how
Dota abilities already in SC2 2007-05-24 08:10:00 Some guys from DotA Allstars community simply can't explain themselves that their favorite Wacraft III map is not the center of the world...
[source: forums.dota-allstars.com]
If you downloaded the gameplay video of Starcraft 2, you may have noticed.
At 14:45 the Protoss Mothership activates an ability called Time Bomb, which is very similar to Darkterror's Cronosphere, except that it stops Read more:abilities
Starcraft 2 Must Be Perfect 2007-05-24 04:57:00 [source: Heartless Gamer]
Blizzard's big announcement was not the shocker everyone had anticipated. It was simply Starcraft 2, as predicted just about everywhere. Starcraft 2 will be an RTS; not an MMO.
I will start this out by saying I was wrong. I didn't make any big prediction posts. Everyone else took care of the predictions just fine, but I did open my mouth in a few places and bet against Read more:Perfect
On The Keeping Of Secrets... 2007-05-23 17:10:00 I always wondered how did they managed to keep the SC2 secret. I mean, the people are working on it, not machines! They got friends, families... They got drunk sometimes, do stupid things! ... But nothing! Not a word got out of their magic circle!
I don't know what to say, except: Good job all!!
[source: Penny Arcade] Read more:Secrets
Night Elf Easter Egg 2007-05-23 04:47:00 Blizzard is known for putting little Easter
eggs in their games from their previous titles. This is another example, showing up in the gameplay video.
To the right of the screen you can see a hologram of an elven woman dancing. This little Easter egg is of course is borrowed from Blizzard’s most popular MMORPG World of Warcraft and if you ever played the game and did the "/dance" with an elven Read more:Night
, Easter Egg
Pre-Release Ships 10/1/08? 2007-05-23 03:44:00 I've just bumped on a sc2armory forum thread where a guy accidentally came across Starcraft II already selling at the ebgames.com store!
That wouldn't be so strange if they haven't set the release date (Pre-Release
Ships 10/1/08)...
Of course, the quote above the item description says it's not the official information. But where did they dug the date from?
Official pricing and release dates have
1 More Wallpaper 2007-05-23 03:08:00 Another StarCraft 2 wallpaper, this time made by a fan. I hope more will be made soon :)
[source: StarCraft 2 Wallpapers]
Blizzard outlines Starcraft II gameplay 2007-05-23 02:01:00 Studio's top creative talent discusses Starcraft II gameplay
details at a Worldwide Invitational panel discussion.
[source: gamespot.com]
Believe it or not, even though the Blizzard
Worldwide Invitational 2007 event is home to music concerts and some of the biggest game tournaments in the world, one of the most intriguing activities is actually sitting quietly in a theater. Three of Blizzard's
More Thoughts on StarCraft MMO... 2007-05-23 01:58:00 [source: stroppsworld.com]
...
There was a lot of speculation that Blizzard would announce Starcraft 2 as a MMO rather than as a RTS, and I’m rather glad that they didn’t. Don’t get me wrong, the Starcraft universe would likely make a great setting for a MMO, but not every game can be a MMO and Starcraft works really well as a real time strategy game. I’m hoping that Blizzard doesn’t change the
Does Starcraft 2 mean no Starcraft MMO? 2007-05-23 01:48:00 This guy seems to be very optimistic about potential "World of Starcraft"... Maybe he's right? Time will show...
[source: relmstein.blogspot.com]
Starcraft 2 was announced last Saturday and most gamers around the world took notice of the event. Blizzard especially made sure everyone who played World of Waracraft was aware by including several advertisements on the WoW homepage and login. While
Macs Going To Get StarCraft 2 Love 2007-05-23 01:38:00 [source: news.filefront.com]
As much as macs are widely used by musicians and graphic designers, it seems that when it comes to gaming, macs don't get that much lovin'.
Well, Blizzard feels your pain mac owners. Along with their initial earth shattering announcement of Starcraft 2 being in production, they also announced they are working on a simultaneous release of a PC and Mac version. Read more:Going
Char 2007-05-23 00:43:00 Char, viewed from an infested orbital platform.
[source: wikipedia.org]
Char is a planet in the StarCraft universe. It orbits a binary star system consisting of a yellow star and a blue star and is very tectonically active.
Char is one of the richest resource nodes in the sector, as the tectonic activity continually uncovers deposits of minerals and geysers of Vespene. The temperatures on the
StarCraft II: The Response 2007-05-27 01:21:00 Dan, Steve, and Charles chat it up about the recent StarCraft II announcement. Straight from the mailbox to the website.
[source: ign.com]
So obviously the StarCraft II announcement was a big deal judging by the ridiculously huge amount of reader traffic that tried desperately to break the site. Unfortunately for Steve and Dan, the announcement was made in Korea so they missed out on the pomp Read more:Response
Starcraft: Dark Templar Trilogy - Book One 2007-05-25 14:51:00 Firstborn Q&A with Christie Golden
[source: blizzplanet.com]
Blizzard Entertainment and Pocket Star Books - a division of Simon & Schuster, inc., A Viacom Company - bring you Starcraft: The Dark Templar, a trilogy novel series written by Award-winning Christie Golden. She has a track record of over a million books in print sold, fascinating sci-fi and fantasy readers. Among her outstanding Read more:Trilogy
StarCraft 2's Art Design 2007-05-31 17:45:00 How units and environments are being created in the sequel.
