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StarCraft2.com Updated
Blizzard has given the fans a massive update to StarCraft2.com. There is alot of new media here - far more than was originally expected. ArtworkScreenshotsHero - Tychus FindlayLegacy of War - Multiplayer PreviewChangeling Story What are you waiting for?! A smorgasbord of StarCraft medi...
StarCraft II Website Updates
http://www.starcraft2.com/ We've just uploaded new intel to the StarCraft II website. This latest transmission sheds new light on the goings-on in the Koprulu sector and highlights key persons of interest associated with recent anti-Dominion activity. In particular, t... by Karune
Single Player Abomination, No Vegas BlizzCon, Fan Art
This week, the StarCraft 2 community has been provided with a few minor announcements and some cool StarCraft fan art creations. The coolest update comes in the form of the recently revealed Brutalisk, a towering Zerg abomination slated to appear in Wings of Liberty, the Terran single pl...
StarCraft II Q&A - Batch 55
1. Not all potential players of StarCraft II have played the original StarCraft before, thus they might encounter problems with the understanding of the story. Is it possible to play the campaign of StarCraft II without knowing anything? Will you come up with som...
Thursday, Nov 12
BlizzCon 2010 - Viva Las Vegas?
A quick look at the Las Vegas Convention Center website reveals an interesting booking for this upcoming summer: BlizzCon 2010! The date is also interesting, being at the end of July, leading into August. One could easily speculate, since Most BlizzCons historically have been tied to a...
Blizzard reveals Brutalisk, a new SC II Campaign unit.
Take a look at this monster that will appear in the StarCraft II Campaign mode! by Quelex at CreepColony
StarCraft II Playable at GStar 2009, Mothership Wormhole Transit
Kicho, the Blizzard representative in the official Korean forums, announced that StarCraft II will be playable at GStar 2009. As always you can expect StarCraft: Legacy to be watching this event to see if any new information comes out for the community.Also, a new official quote has al...
Blue Posts, 2010 Beta not just Russia, Twitter Updates, Brutalisk Revealed
by at StarCraft Legacy
Tuesday, Nov 10
StarCraft II Beta Pushed Back Further
Some sad but not unexpected news. Blizzard has confirmed that the Starcraft II Beta for Wings of Liberty will not be out until 2010. The release of the game will probably not be until the Spring or later. The last known theory was that the beta would be out before 2010 and the game during the first ...
More Gameplay Translations, IgroMir 2009 StarCraft II Coverage - Day 3
IgroMir 2009 has concluded with the closure of its third day. As a flood of gamers and press flow out of its doors one last time to further share their knowledge with the world, StarCraft: Legacy has found further information for the community. Imba.Adolf [RA] of www.sc2tv.ru has been providin...
Monday, Nov 9
Project Resurrection Mod, Official Launch of Cinicraftmods.net
Project Resurrection is a redux of the popular Project Revolution mod for Warcraft III, which attempted to remake StarCraft on the Warcraft III engine. Project Revolution was a Warcraft III mod that started in 2004 and was released as a beta in 2007. This mod had probably the most impressiv...
Sunday, Nov 8
Beta Pushed Back to 2010
Starcraft Legacy recently covered an event called "IgroMir", which by itself was interesting, check it out. Though the real news from this event is quite saddening. But if you know Blizzard, it won't really surprise you: Question from Audience: When is StarCraft 2 coming out? Chris Sigat...
IgroMir 2009 StarCraft II Coverage - Day 2
Day 2 of IngroMir continued to provide the same epic experience to those attending as the day before. Two Starcraft II tournaments were planned for its attendees to try their might against each other instead of computers. People who did well received prizes including the Starcraft II Boar...
Starcraft 2 Beta pushed to 2010, release in 2nd Quarter
Our affiliates at SC2pod reported on the Russian gaming expo IgroMir, some good news and bad news. Good news we have dates for the StarCraft 2 beta and release! Bad news is that the dates aren't exact still, beta pushed back to 2010, with release Q 2 (Quarter 2 is Apr. - Jun.)From SC2pod.com
Updates: Beta Scheduled for 2010, Sensor Tower Clarified
In this update, we willl cover the StarCraft 2 news bits and updates from the last 2 weeks, during which a few small pieces of information popped up around the world. The most important announcement comes to us from Russia’s massive gaming convention, IgroMir (GameWorld in English). For t...
