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Thursday, Nov 19
Diablo II Patch 1.13 Status Update
Blizzard Entertainment's Bashiok recently posted an update on the status of the 1.13 patch for Diablo II, an update which was originally announced early in the year. The release has been held up by worries about the impact of increased player stash sizes on the battle.net servers.
Friday, Nov 13
Diablo III Not Coming In 2010
During a recent presentation in New York Activision Blizzard CFO Thomas Tippl revealed release date plans for its upcoming games and expansions. StarCraft II, an updated Battle.net, and WoW: Cataclysm are planned for 2010 releases while Diablo III, the unannounced MMO, and further Sta...
Monday, Nov 2
BlizzCast Eleven Now Available
Blizzard Entertainment has released the eleventh BlizzCast, a series of podcasts created by Blizzard's Community Team and focusing on the company's current and future game offerings. Number eleven focuses exclusively on this year's BlizzCon event, with commentary from Bashiok (Di...
Tuesday, Oct 27
Blizzard's Dustin Browder Discusses StarCraft II
Gamasutra has published a new StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty interview with Blizzard Entertainment's Dustin Browder. The lead game designer discussed a variety of topics related to the game including the differences between the single and multiplayer experience. StarCraft 2 will pic...
Monday, Oct 19
StarCraft II: Rescue Mission Preview
GamesRadar has posted a new preview of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, Blizzard Entertainment's upcoming continuation of the popular sci-fi RTS franchise. The article focuses on one of the many new missions available to the game's Terran race. StarCraft II will include a more detailed s...
Monday, Sep 14
Opinion: Discussing StarCraft II's Storyline
IGN recently posted a new interview with Blizzard Entertainment's Andrew Chambers. The lead writer for StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty discussed the storyline for the single player aspect of the eagerly anticipated return to the StarCraft universe. The game will introduce a level of cho...
Thursday, Sep 10
StarCraft II: Single Player Preview
IncGamers recently posted a new preview of StarCraft II, Blizzard Entertainment's upcoming return to its popular sci-fi RTS series. The preview covers two missions from the single player aspect of the game. StarCraft II will continue the storyline of the franchise and give multiplayer...
Thursday, Aug 27
Greg Canessa Talks Battle.net 2.0
Shacknews has published a new interview with Blizzard Entertainment's Greg Canessa about the features proposed for Battle.net 2.0. The article covered a variety of topics including the company's desire to combine social networking with game features, sales of player made maps and mods...
Monday, Aug 24
SC II: Helfer As Kerrigan, LAN Possibility, Fan Mod Sales
Blizzard Entertainment's Blizzcon event has revealed new information about the upcoming StarCraft II. During a panel discussion of the game's lore Blizzard reps revealed that Tricia Helfer, known to sci-fi fans as Battlestar Galactica's Number Six, will be the new voice of Sarah Kerr...
Thursday, Aug 20
Blizzard's Andy Chambers Delves Into SC 2 Single Player
Joystiq recently posted a new interview with Blizzard Entertainment's Andy Chambers. The creative director for the anticipated StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty discussed the single player aspect of the game, which introduces a level of choice and interaction not seen in the original St...
Tuesday, Aug 18
StarCraft II: Single Play Preview, Interview, Mission Guide
IncGamers has released a new collection of information about Blizzard Entertainment's upcoming return to its sci-fi RTS franchise with StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, the first in a planned trilogy. The new revelations include a lengthy hands-on preview of the single player aspect of...
Friday, Aug 14
StarCraft II: First Person Shooter Custom Maps Possible?
In recent forum posts Blizzard Entertainment's StarCraft community manager Karune revealed some new information about the company's upcoming return to their sci-fi RTS franchise with StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. The posts reveal new unit artwork for the Blizzcon 09 Event, the sta...
Wednesday, Aug 12
Ozzy To Rock BlizzCon 09
Blizzard Entertainment has announced that legendary heavy metal rocker Ozzy Osbourne will headline the closing concert at this year�s BlizzCon event, which will take place August 21-22 at the Anaheim Convention Center. While tickets to the convention sold out in minutes, a live Pay Pe...
Thursday, Aug 6
StarCraft II: Wings Of Liberty Launch Date Pushed To 2010
Blizzard Entertainment has announced that StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty will not be released this year, but instead will arrive sometime in the first half of 2010. The popular game developer is still working on its upgraded Battle.net and will use the extra time to finish work on the onlin...
Tuesday, Jul 28
StarCraft II: Loss Of LAN, BNet 2.0, Piracy
StarcraftWire.net has posted a new article on the topic of Blizzard Entertainment's decision to remove LAN play from the upcoming StarCraft II in favor of requiring all players to sign on to the company's new Battlenet 2.0 service. The examination includes discussion of fan reaction to th...
