From the makers of World of Warcraft, StarCraft 2 has arrived. This is a highly anticipated game by Blizzard Entertainment. The first StarCraft came out on March 31 of 1998. As of February of 2009, more than eleven million copies sold throughout the world. It has been classified as one of the best selling games for the PC. On March of 2009, a version was released for the Mac OS. Then, on June 13, 2000, a Nintendo 64 adaptation was released.

Through a series of different novels, the storyline has expanded. Currently, StarCraft comes in three expansion packs. So, when are they going to release StarCraft 2 and what are they going to bring to the sequel?

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Starcraft 2 managed to remain true to its roots while still bringing new interesting units to the table, well integrated story and superb graphics. While the lack of LAN support is no longer a rumor, the game makes use of Battle.net quite well and in our opinion this is a great anti-piracy method. Should you follow the Starcraft 2 Rumors, you will shortly find out that, not surprisingly, StarCraft II is what you always wanted from a real-time strategy game as the macho campaign, the good humor and the deep character voices will surely provide a meaningful and unforgettable experience for ya.

Starcraft 2 Rumors: Campaign Overview

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Having a blast with the Campaign but are annoyed that there’s no option to activate Antialiasing in StarCraft 2? No worries, we’ve got the solution, but only for the happy NVidia video card owners! Sorry, but there’s no such option for Radeon video cards, which is unacceptable by today’s standards for a PC game.

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You’ll have the chance to meet the staff and developers at this StarCraft 2 midnight launch and grovel at their feet. Here’s WHEN and, most importantly, WHERE:

North America:
When: July 26th, 21:00 with members of the StarCraft 2 development team.
Where: “Fry’s Electronics”, 10800 Kalama River Avenue, Fountain Valley, CA 92708

UK, London:
When: July 26th, 22:30 with Carl Chimes, Lead Software Engineer, StarCraft II
Where: “Game Start Here”, 100 Oxford Street, London, W1D 1LL

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After the release of StarCraft 2 Ghosts of the Past pre-launch trailer for Wings of Liberty™, the Dominion’s propaganda is now complete with two final StarCraft Lore Videos. The empire’s citizenry can breathe a sigh of relief until the day after tomorrow, when Blizzard newest RTS gem will be revealed in all its glory, around the world, at midnight. StarCraft 2 release is a highly anticipated event for the most successful real-time strategy in history, StarCraft.

Starcraft 2 Release: Official Beginner’s Guide (on Battle.Net, RTS basics)
Starcraft 2 Release: Jay Cooper’s Guide (be the very best at StarCraft II)
Starcraft 2 release on Amazon (buy the full game)
Starcraft 2 release on Battle.Net (download the game client; get into StarCraft II faster!)

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Warning! The Following Video (StarCraft 2 Ghosts of the Past) Will Blow Your Mind Away… Over and Over Again. And then Again…

Blizzard never failed to amaze with the quality of the videos released with their games. Remember Diablo 2? What about the WarCraft 3 movies? Amazing, simply stunning for their times. Today we offer you StarCraft 2 Ghosts of the Past, which is basically a pre-launch trailer for Wings of Liberty™, set for official release on 26th, this month, at midnight, location: UK, London.

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Besides the already published Starcraft 2 changes for Patch 16 on Battle.Net forums, there are few several changes not mentioned in the patch notes, such as:

For Terran:
- Hellions now have a small Cooldown on their rate of fire.
- Ghost ability to not attack a nearby enemy unit has been changed to a Toggle ability (useful when cloaked).

For Zerg:
- Roaches can no longer move under the Sentry Force Fields while burrowed. Really smart change!
- All units inside a Nydus Network can now be seen, which makes unloading of specific units easy.

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We already knew that Blizzard took several years to develop StarCraft II, but did you even have a remote clue about how much the sequel actually cost to make? According to Wall Street Journal the game’s budget was over 100,000,000 dollars. That’s about how much GTA IV also cost to develop. Can you even imagine that?

The report doesn’t cite a source but even if that figure is true, StarCraft II is expected to turn a profit for Blizzard and its shareholder, Activision Blizzard. Analysts expect sales of the game to total several million this year worldwide and at $60 per copy that means the game will have to sell “just” 1.7 million copies to go over the $100 million mark.

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More than 10 years have passed since the classic StarCraft came out… Over a decade of anticipating a sequel for the perfect competitive real-time strategy game of all times. After the headline associated with StarCraft II, enthusiasts everywhere had been allowed to get involved in the development of the video game with suggestions as well as questions on fan web pages and message boards.

Every so often, Blizzard provides Q&A (Questions & Answers) batches, specifics regarding the up to date units, structures, not to mention lore, podcasts (Blizzcasts), videocasts (Battle Reports) in addition to posts by Karune (Kevin Yu) at the BattleNet Discussion message boards. Blizzard listened to the online community of avid gamers which made StarCraft what it is in the present day.
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