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StarCraft EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Be on the lookout for Diablo III in the 'next few years' 44 Here's a bit of sad news for Diablo III fans. So sad, in fact, that if you happen to be one of those "I can never let anyone see me cry" guys, you should probably run off to a secluded area. Like... The StarCraft II beta won't be ready until next year 17 Another story related to a Blizzard game where a time far off from the present is discussed? Uh huh. The two themes have become so intertwined with one another that it isn't even disappointing to... Starcraft fan Zerg rushes teenage girl with kitchen knife 42 I'm sure we've all been in a situation where the power has gone or the Internet's shut down right when we've been in the middle of a hot gaming session. What do you do in those situations? Throw ... The secret to Blizzard games is 'endless iteration' 18 You may have noticed that Blizzard takes a while to put out their games. Their two biggest releases coming up, Diablo III and StarCraft II, have been in development for what seems like ages. Ofte... Blizzard loses some minerals over BlizzCon 14 Blizzard’s annual BlizzCon expo celebrating all things StarCraft, Warcraft and Diablo isn’t as profitable as one might think. Despite selling 20,000 tickets at $125 a pop, a ton of me... StarCraft 2 map editor capable of all kinds of badassery 27 StarCraft 2's map editor looks to be pretty robust, and Blizzard was happy to show off some of the power under the hood at Blizzcon. Imagine maps in the style of action role-playing games, shoot-... Tricia Helfer voicing Kerrigan in StarCraft 2 25 Wow. Tricia Helfer is getting in all of the high profile games! First she’s voicing Dare in Halo 3: ODST. Now, she’s voicing Kerrigan in StarCraft 2.  Joystiq reports that Trici... StarCraft II may support LAN after all 35 Not long ago, Blizzard Entertainment’s Rob Pardo said, flatly, that uber-RTS StarCraft II would not support LAN. His words ignited a firestorm of keystrokes from an oddly vocal -- and Inte... Preview: StarCraft II single-player 31 Back at the end of July, I got to go back to Blizzard headquarters to take a look at StarCraft II once again. This time, instead of crushing other publications under the might of my hydralisk swa... Over 100,000 nerds sign Starcraft II LAN petition 36 When Blizzard announced that Starcraft II would be ditching LAN support, people got upset. Local play has been a staple of Starcraft for centuries, and it was quite shocking to see that the seque... Revamped Battle.net taking a cue from Xbox LIVE 22 With the "it's done when it's done" design philosophy for Starcraft II meaning a tragic yet understandable 2010 release, it seems like many of us are wondering why Battle.net was cited ... WTF is a 'gaming surface'? 18 We got an interesting press release today announcing a series of licensed "gaming surfaces" featuring Starcraft II. Now, when I hear the phrase, "gaming surface," I instinctiv... Predictable: StarCraft II gets LAN petition 45 Oh, Internet, you and your silly petitions that nobody will ever bother actually reading. Hot off the back of Blizzard revealing that StarCraft II would not support LAN, a bunch of hardcore StarC... Blizzard defends Starcraft II's lack of LAN support 80 Yesterday, it was revealed that long-awaited RTS Starcraft II would not have LAN support, sending a number of PC gamers into a frenzy, despite the fact that they had the Internet so it shouldn't ... StarCraft II's map editor set for launch, possibly beta 6 Our very own Jonathan Ross had the opportunity to sit down with Dustin Browder, lead designer on StarCraft II, to discuss all things related to the highly-anticipated game. When asked about the p... Destructoid interview: StarCraft II's Dustin Browder 19 In addition to getting to play StarCraft II at Blizzard last week, I also got a chance to interview lead game designer Dustin Browder. He was able to give us a bit more detail about the single-pl... Preview: StarCraft II multiplayer 35 Last week, I was fortunate enough to be invited over to Blizzard headquarters down in Irvine to get the first hands-on look at the eagerly anticipated StarCraft II. While the original plan was fo... IKEA is making computers? Also, contest winners 31 I'm a little late announcing these contest winners.  It's not because I don't love you, its because I was distracted with #FNF and by IKEA's awesome new computer. I'm a very silly person.Any... E3 09: Blizzard: Starcraft II may release this year... maybe 10 On yesterday's Activision pre-E3 conference call, Blizzard's Mike Morhaime made his token appearance as the guy from the company who makes all of the money. During the call he revealed that plans... Second set of BlizzCon tickets on sale tomorrow 1 Everyone's attention is turned to E3 right now but lets not forgot about the other Los Angeles based convention taking place soon! BlizzCon 2009 is going down August 21 and 22 at the Anaheim Conv... Effectively use 20 minutes of your weekend with Starcraft II 33 I won't lie here I'm only two minutes into this 20 minutes of StarCraft II footage you can see below and while I am surely impressed I don't know if I'll make it all 20. That isn't to say that th... Amazon's Deal of the Day is a Blizzard lovefest 10 With new iterations of Diablo and StarCraft in the works, it's as good of a time as any to pick up either series from the very beginning. Amazon has got an incentive for you to do just that, name... Earn credits playing StarCraft at UC Berkeley ... no, seriously 18 If you have ever dreamed of discussing videogames during class without looking like that guy, you'll be pleased to know that UC Berkeley is now offering a course on StarCraft.Although I can easil... Blizzard not milking StarCraft 2, money was 'never part of the conversation' 46 According to Blizzard COO Paul Sams, Blizzard isn’t trying to tickle your pocketbooks by splitting StarCraft 2 into three individual games. In a recent interview with Videogamer, Sams defen... Blizzard bans 350,000 Battle.Net players for cheating 15 Yesterday, Blizzard banned over 350,000 StarCraft and Diablo II accounts from Battle.Net, thereby bringing the total amount of users of the service down to around three billion. The bans were the... Producer striving to make Starcraft II playable by his mother 17 When we think of StarCraft’s