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Starcraft 2 Releases July 27th!

The day of reckoning has finally arrived! Blizzard announced today that the highly-anticipated sequel of ever-popular Starcraft will be released on July 27th this summer! The game will see retail availability worldwide in the United States, Canada, Europe, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Mexico,

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Pre-Order SC2 from Amazon, Gamestop, Get Beta Code

If you’ve been putting off pre-ordering Starcraft II, Gamestop and Amazon have sweetened the deal for you. By pre-ordering Starcraft 2, you can receive a beta code for the closed multiplayer beta. For Amazon, the code will be emailed within 5 business days of the

Starcraft II Gets Collector’s Edition

Blizzard announced that Starcraft II will be shipping in both standard and collector’s editions on its release sometime this year. The collector’s edition will come with an art book, a copy of the original StarCraft, a behind-the-scenes DVD, a comic book, and other items. According

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Starcraft II Multiplayer Closed Beta Now Open

It was revealed earlier this month that the Starcraft II closed beta would begin, and begin it has! Invitation codes were sent out to approved applicants for this highly anticipated beta which could be redeemed as early as yesterday. The beta is only open to

Starcraft II Beta Coming This Month

Starcraft II will enter beta sometime this month. Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime revealed in a presentation to investors today that the closed beta for highly anticipated Starcraft II would be available this month. Morhaime also confirmed that SC2 was on track for a mid-2010 release,

Protoss Mini-Campaign Confirmed for SC2

Blizzard’s upcoming Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty will feature a treat for Protoss fans in the single player mode: a mini-campaign. Single player play in Starcraft has almost always been totally dominated by Terrans, which is still mostly true for the upcoming sequel except for

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AI Convention Will Host Starcraft Bot Competition

The 2010 Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment Conference (AIIDE) will host a Starcraft competition where players craft bots to compete against one another. There are no prizes except bragging rights, but the competition is free to enter. The final competition will be shown live

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Blizzard Battle Chests Bargain at Amazon Today Only

Today and today only (what’s left of it) you can get a bargain on your favorite Blizzard game Battle Chest. Starcraft, Diablo, and Warcraft III Battle Chests are Amazon’s Video Game(s) Deal of the Day. If your old copies have disappeared or you’ve never picked

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Starcraft 2 May Get “LAN-Like” Solution

All of the SC enthusiasts who were up in arms about the lack of LAN support can lower their hackles…a little. Blizzard stated during Blizzcon that they were looking into working on a LAN-like solution while still being connected to Battle.net. Battle.net developer Greg Canessa

New Battle.net Revealed

Blizzard revealed the newly made-over Battle.net at Blizzcon 09. The current Battle.net still hosts more players than World of Warcraft (with Battle.net at 12 million and WoW at 11.5 million). The biggest addition to the new Battle.net is the introduction of Real ID which allows