Saturday, Nov 7
Beta pushed to 2010, release expected at Q2
Two days ago, the biggest Russian gaming expo IgroMir began, which was also attended by Blizzard representatives. During the event, StarCraft II was available to the public and a panel by Chris Sigaty, lead producer on StarCraft II, was held. The Russian gaming website Goha.ru wrote a summ...
IgroMir 2009 StarCraft II Coverage - Day 1
IgroMir is a large three-day Russian games expo at which StarCraft II was playable and a panel on it was presented. Goha.ru summarized an important Q&A with Chris Sigaty, StarCraft II's lead producer, confirming that the beta has been pushed back to 2010. Click here for the google trans...
Monday, Nov 2
Korean Blue Post Translations
In the last few months, some interesting blue posts have popped up on the Korean Battle.net forums. Here are the blue posts, translated by StarCraft: Legacy, starting from September 20th to October 29th. 9/20 – Special Abilities of the GhostThank you Dong1645 for giving us your suggestio...
Friday, Oct 30
StarCraft Comic Contest Returns!
We're pleased to announce the return of the monthly StarCraft "Vespene Laughs" Comic Contest on October 29! We received a ton of funny and creative entries in our previous contest; now we’re inviting you to make the galaxy laugh once more. To participate in each month's contest, sim...
BlizzCast #11
The latest in Blizzard's own podcast series, BlizzCast Episode 11, has been released. It recaps the major happenings, announcements, and other highlights of this year’s BlizzCon. Source:BlizzCast Episode 11 - View Comments by at StarCraft Legacy
Monday, Oct 26
Dustin Browder interviewed on the design of StarCraft 2
Gamasutra recently sat down with Browder to discuss the inevitable difficulties that come with updating a 10-year-old game while trying to steadfastly avoid feature creep -- and why even after more than half a decade making RTS games, he still wasn't fully prepared for a lead design rol...
Sunday, Oct 25
StarCraft II Battle Report #4
Here is the newest StarCraft II Battle Report (#4), released a few days ago! This one is a two parter, Protoss vs. Terran. (Approx. 20 Minutes) What you get to see in this one: New Lost Temple map created. - Hellions harassing the Protoss base over and over. - Protoss being wrecked by Seige Tanks...
Monday, Oct 19
StarCraft II Battle Report Four
StarCraft II Battle Report four has appeared like a decloaking ghost on various internet websites, and now we have it on youtube. Rejoice as you watch the battle between Yeon-Ho Lee (Protoss) and David Kim (Terran) on an updated Lost Temple. Part 1 Part 2 The commentary is d...
Thursday, Oct 15
SC2 Q&A 54: Glorfied Arbiter Confirmed, No Map Data API
The 54th installment of the StarCraft 2 Questions and Answers series has been posted on Battle.net’s forums by Cydra, Blizzard’s RTS Community Manager. The Q&A spans seven questions in total, and deals with a broad array of issues, ranging from individual unit roles and balance to sp...
Starcraft 2 Q&A 54
Blizzard has released Starcraft 2 Q&A 54. Like the last one there are only a few questions, and nothing news breaking has been revealed. Cydra - Starcraft 2 Q&A 54---StarCraft II Q&A Batch 54 --- SC2 Forum] 1. Does the Zergling vs. Zealot ratio remain at 4:1 or has it changed in...
StarCraft II Q&A Batch 54
On the back of the recent Q&A Batch #53, the StarCraft Community Team pulled through with the next batch of questions. Note that questions 2-5 were submitted by the members of StarCraft Legacy! ---StarCraft II Q&A Batch 54 --- [SC2 Forum] 1. Does the Zergling vs. Zealot ratio remain...
StarCraft II Q&A [Batch 54]
After slightly more then two weeks, we have received yet another Q&A batch. However, unlike usually, this one was posted by Cydra. StarCraft II Q&A Batch 54 --- SC2 Forum] 1. Does the Zergling vs. Zealot ratio remain at 4:1 or has it changed in the latest builds? One zealot can usua...
Submit your Question to the Q&As
Submit your StarCraft II Questions As we continue with more Q&As about StarCraft II, I will be pulling more and more of your forum questions asked on this thread to be answered. Posts on the Q&A threads should be to discuss the Q&A.
StarCraft II Q&A - Batch 54
StarCraft II Q&A Batch 54 --- SC2 Forum] 1. Does the Zergling vs. Zealot ratio remain at 4:1 or has it changed in the latest builds? One zealot can usually take out two, and sometimes three zerglings. However, the ratio is mainly based on positioning and micro-controlling. As the number of ...
Monday, Oct 12
Sons of the Storm - Official Blizzcon 2009 Article
Sons of the Storm is a website created by a collection of core Blizzard artists, including Samwise Didier and Chris Metzen, to share their artistic endeavors. Over time it has expanded to seven artists showcasing their brilliant work spanning from concept pieces to finished work. They h...
Thursday, Oct 8
MrJack Joins the Blizzard Team
Today we are very proud to announce that our very own MrJack has moved on to bigger and better things. Unfortunately this means no more StarCraft 2 concepts from MrJack over here at StarCraft-Source. Instead we all will have to get our MrJack artwork fix from Blizzard's Official site. That's...
Wednesday, Oct 7
Blizzard offering Halloween costumes
Or at least masks / ear pieces If you aren't Cosplaying this year or whatever it is that you do for Halloween, Blizzard has updated their online store with some pretty cool WoW themed masks. Too bad no StarCraft marine helmets http://us.blizzard.com/store/ by Lipton at Starfeeder
Tuesday, Oct 6
Catching Up: Final BlizzCon Fallout, Terran Party
Today’s post contains a few leftover bits of StarCraft 2 from the BlizzCon event. While not entirely new, these offer a good chance to catch up and perhaps find some information previously missed. The 2v2 StarCraft 2 exhibition matches were prime example of the fast-paced, unforgiving RT...
Official Twitter Information
Follow all of your favorite Blizzard Entertainment news on Twitter. ( http://www.twitter.com/ ) Just head over to @Warcraft, ( http://twitter.com/warcraft ) @StarCraft, (http://twitter.com/starcraft ) or @Diablo ( http://twitter.com/diablo ) for all of the news, events, contests, a...
Legacy Weekly #19
has just warped in, bringing you all the StarCraft news from the last week in an easy to read format delivered straight to you here on the front page. For this week's issue, click here. Source:Legacy Weekly, Issue 19 - View Comments by at StarCraft Legacy
Monday, Oct 5
Comic Contest Continuation, Twitter Contest Delays
It seems the drought of blue posts has ebbed as Karune, Blizzard's RTS community manager, brings up the continuation of our beloved comic contest: We will be restarting the comic contest since there has been a huge demand for these still and I'm sure people would still love to win beta keys ...
Friday, Oct 2
StarCraft 2 Q&A 53: Post-Game Lobby, 58 Voice Actors
Blizzard has released a brand new Questions and Answers batch, continuing the long-time tradition after a 3 month hiatus. This is understandable, though, as the last months brought us expansive coverage of the Single Player aspects of StarCraft 2, the beautiful third Battle Report, lo...
Wednesday, Sep 30
StarCraft II Q&A [Batch 53]
Hope everyone has enjoyed all the BlizzCon news and got a chance at our Twitter beta key giveaway! Everythi...
StarCraft II Q&A Batch 53
After what is possibly the longest dry spell of Q&A batches ever, Karune, Blizzard's RTS community manager, pulls through in the clutch: Hope everyone has enjoyed all the BlizzCon news and got a chance at our Twitter beta key giveaway! Everything has settled here in the office after...
Tuesday, Sep 29
New Blizzard Site & YouTube Channel
Blizzard has just relaunched their website. Blizzard.com is still down for maintenance at the moment, but Blizzard.co.uk is operational! Welcome to the newly redesigned Blizzard.com! Featuring a brand-new design, this website is the focal point for all official Blizzard Entertainmen...
Sunday, Sep 27
BlizzCon 2009 StarCraft II 2v2 Exhibition Matches
The BlizzCon site has been updated with the StarCraft II Exhibition videos between the development and cinematics teams: Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Note: the preceding YouTube videos have a higher brightness/contrast for improved clarity. Se... by at StarCraft Legacy
Friday, Sep 25
Proton Charge - The Potentially Game-Breaking Mechanic
StarCraft: Legacy is proud to present the runner-up winning editorial entry of our SC:L relaunch contests: Proton Charge - The Potentially Game-Breaking Mechanic. DemolitionSquid gives us his thoughts on why Proton Charge has the potential to be a game-breaking mechanic in StarCraf...
Monday, Sep 21
Re: What the public wants more! SC2 vs D3
I think it depends on where you look but StarCraft II (being the more immediately releasing game) is slightly ahead of Diablo III as far as community mind-share from most of the larger tracking sources. by Bashiok
BlizzCon 2009 StarCraft 2 Fansite Q&A
Source SCLegacyFor BlizzCon 2007's story-mode build, most players would just click through Raynor's dialog lines, ignoring them. Blizzard wanted the player to choose how they want to play the game based on the missions they chose, not based on something they said in a bar, because that d...