Wednesday, Jul 22
StarCraft II: Dustin Browder On Zerg Tech, Game Balance
IGN has posted another new StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty interview with Blizzard Entertainment's Dustin Browder. The lead game designer discussed his team's efforts to balance gameplay, SC II's differences from the original, and the evolving nature of the Zerg tech tree. StarCraft 2 w...
Wednesday, Jul 15
Dustin Browder Discusses StarCraft II Design Philosophy
IGN has posted a new StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty interview with Blizzard Entertainment's Dustin Browder. The lead game designer discussed the company's efforts to offer content for both casual and hardcore players, as well as attempts to convince a Western audience that games can be...
Tuesday, Jul 7
StarCraft II: The Zerg So Far
StarCraftWire.net has posted a new StarCraft II feature. The article offers an examination of Blizzard Entertainment's evolving plans for the Zerg race with a breakdown of the changes each unit has undergone during the company's development and testing. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty w...
Friday, Jul 3
Dustin Browder Discusses Starcraft II: Wings Of Liberty
Shacknews has posted a new Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty Q&A with Blizzard Entertainment's Dustin Browder. The questions cover a range of topics related to the game's units, interface, and single playerfeatures. StarCraft 2 will pick up a few years after the end of Broodwar and will f...
Thursday, Jul 2
Robert Clotworthy To Return As Voice Of Jim Raynor In SC II
Robert Clotworthy has confirmed that he will be returning as the voice of Jim Raynor in StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, Blizzard Entertainment's next installment in the successful StarCraft RTS franchise. This is a change from Blizzard's original intention to hire another actor to voi...
Tuesday, Jun 30
StarCraft II: Interview, Preview, Trailer, And Screenshots
IncGamers: StarCraft II Preview IncGamers: StarCraft II Dev Interview IncGamers: StarCraft II Game Video IncGamers: StarCraft II New Screens & Art IncGamers: No LAN Mode For StarCraft II Blizzard Entertainment StarCraft II: Wings Of Liberty
Saturday, Jun 27
Blizzard's Rob Pardo Interviewed
IndustryGamers has published a new interview with Blizzard Entertainment's Rob Pardo. During the discussion Pardo covered a range of topics including the success of World of Warcraft, his thoughts on free to play MMOs, his advice to company's seeking to enter the massively multiplaye...
Monday, Jun 15
StarCraft II: Q&A Round 52, Map Maker Series
The 52nd Q&A focusing on answers to fan questions about StarCraft II, Blizzard Entertainment's long awaited sequel to the original StarCraft, is now available. This edition of the Q&A focuses on the map making tools planned for inclusion with the game. SC II will introduce new mu...
Wednesday, Jun 10
StarCraft II: Ghost EMP, Protoss Arsenal
In a recent post on Blizzard Entertainment's forums StarCraft community manager Karune revealed that the EMP ability has been added back into StarCraft II, this time as a tool of the revamped Ghost unit. Karune also discussed some of the abilities available in the Protoss arsenal. StarCr...
Monday, Jun 8
World Of Warcraft, StarCraft Receive Guinness World Records
Representatives of the Guinness World Records 2009 Gamer�s Edition recently handed out awards at the E3 Expo, honoring gaming publishers which have set new records with their products. Blizzard Entertainment received two awards: Most Popular MMORPG for World of Warcraft's 11.6 milli...
Tuesday, Jun 2
StarCraft II: 2009 Release Planned
During a recent Activision Blizzard investors call, Blizzard Entertainment's Mike Morhaime revealed that the company is aiming for a late 2009 release date for StarCraft II, the eagerly awaited sequel to the popular sci-fi real time strategy game. Morhaime also discussed the success...
Thursday, May 28
StarCraft II: Q&A Round 51
The 51st Q&A focusing on answers to fan questions about StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, Blizzard Entertainment's long awaited sequel to the original StarCraft, is now available. This time the Q&A includes a link to new death animations for units in the game. StarCraft II will ret...
Wednesday, May 27
Echoes Of War Music Compilation Re-Release Coming June 16
The Eminence Symphony Orchestra has announced the re-release of Echoes of War: Standard Edition, a 2-disc compilation of orchestral themes from Blizzard Entertainment�s StarCraft, Diablo and Warcraft universes. Eminence Online Store Echoes Of War Blizzard Entertainment
Monday, Sep 1
StarCraft II: Fourth Race, Game Balance, Single Player Co-Op
“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 T...
Friday, Aug 22
SC II: Single Player Campaign, Considering A StarCraft MMO
VideoGamer has published a new interview with Blizzard Entertainment's co-founder and VP of product development, Frank Pearce. The subject of discussion for the interview was StarCraft II, the continuation of the successful sci-fi real time strategy series. Pearce discussed a varie...