[source: ign.com]
The second day of Blizzard's Worldwide Invitational 2007 in Seoul, South Korea shed light on some of the artistic efforts that went into creating StarCraft 2's units and environments. On hand during a panel discussion were Sam Didier, Senior Art Director for the game, Rob McNaughton, Lead Technical Artist, Trevor
Dear Blizzard/Vendini, we want some ******* Linux ports. 2007-05-31 16:07:00 Stop WINEing and actually tell them we want ports
.
... Another call for signing the petition and proving Bizzard that the Linux
installers ARE needed!
[source: Ubuntu Gamers Arena]
We all know the old story: Blizzard
releases game, game runs on ***dows (and mac), Linux gamer complains. Nothing happens, Linux gamer uses WINE to run game in OpenGL mode, Blizzard wins either way. Well speaking
No to a DotA-like mod/map for StarCraft II 2007-05-31 02:30:00 Here's another petition... This time not for Linux installers, but for banning DotA in SC2 =)
I can't see why would someone mind StarCraft 2 DotA, but here's the quote anyway:
[source: gopetition.com]
Description/History:
Mods/maps are good, they help introduce more new blood to the gamer gene pool. There is Counter-Strike a mod for Half-Life; Counter-Strike: Source a mod for Half-Life 2;
Can Blizzard top itself with 'StarCraft 2?' 2007-05-30 15:56:00 Rob Pardo talks about long development cycles — and keeping secrets
[source: MSNBC]
By Kristin Kalning
Games editor
MSNBC
Blizzard
Entertainment is one of the most successful game developers in the world, with an unbroken string of hit games including “World of Warcraft,” the “Diablo” franchise, the “Warcraft” series and “StarCraft.”
The only hitch? The company famously will ship no game
The ultimate Blizzard sequel: Starcraft 2 or Diablo 3? 2007-05-30 14:11:00 [source: younewb.com]
Ever since Starcraft was released, it has been an extremely popular game all around the world and even played professionally for money in several countries. Many gamers had been waiting for years with no visible hope for a continuance of one of the best RTS games that was ever created. Then Blizzard
decided to drop the ball on everyone and give the good news to the millions Read more:sequel
Top 10 Reasons to Play Starcraft 2 2007-05-30 03:04:00 If the massive success of Starcraft is anything to go by, and Blizzard has indeed spent the last four years making sure they don’t mess with success, then Starcraft 2 is going to be an overload of fun. Below are the top ten reasons why Starcraft 2 has all the potential to be the best game to play for the next ten years.
[source: gamereplays.org]
10.) Historical Event
Missing out on something Read more:Reasons
Starcraft + Linux + Touchscreen = New way of playing games 2007-05-29 15:47:00 [source: gadgetroad.com]
Aren’t you tired of gaming in the same fashion, pointing the mouse, keeping your left hand on WASD combination and looking concentrated at the screen. Wouldn’t it be nice to control everything in a more natural way? Well, what do you say about Starcraft on a touchscreen monitor. The next video shows how it can be done in Linux
. Pretty amazing. I hope someone tries to
Star Craft II Zerk second look 2008-03-15 09:38:00 [source:gamereplays.org]
"It’s official, and the zerglings are out of the bag. Following closely on the heals of yesterday’s zerg announcement, we’ve got more juicy details on the third faction in Starcraft 2. Like the Protoss and Terrans, the Zerg are a mix of familiarity and significant differences. While virtually all of the staple units remain intact, there are some new additions and changes Read more:Craft
Star Craft II Zerk first look 2008-03-15 09:12:00 [source: ign.com]
Dustin Browder, lead designer on Star Craf II, took the stage at Blizzard's studio in Irvine, California to present the Zerg race to North American and European game media, giving us a brief overview of what's new and what's changed. While no storyline details were really revealed, the start of the trailer we were shown featured a voice over by Kerrigan, the Queen of Blades, Read more:Craft
Star Craft II Zerk - Mutalisk 2008-03-24 12:19:46 Mutalisk
Type: Medium Attack Flyer
Core Genus: Mantis Screamer
Primary Attack: Glave Wurm
[source:starcraft2.com ]
The mutalisk has been little changed from its original form, the roving mantis screamer of the desolate Dinares sector. In their original forms these creatures were capable of atmospheric and deep-space flight, although how they accomplished such a feat is poorly Read more:Craft
StarCraft 2 Developer Interviews! 2008-03-24 12:16:14 In the wake of the Zerg announcement this past Monday, the press has been hard at work tracking down anyone they can to ask them about how StarCraft 2’s development is progressing. The result has been a whole host of new interviews provided by a multitude of different sources. We here at GameReplays.org have taken the liberty of compiling them for your viewing pleasure.The first of these was Read more:Developer
, Interviews
Terran Unit and Building List 2008-03-24 12:00:26 [source: ign.com]
Below you'll find all the units and structures currently available to the Terran faction, StarCraft's human race. A few of their traditional characteristics include the ability for several base structures to lift off the ground and fly through the air on rockets to safer locations, nuclear strikes, and defensive Barracks garrisoned by Marines. Though you'll see familiar units Read more:Building
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