BlizzCon 2009 StarCraft II Fansite Q&A
The following is the complete StarCraft II Fansite Q&A with Dustin Browder, from BlizzCon 2009: See this article for a comprehensive summary. Be sure to check out the rest of our BlizzCon 2009 coverage, which we have updated with this Q&A. Source:BlizzCon 2009 StarCraft 2 Fan...
Friday, Sep 18
Kerrigan: An Analysis of the Queen of StarCraft
StarCraft: Legacy is proud to present the winning editorial entry of our SC:L relaunch contests: Kerrigan: An Analysis of the Queen of StarCraft. Aldrius gives us his thoughts on Kerrigan, her motivations, and why she is the most compelling character in the StarCraft universe: Sarah Ke...
Thursday, Sep 17
Downtime Updates: Razor Gear, August Comic Winners
StarCraft 2 development news has been scarce, with the majority of the discussion and comments originating from BlizzCon fallout and gamer impressions from the recent PAX convention. One of the biggest debates, one which has provoked Karune’s response, started with an elaborate post...
Tuesday, Sep 15
Blizzcon 09 Documentary
This morning I came across a short documentary on Blizzcon. There is not a lot of real StarCraft or Diablo news here in this video but it is a good watch for anyone wanting to relive the experience or for someone who didn't get to go. A lot of behind the sense and interviews with people in attenda...
Monday, Sep 14
Andrew Chambers, StarCraft II's Lead Writer interviewed by IGN
Blizzard on creating three compelling story campaigns, avoiding exposition for the sake of exposition, and more. by Cam SheaAustralia, September 11, 2009 - Andrew Chambers, StarCraft II's Lead Writer, has been at Blizzard for four years, during which time he's been working solidly on...
Thursday, Sep 10
Re: D3 coming out before SC2!?
StarCraft II will be available before Diablo 3. by Karune
Re: Follow StarCraft on Twitter - 500 Beta Ke
We are still in the process of sending out beta key winner notifications through Twitter. There will be future opportunities to win beta keys as well so stay tuned to Twitter and the forums and tell the friends you like as well :) by Karune
Thursday, Jan 29
Patch: StarCraft II Fansite Kit Update
Blizzard has updated the StarCraft II Fansite Kit with new screenshots, unit renders, and race logos. The new screenshots show off StarCraft II's amazing engine, which now includes the ability to make farms for custom maps: by Gradius at StarCraft Legacy
Monday, Dec 1
StarCraft Patched To 1.16.0
In a recent patch for the original StarCraft game, Blizzard made some interesting enhancements that vary from improving cpu game useage, to recording in-game text for use in replays. quote]---- Feature Changes - In-game chat is now saved in replays. Note: whispers are not saved. - Hitting ...
Tuesday, Nov 25
StarCraft Patch 1.16.0 Released!
After what was believed to be the last patch (1.15.3) for StarCraft and Brood War, Blizzard devs have released a new patch which solves a few errors, exploits, and introduces long awaited features such as in-game chat display in replays and a reply function for Battle.net chats. However, thi...
Blizzard releases patch 1.16 for StarCraft
Who else patches a 10 year old + game? Patch 1.16.0 Feature Changes- In-game chat is now saved in replays. Note: whispers are not saved.- Hitting the Escape key while in the chat room will clear your typed text.- "/reply" (or just "/r") will send a whisper to person who most recently whispered you....
Monday, Nov 24
Patch 1.16.0 Released
Earlier today Blizzard released a major patch for StarCraft. The patch made the following changes: Quote: patch 1.16.0 by LordofAscension at StarCraft Legacy
Thursday, Sep 11
Re: StarCraft and Brood War Patch v1.15.3
If you are experiencing any issues with the latest patch, please create a new thread. by MikeKN.
StarCraft and Brood War Patch v1.15.3
We have just released a new patch for StarCraft! Just connect to Battle.net and the patch should automatically download. We will have a standalone patch soon - http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?articleId=21149&categoryId=2612&parentCategoryId=&pageNum...
Patch: Re: Mac: StarCraft and Diablo 2 fail to load
Patch 1.15.3 is out which should fix this issue. If you can't load the game to obtain the patch, the standalones should be available shortly. Enjoy! by Talonite