Monday, Jul 28
StarCraft II: Q&A Round 42, Mar Sara Bio, New Screens & Art
July 28, 2008 6:00 AM StarCraft Forums: SC 2 Q&A Batch 42 StarCraft Forums: Ask Your SC 2 Questions Here StarCraft Forums: Q&A Archive StarCraft Planet Bio: Mar Sara StarCraft II Artwork StarCraft II Screenshots Blizzard Entertainment StarCraft II
Friday, Jul 18
StarCraft II: Q&A Round 41
The 41st StarCraft II Q&A batch is now available on Blizzard Entertainment's official forums. This time the Q&A includes an in-depth look at changes to Vespene Gas gathering as well as the usual set of answers to fan questions. StarCraft II will continue the storyline of the popul...
Sunday, Jul 6
StarCraft II Karune Q&A Part 2
The natural continuation of Community responses to changes is of course Battle.net, and its sub-par quality compared to the WoW-boards. It seems apparent that the reason why no revamp has been made recently is because they are working on some huge changes. The info we got from the Diablo 3 pa...
Wednesday, May 7
StarCraft II Battle Preview
1UP.com has posted a new preview of Blizzard Entertainment's upcoming StarCraft II. Based on the experiences of two editors who battled against one another using an early version of the game, the article offers a player's perspective of the changes coming to the popular RTS franchise.
Friday, Jul 20
StarCraft II: Soul Hunter Axed, Twilight Archon Featured
Blizzard Entertainment has released some more information about units for the eagerly awaited StarCraft II. The official SC II website now offers more information about the Protoss Twilight Archon, including some footage of the unit slaying a group of marines. The Terran Thor:
Wednesday, Jun 27
Podcast: Episode 25
Aspyr: ET Quake Wars Update, Two Big Titles In Development, In-Game Advertising Coming To Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, StarCraft II Invades BlizzCon, Marathon: Resurrection Nearing Release?, Eschalon: Book 1 Mac Hardware Poll, MacSoft Ships Age of Empires III: The Warchiefs and pa...
Tuesday, Jun 19
StarCraft II Q&A
A Blizzard representative has posted another list of answers on the official forums addressing questions raised by forum members about the upcoming StarCraft II. The sequel to the original sci-fi RTS title, SC II will introduce new multiplayer action and continue the storyline of the s...
Friday, Jun 8
Jim Raynor Discusses StarCraft
Blizzplanet has posted an interview with Robert Clotworthy, the voice actor behind the memorable StarCraft character, Jim Raynor. Clotworthy discusses his experiences working on StarCraft and his desire to reprise the role for the recently announced sequel should he get the opportu...
Thursday, Jun 7
Podcast: Episode 22
Blizzard Sues Gold Farming Company, The Sims: The Movie, The Late Call Update: 3D Screenshot & Music Sample, Mac GameTap on Tap for Late Summer, Blizzard's Rob Pardo Discusses StarCraft II, Nexuiz 2.3 Released, Myth World Cup 2007 Site Launches, Parallels Adds 3D Graphics Support,...
Thursday, May 31
Blizzard's Rob Pardo Discusses StarCraft II
MSNBC has posted a new interview with Blizzard Entertainment's Rob Pardo about the upcoming, and eagerly awaited, StarCraft II. Sequel to one of the most successful RTS titles of all time, the game will continue the saga of the Terrans, Protoss, and Zerg. The interview covers a variety of i...
Tuesday, May 22
Starcraft 2: Q&A, Unit Preview
Gamespot and IGN recently released new articles focusing on Blizzard Entertainment's upcoming StarCraft 2. The Gamespot feature covers a Q&A with some of the Blizzard team, while the IGN article offers a run down of the currently known units. From IGN:
Monday, May 21
StarCraft 2: Distinctive Art & Fast Gameplay
Vice president of game design Rob Pardo begins the discussion by revisiting several of the studio's previous games, going back as far as Warcraft II, which the vice president cites as the first Blizzard game to garner a significant following as a competitive multiplayer game. Pardo expl...
Tuesday, May 8
StarCraft MMO Rumor Builds
Computer and Video Games recently added fuel to the fires of speculation surrounding Blizzard Entertainment's upcoming new game announcement on May 19th. Quoting "well placed US sources," CVG stated the game will be an MMO spin-off of the StarCraft series.
Tuesday, Apr 17
StarCraft 2 Rumors Resurface
IGN recently posted an update on the latest rumors surrounding the possibility of a StarCraft 2 announcement coming from Blizzard Entertainment sometime this year. An article on a Korean website suggests the game is in production and a beta will be released at the end of 2007.
