The orchestral album featuring music from StarCraft, Diablo, and World of Warcraft is getting a second printing and a price reduction next month. The first print of the standard edition has sold out completely, and pre-orders are now being taken for the second edition. Those who pre-order before June 16 will be able to purchase the album for $19.95.
Blizzard is giving away dozens of BlizzCon 2009 tickets through their official fansites.
The Korean site Fomos got a preview of the observer modes of Starcraft 2. While the original article is in korean, StarcraftWire has all the details in English.
Blizzard has just informed us that the first batch of Blizzcon tickets has now sold out. There will be a second oppertunity for those who did not manage to buy a ticket on May 30th.
WorldofWar.net discussed with Sideshow Collectibles CEO Greg Anzalone and Production Manager Brant Bridges the possibility of more polystone dioramas based on Blizzard Entertainment games. They have ambitions.
VG247: Blizzard boss Mike Morhaime just confirmed that StarCraft II's "external beta testing" will take place this summer.
Blizzard's RTS Community Manager Stefanie Gwinner has just confirmed that WWI keys from 2008 that were not used for Wrath of the Lich King can be used for a StarCraft II beta key. This is interesting, since it's the exact opposite of what Blizzard said before, that it was NOT possible to save it for next beta.
StarCraft II fans will have to upload their PC specs in order to be eligible for the upcoimng beta opt-in.
BlizCon 2009 Live Streaming Video or DirectTV Pay Per View & Online Ticket Sales are a Perfect Combination. The 4th annual BlizzCon will be happening on August 21, 2009 and August 22, 2009 at Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. If you can make it in person than registere your Battle.net account early for the tickets going on sale on May 16, 2009 and another batch on May 30, 2009. The tickets are $125 each.
StarCraftWire.net got exclusive preview scans of the upcoming StarCraft # 1 comic book by Wildstorm Comics. The comic book is a tie-in with the decade-awaited RTS sequel StarCraft II.
StarcraftWire.net reports that NetEase, the Blizzard-appointed distributor of StarCraft 2, Diablo 3 and WoW in China are holding a countdown for some game with graphics very similar to Blizzards.
Breaking news: Blizzard Entertainment now accepting BlizzCon 2008 beta codes on there website, there is no official statement about which game it going to be Diablo 3 or Starcraft 2, stay tuned for more updates!
StarcraftWire.net has been following up leads from Chinese StarCraft 2 fansites starting beta giveaway contests, and found that the source behind these keys is Blizzard, and the Chinese beta might start in little over a week!
Blizzard has confirmed it is currently preparing the StarCraft II "Behind the Scenes" DVD for a Collector's Edition, similar to that of World of WarCraft, and its two expansions. This is the first time the Collector's Edition has been mentioned.
For the second time in less than two weeks Blizzard's RTS community manager Kevin Yu has responded to fan concerns about the lack of StarCraft II development updates.
Logo of the famous game appears on the invitation to the special event sent to the Polish journalists. On the presentation the Polish game publisher, Licomp Empik Multimedia, will show the games from the 2009 lineup – Starcraft II is one of them! Photo of the invitation is on Polish gaming blog, the highlighted sentence means "Lineup for 2009"
Fans of the StarCraft II franchise went ballistic after 11th of April (StarCraft's birthday) when there were no gifts from Blizzard.
After Blizzard did not celebrate the 11th anniversary of its classic RTS game StarCraft, fans have been in uproar. IncGamers is trying to lighten up the mood with news of a beta key giveaway.
GamingShogun.com takes a look at the plethora of Blizzard April Fool's Day jokes that were released today including the new Terra-tron unit for Starcraft II and the PVP DanceBattleSystem in World of Warcraft...
StarCraft II lead game designer, Dustin Browder, claims the game is nowhere near as complete as it looks.