StarcraftWire.net has a review of the latest TOKYOPOP manga based on the award-winning RTS Game Starcraft. The first story in this manga, titled Homecoming, serves as a backstory on the main character marshal-turned-rebel Jim Raynor.
Blizzard has spawned a new Zerg strain for StarCraft II, the race's biggest and most brutal, the legendary Brutalisk. So what is this giant monstrosity? And what does it do?
With Blizzard having pushed back beta the fans are itching for a bone. Blizzard has updated us through the new Starcraft Twitter that they are working on some web site updates to hold us over that are almost complete. Hopefully we'll see those before long.
Blizzard has updated the Starcraft Twitter account with a link to an excellent screenshot of the single player featuring a previously unknown unit called the Brutalisk. This is a prime example of what kind of units we'll be seeing in the single player that were likely removed from the multiplayer at some point. The Brutalisk looks.... awesome.
Eurogamer writes: "StarCraft II producer Chris Sigaty has confirmed that the game's beta test, promised for late 2009, has been pushed back to 2010.
The latest Blizzard BlizzCast has been released and this installment focuses on this year's BlizzCon with members of the Blizzard team looking back at this year's big event.
Speculation of a StarCraft II beta in November suddenly makes sense of rumours of a delay to the launch of Modern Warfare 2 on PC.
Blizzard Entertainment has set a deadline to convert World of Warcraft accounts to a Battle.net account on or before November 11th. StarCraftWire.net speculates Starcraft II beta is getting closer to be announced.
Blizzard.com has been updated today with a whole new look that flows with the new Battle.net theme much better than their old version. In addition to their new long over due face lift...
While Starcraft fans are waiting for hints about the upcoming Starcraft 2 beta, phishing sites are taking the advantage of the situation.
StarcraftWire.net is interviewing Tokyopop manga-writers on September 9th at 1:00pm PDT to discuss details of Starcraft: Frontline Vol. 4 and welcomes fans to interact in this live chat with the following writers: Paul Benjamin, David Shramek, Josh Elder, David Gerrold, Grace Randolph, Ren Zatopek and Hope Donovan (editor).
Razer has acquired the license to create StarCraft 2 branded PC accessories, although what exactly we can expect from that partnership is up in the air. Mice, headsets, and keyboards will be the expected loot, but Razer sent us a preview of the product line with the StarCraft 2 messenger bag.
Just last weekend at Blizzcon during a Starcraft 2 panel, Dustin Browder unveiled some features for the map editor. If you were at Blizzcon or watching via Pay-Per-View, it was amazing and incredibly inspiring to see first hand the power behind the editor. However, if you were fortunate enough to attend Blizzcon then you missed a special presentation for Pay-Pre-Viewers who got an exclusive look at the development area for Starcraft 2. Part of this glimpse includes a look at the editor itself...
Blizzard says that Battle.net developers are actively working on a LAN-like solution to include for Battle.net play in StarCraft II and Diablo III.
It's been a long road since Starcraft 2 was initially released and Blizzard has continued to say how powerful the editor is but hasn't revealed anything detailed about it. The wait is over. To jump start the development community's ambition and excited for Starcraft 2, Dustin revealed some very nice details about the map editor during the Starcraft 2 gameplay panel including 2 new editors that are...
Robert Pardo vice President of game design at Blizzard, responded with amusement that people think this will still be an issue when the game is released. "There are a few legitimate cases that we're going to try and address over time. Location-based tournaments, or let's say I'm in a dorm with a firewall or something like that, hopefully there's a way to determine that and maybe start a peer-to-peer game."
Kotaku sat down with Blizzard's executive vice president of game design Rob Pardo this weekend to talk Battle.net, but we couldn't resist touching on the subject of the lack of LAN in StarCraft II.
GCO: "Blizzard has revealed that Battlestar Galactica's Tricia Helfer will be playing Sarah Kerrigan, the Queen of Blades, in StarCraft II."
Blend Games writes: