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StarCraft II site updated with new screens, feature content

20 Nov 2009 08:45:00 PST

Written by Griffin McElroy
The articles include a short story about the ever-devious Zerg Changeling, a design overview of the campaign story, insight into creating one of the multiplayer maps, and character bios for three of the game's combatants. Are you adequately excited by these updates? Good. Now, prepare t...

Original story at Joystiq .

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News: StarCraft II website inundated with info

20 Nov 2009 01:12:00 PST

The articles on single-player storytelling and multiplayer map design are well worth a read for some hard science from Blizzard's developers. The single-player article discusses how even outlying missions in the game's branching structure are crafted for storytelling, while the ma...

Original story at Eurogamer .

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Starcraft 2 News - Starcraft 2 Content Drop

19 Nov 2009 10:51:12 PST

Character Biographies: Tychus, Zeratul, Raynor - The character biographies for Raynor and Zeratul have been updated with new art and additional info, and you can now also read up on Tychus Findlay, one of Jim Raynor's old comrade-in-arms.

Original story at Gamereplays.org News of All Sections .

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StarCraft 2 Q&A Batch 55 released

18 Nov 2009 11:26:25 PST

Written by lipton@starfeeder.com (Lipton)
6. Will there be a converter to convert our favorite original StarCraft maps to StarCraft II maps? I don’t want to lose all of my favorite maps from the original StarCraft when I get StarCraft II. There will not be a map converter for StarCraft II. Map-makers will have to manually rebuild any of...

Original story at STARFEEDER .

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Diablo III Not Coming In 2010

13 Nov 2009 06:00:00 PST

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...

Original story at Inside Mac Games .

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AI Convention Features StarCraft Competition

12 Nov 2009 18:40:00 PST

Written by AJ Glasser
Bots for StarCraft can be developed using the Broodwar API, which provides hooks into StarCraft and enables the development of custom AI for StarCraft. A C++ interface enables developers to query the current state of the game and issue orders to units.

Original story at Kotaku .

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StarCraft news and blogs - November 20, 2009

20 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit StarCraft news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Starcraft2.com updated with massive amounts of new content -- by lipton@starfeeder.com (Lipton) from STARFEEDER
• StarCraft II Content Drop -- by Blizzard from StarCraft II Newsfeed
• StarCraft II Web Site Upgrade Complete, New Info Deployed -- by Michael McWhertor from Kotaku: Blizzard
• StarCraft II Web Site Upgrade Complete, New Info Deployed -- by Michael McWhertor from Kotaku Australia
• Major Update Hits Official StarCraft 2 Site -- from Planet Starcraft - The Ultimate Resource
• Diablo II Patch 1.13 Status Update -- from Inside Mac Games
• StarCraft2.com Updated -- from sc2pod [Community Tracker]
• StarCraft II Website Updates -- from sc2pod [Blue Tracker]
• StarCraft II Q&A Batch 55 -- from SK Gaming
• Single Player Abomination, No Vegas BlizzCon, Fan Art -- by Anderson Mccutcheon from sc2pod [Community Tracker]

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Hey Blizzard, What's It Like To Make Non-WarCraft Games?

26 Oct 2009 23:00:00 PDT

Written by Brian Ashcraft
Browder doesn't believe there was any sort of conscious decision to focus on a particular — it was just a matter of the different teams at Blizzard (Diablo III, for example) getting to a point last year where they could show what they had been working on. Browder goes on to say he and Blizzard w...

Original story at Kotaku .

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Opinion: Why StarCraft is the Best RTS of All Time:

07 Oct 2009 19:59:03 PDT

Written by lipton@starfeeder.com (Lipton)
I really think macro should always play a huge roll in any RTS no matter the style of gameplay. I really do hope that Blizzard has thought long and hard about what makes StarCraft so much better than every other RTS made and takes great strides to capture that again in StarCraft 2.

Original story at STARFEEDER .

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Opinion: Upcoming Blizzard Battle.Net Feature Draw From Warcraft, Xbox Live, Life

21 Aug 2009 17:00:55 PDT

Written by Mike Fahey
Rob Pardo came on stage to talk about Battle.Net. Launched in 1996 with Diablo, it was the first matchmaking service integrated completely into games. It's evolved with StarCraft, Diablo 2, and Warcraft 3. The service now has more players on it than World of Warcraft - 12 million to WoW's 11.5 m...

Original story at Kotaku .

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Blizzard's Andy Chambers Delves Into SC 2 Single Player

20 Aug 2009 06:00:00 PDT

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...

Original story at Inside Mac Games .

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Opinion: First StarCraft II Single Player Campaign Hands-On (With Spoilers)

17 Aug 2009 00:01:10 PDT

Written by Michael McWhertor
That mechanic gives StarCraft II's single-player campaign a bit of an adventure game feel, even if most of what the game offers during these moments is atmosphere. These moments replace the talking head intermissions from the original StarCraft.

