StarCraft 2 Ghosts of the Past – Pre-Launch Trailer
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.
Starcraft 2 Changes: Patch 16 “Secret” Changes
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.
> $100 Million Invested in the Development of StarCraft II
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.
Top 10 StarCraft 2 Changes
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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Starcraft 2 Release at Midnight, on 26, in UK
Blizzard finally announced a midnight release event for Starcraft II across Europe on July 26. The event will be hosted by GAME’s Oxford Street branch in London and will be attended by Starcraft II lead software engineer Carl Chimes.
The event kicks off at 10:30PM but Starcraft II won’t be on sale until midnight so expect themed shenanigans beforehand. You’ll also be the first to get the Collector’s Edition if you attend the event, ten days from now.
Here’s what Blizzard had to say:
“Reports of Zerg activity have been coming in from all across the world, and we need you to fend off the Swarm that’s set to arrive this summer with the launch of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty.”
Pretty slick, wouldn’t you say? Before you get your hands on Starcraft II, you might wanna have a look on Cooper’s Starcraft 2 Mastery Guide.
This is the guide that has been transforming complete noobs who have NEVER PLAYED Starcraft II before into Diamond Ladder experts in a matter of days. Don’t sit there and wonder if you really want a guide. Keep reading to find out why you NEED it. Click the book for more information…
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Your Life for the Hive? Play Draco, Free Browser MMORPG!
While you wait for the first installment of StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty™, why don’t you play Draco, a browser-based MMORPG by Evolution Vault? To play it all you need is your browser; no downloads are necessary. And the game is completely FREE! Start your journey to the stars in an epic quest of galactic conquest with the Zerg… pardon, the Avatar. I just can’t hope it… they look like the Zerg.
The story of the game is that the Avatar has awakened and the Prime Evils ascended into space (how original!), searching for fresh blood. Highly efficient killers with the sole purpose of consuming all living, “the Avatars are a symbiotic species which assimilated millions of hosts throughout the galaxy, in order to thrive and be able to modify their surroundings.”
These aliens have some cool structures which, apparently, stayed buried deep underground for centuries, waiting to be triggered by the evolution of intelligent life. The game play itself is fairly straightforward if you’ve ever played any of the more traditional browser games, such as Travian. Regardless, I enjoyed the game very much and I highly recommend it. It’s a fun browser MMORPG to play in your spare time, when you want to relax a few minutes.
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The Official StarCraft 2 Release Date
Blizzard announced recently that its highly anticipated real-time strategy game, StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty™, will arrive in stores on JULY 27, this year. It’s not a joke folks; this came directly from a genuine Blizzard PR.
Finally some good news! Go ahead, do your celebration dance now. Play a little more beta… then come back here for more updates!