player composition we imagine highly efficient gamers anxiously pounding on the mouse, navigating hot keys like a NASA pilot preparing for liftoff, sweating as ... Starcraft 2 trilogy announced, Starcraft fans change pants simultaneously 62 Today at BlizzCon, Blizzard dropped the proverbial bombshell. The highly anticipated RTS Starcraft 2 will be split into three distinct stand-alone titles, each featuring a different race in order... StarCraft II 'should' be released in 2009 4 According to a report from StarcraftWire, StarCraft II will be released in 2009. The information stems from Activision Blizzard’s show Activate Asia Pacific in Auckland, New Zealand. Philip... StarCraft II might add something original in an expansion pack 34 Blizzard co-founder Frank Pearce recently sat down with VG247 and talked a bit about the potential of a fourth race in StarCraft II. Pearce points out that the development team talked about a fou... No StarCraft II this year 24 We brought you news last week that several major retailers were giving StarCraft II a December 3 release date. Although it was in no way official, something seemed rather fishy that they would al... Retailers: StarCraft II releasing December 3 32 Since the announcement of StarCraft II last year, Blizzard has been carefully stringing us along with trailers, concept art, and small snippets of information on their upcoming real-time strategy... Hot Zerg concept art: Well, I certainly fapped 29 If you're stoked for StarCraft 2, you might want to check out this Blizzcast interview, which discusses the notorious Zerg and its evolution in the new game. Because I have a history of awful com... Starcraft 2 videos: Start preparing for lack of hygiene! 48 If yesterdays Starcraft 2 videos from CTZ were a little short for you pleasure, todays videos might give you the money shot that you are looking for. The Zerg are at it again but this time they ... We are the Swarm: New Starcraft 2 videos showing the Zerg in action 29 Last night, we were treated with the new Zerg intro trailer. Today, Blizzard has released a couple of new videos and pictures showing off the Zerg. Both of the new videos show off the Zerg units ... The Zerg have evolved: New Starcraft 2 trailer 53 A new Starcraft 2 trailer has finally been released earlier tonight in Korea. Blizzard showed off the new trailer and GameVideos has the offscreen footage. This time, the Zerg are shown off and t... The Memory Card .24: The assimilation of Kerrigan 38 Certain videogame genres are known for not possessing rich or complex stories. These genres usually focus entirely on action and gameplay, ignoring even a basic narrative structure ... StarCraft English book teaches South Korean gamers English 19 Gamers worldwide know that South Koreans love their StarCraft. They don't care that the game is a decade old and was only released in English -- they love it that much. Siliconera shows us a book... New Halo 3 ad is all serious and stuff 61 The ad you're about to watch has no in-game footage at all. It is directed towards the hardcore Halo crowd that is obsessed with the story line. This is for the people who have read every book, c... Blizzcon 2007: StarCraft II single-player demonstration 29 The single-player aspect of StarCraft II was honestly one of the more intriguing elements shown off at this year's Blizzcon. Thanks to Gamevideos you can watch the entire live demonstration by Bl... E3 2007: Blizzard bundles some good along with some "meh" 13 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&... Starcraft II playable at Blizzcon; Nex arrested for "zerg humping" 9 As if you needed another reason to attend Blizzard's epic celebration of all things good and holy in PC gaming, they have just announced their guaranteed-to-sell-8-million-copies-RTS, Sta... En Taro Adun new Protoss units 19 The August issue of PC Gamer is going to have a ton of exclusive information on StarCraft 2. Or, thanks to the Internets, you can check out that information right here.  The video show... No Starcraft II in 2007; Zerg cosplay will have to wait 30 In a recent interview with MSNBC, Blizzard's vice president of game design, Rob Pardo, reveals that there's no way in hell Starcraft II will be released in 2007. All five people who were ... StarCraft II media explosion! 29 In case you've been in a coma for the last 14 hours or so and missed last night's megaton announcement, count yourself lucky, because you weren't among the teeming throngs of Craft-hu... Captain Obvious presents: Starcraft 2's official announcement! 88 Don't tell me you're surprised; we could all see this coming from miles away, right? Plus, if Blizzard announced something like another World of WarCraft expansion in friggin' Korea (... Blizzard is a naughty, naughty tease 40 Blizzard has decided to update the splash page of their official site with a teaser timeline of the company's releases that ends in a big, glowing question mark. Currently, only two games on... StarCraft : Ghost available for pre-order ... say what? 24 Form a line, folks. No pushing. Lo and behold, now you can pre-order StarCraft: Ghost from Best Buy and have it shipped to you on June 15. Or, for you masochistic types, you can snag it from Toys... South Korean StarCraft championships video leaves me ... well, speechless 42 Oh the pageantry of two nerds sitting at a computer surrounded by adoring crowds, bright lights and the pressure of being the best ... simply the best. Color me weird, but I always found the wa... Fake Game Friday: Ultimate MMO RTS 9 Dtoid reader dprime sent in this week's Fake Game Friday idea. We encourage goofy, outrageous, and impossible game idea submissions, but we also love reading concepts for games that not only ... Project Revolution: Starcraft in 3D! 15 Let's be clear -- there will be another Starcraft game. Blizzard owns the domain www.starcraft2.com; it's been hinted at and rumored more often than Nicole Richie's ribs have been fe... Game Debate to the Death! What's your favorite game EVAR?! 139 Yoyoyo! Why is this normally Tuesday article a day late? Because last week's Diablo II versus StarCraft battle was epic! Before reading the brutal Blizzard battle below, make sure you read th... Game Debate to the Death! Blizzard Battle 2006 - Final Round 60 Our Blizzard Battle of 2006 comes to an end with this week's Game Debate to the Death! 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