Original story at Kotaku .

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Opinion: StarCraft II Hands-On: Round Three

29 Jun 2009 00:30:00 PDT

Written by Michael McWhertor
While much of the early StarCraft II game feels familiar, Blizzard has added another layer of strategy to something as simple as resource gathering. Each faction, Terran, Zerg and Protoss, have ways of boosting their resourcing means.

Original story at Kotaku .

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How To: Tutorial Boot Camp Terran Training Mission

27 May 2009 03:06:31 PDT

StarCraft Chapter I Requested by StarWoodpatch Reason? She wants to learn from her dad, X3 Yep, this is a request, as made by my daughter ... www.youtube.com

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How To: StarCraft hack tutorial

24 Apr 2009 21:13:52 PDT

Written by rss@youtube.com (GamCrazy)
Author: GamCrazy Keywords: SC SC II Starcraft starcraft II hack tutorial blizzard blizzard hacks blizzard games Added: April 24, 2009

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How To: StarCraft hack tutorial

24 Apr 2009 21:13:52 PDT

This is a tutorial of how to use hacks on StarCraft Brood War. www.youtube.com

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How To: StarCraft FPVOD for newbs G2 TvP

11 Mar 2009 23:25:20 PDT

This is a short TvP Showing how to adjust your build if the Protoss steals your gas. www.youtube.com

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Opinion: Q&A: StarCraft II Lead Designer Dustin Browder

13 Oct 2008 10:34:12 PDT

Written by Earnest Cavalli
Blizzard PR Rep) Bob Colayco: What? Browder: ... maybe. [Laughter] Wired: Fair enough. You guys also revealed Kerrigan as being in StarCraft II. What’s her role? Browder: Mmm. Delicious. Browder: Is huge. Still. Images courtesy Blizzard Entertainment

Original story at Wired .

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StarCraft and Brood War Patch 1.15.3

12 Sep 2008 17:11:08 PDT

Written by Daimyo
Blizzard has released another patch for the highly regarded sci-fi strategy game StarCraft and the expansion Brood War. This updates it to version 1.15.3. You can downloaded them from the Blizzard Support Page or the mirrors FileFront, The Patches Scrolls and ActionTrip. Blizzard has rele...

Original story at GameValor .

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Install the 1.15.2 “no CD” Patch for StarCraft on Ubuntu 8.04

06 Jul 2008 10:58:30 PDT

Written by Christer Edwards
Yesterday I outlined how to install and play StarCraft and the BroodWar expansion on Ubuntu 8.04. Today I’ll build on that by outlining how to install the 1.15.2 “no CD” patch available from Blizzard Entertainment. ...

Original story at Ubuntu Tutorials .

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StarCraft and StarCraft: Brood War Windows Patch

17 Jan 2008 11:01:46 PST

Written by Stephany
Blizzard has released a minor patch for StarCraft and StarCraft: BroodWar Windows users, updating it to v1.15.2. This patch no longer requires the CD while playing the game, but to be able to play without the CD, you need to adhere to ...

Original story at Gaming Today . Related stories include: StarCraft: Brood War v1.15.3 Patch - Video Game , StarCraft: Brood War v1.15.3 Patch [PC] - Hot News Together and ... GGL Wire , starcrafttwo.com , StarCraftZone.com , gameupdates.org , AusGamers , GameArena , gg.net.nz

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How To: StarCraft: The Board Game - Nuke guide

16 Jan 2008 23:08:22 PST

Written by referee
Protoss Zealots still can use their 7-5 card, but Terran Barracks units can't get it without Stim Packs, and Vultures only have one 7-7 card without using their Spider Mines (which don't Splash anymore). ...

Original story at BoardGameGeek Recent Additions (articles) .

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Podcast: Episode 4.5: Blizzcon and BioShock

09 Aug 2007 11:00:00 PDT

Nick Breckon talks in detail about StarCraft 2 and briefly about World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, both of which he played at Blizzard's wondrous BlizzCon event. Carlos Bergfeld also speaks a bit on BioShock, which he may or may not have completed (hint: he did).

Original story at Shacknews .

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Podcast: BlizzCon: closing ceremony audio, including Level 70 Elite Tauren Chieftain

08 Aug 2007 19:00:00 PDT

Written by Kevin Kelly
Well, BlizzCon is officially over, and folks will have to wait another year to experience it again. Hopefully by this time next year, however, both StarCraft 2 and the WoW expansion Wrath of the Lich King will be on store shelves, or in your hands. Until then we'll be waiting for the dribbles t...

Original story at Joystiq .

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Podcast: Episode 25

27 Jun 2007 14:27:58 PDT

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...

Original story at Inside Mac Games .

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Podcast: Episode 22

07 Jun 2007 09:00:59 PDT

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,...

Original story at Inside Mac Games .

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