Starcraft2 Mania

Starcraft II by end of 2009, Call of Duty expanding to new genres

2009-06-01T17:29:00.000-07:00

E3 2009: Activision Blizzard kicks off this year's marathon investor call tipping hand on RTS date, PSP Guitar Hero, and new James Bond, Tony Hawk, Spider-Man, and Transformers in 2010.

http://e3.gamespot.com/story/6210427/starcraft-ii-by-end-of-2009

StarCraft 2 Death Animation

2009-05-27T08:16:00.000-07:00

New Death animation added from Blizzard.
Enjoy

Stracraft2 Graphic Card Requirement

2009-05-25T16:23:00.000-07:00

There will be no problem with graphic card above Radeon HD4670.

At Korea Starcraft 2 demontration, Computer System set-up was AMD Phenom II X4 955 with Radeon HD4870. Graphic option was set in max level and detail option was secret.

AMD persons concerned that you will be able to play well on HD4670 and below graphic cards with options change or graphic card HD4670 or above without any problem.

Still, game is in testing period that I can't discuss well at this point. I believe Starcraft 2 will be fine with low-end system like Blizzard announced it before.

New Observer Mode in StarCraft II

2009-05-22T13:03:00.000-07:00

In Observer mode menu located at left top corner. If you clicked this, you will see 7 menus, None, Resource, Spending, Units, Production, Army, and APM.

Resouce - You can check player's mineral, gas, and number of units.

Spending - has 3 other sub catagories, Economy, Technology, and Army.

Units - Show how many units player's have

Production - Show buildings and units player is producing

Army - How many resouces did player used for units he produced.

APM - Action Per Minutes, show how fast this player can do.

Starcraft II Demontration pictures

2009-05-21T20:07:00.000-07:00

Here are some more picture of Starcraft II demonstration in Korea, including game snap shots.

The blizzard PR manager Bob Cole said " Units are development stage still and changing everyday. so compared with the previous version is meaningless," and "Indeed, the latest version changed, which was originally scheduled to be in this demonstraion two weeks ago removed," told him.

SC2 Demonstration in Korea

2009-05-21T10:18:00.000-07:00

One of my Korean friend could play most recent updated Starcraft2 for 45 minutes. Demonstration held in Apgujeong, South Korea on May 21st (Korean time).

It wasn't alot of time but it was enough time to find out the overall feeling of the game.

He had played Protoss and here are some pictures and his thought.

First of all, graphic was not best quality like heavy graphic games like warhammer40k but refined and bright color makes games look luxurious. Units motion and animation also very smooth that makes easy to control. Overall color tone was brighter than before, think they used more bright color other than black and gray.

Most impressed me was game speed, there is no loading speed that I worried before since it is 3D game now. I can't even feel it and game speed also fantastic. I felt that it was 1.5x faster than original starcraft.

Weak part was blowing(?), hitting(?) and exploding(?) effect. I don't know what to say in English sorry for that. Physical and visual effects were too light that makes game little boring to me.

Another Lego model

2009-05-19T11:51:00.000-07:00

Terran battle cruiser LEGO model

Marine Figure

2009-05-19T10:58:00.000-07:00

source : http://starcraft.incgamers.com

Beta Test for Korean Progamer?

2009-05-19T09:59:00.000-07:00

From unofficial news, blizzard will final beta test with Korean Progamer end of this month.

I heard that they will have unofficial test on June, and will be released on Sept, maybe even faster!

New Zerg Unit Model

2009-05-18T15:04:00.000-07:00

Broodlord new zerg unit.
What do u guys think? ugly :<

Starcraft II main Theme song

2009-05-18T14:35:00.000-07:00

Starcraft II theme music. ^^

Terran Units made with LEGO

2009-05-18T09:09:00.000-07:00

http://www.brickinside.com/NeoView.php?Db=CreatorGroup&Mode=view&Block=1&Number=2801

StarCraft II Unit Video

2009-05-17T21:23:00.001-07:00

Marine Pet in World of Warcraft

2009-05-17T21:08:00.001-07:00

Tickets for BlizzCon 2009 go on sale this Saturday and for those of you who will be attending Blizzard Entertainment's latest fan gathering you will be getting some cool extra stuff. One of these items was revealed today; a new in-game pet for anyone who plays Blizzard's MMO title World of Warcraft.

This year's in-game pet is titled Grunty the murloc marine and its description is clearly a nod to Blizzard's upcoming RTS game StarCraft II: "This tiny terror is fully armored and comes equipped with a gauss rifle, which he'll occasionally fire into the air to make sure no invisible spacecraft are swooping in to attack." If you can't make BlizzCon 2009 on August 21-22 in Anaheim, California you can still get Grunty for your World of Warcraft chararacter by purchasing the BlizzCon DirectTV pay-per-view event.

StarCraft II Beta Sign-up !!

2009-05-17T20:50:00.000-07:00

The StarCraft® II beta is coming! If you’re interested in participating, you need to sign up for a Battle.net account, opt in to participate in upcoming Blizzard Entertainment betas through Battle.net Account Management, and upload your system specifications using our quick system-snapshot software. If you’re selected, you’ll be notified in the coming months. For more information, including what to do if you have a StarCraft II beta code from BlizzCon 2008 or the Worldwide Invitational 2008, check out the FAQ below.

https://us.battle.net/login/login.xml?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fus.battle.net%2Faccount%2Fmanagement%2Findex.xml&app=bam