If you happen to be in Hanover around 3rd to 8th of March this year, you can have a sneak preview of StarCraft 2 at CeBIT! You can read the whole press release.
Dustin Browder, Lead Developer of StarCraft 2, today made an effort to calm down the StarCraft 2 community. He talked about the beta, release date, battle reports and encouraged people to hang in there, saying that "we're in the final stretch".
StarcraftWire.net reports that the Chinese State Administration of Industry & Commerce (SAIC) has rejected an application by Blizzard Entertainment to register StarCraft: Ghost as an e-sports brand, claiming the registration's meaning of of "astrology" and "Ghost" stands in contrast to "socialist morality" and would promote "feudal superstition".
Blizzard to release a "front-line" title once per year.
DarkZero: At the Activision conference call, Paul Sams , Blizzard's Chief Operating Officer, has announced the company will be doing a beta test for Starcraft 2 on a revamped Battle.net in the run up the games retail release.
VG247: Title says it all, really.
Following news today that Blizzard won't be attending E3 this summer, the company has told VG247 that working on its games is preferable to having a presence at the show.
StarcraftWire.net alerted the web of the "DeCal" StarCraft College Course taking place in UC, Berkeley several days ago and the first week of lecture has now passed. Gunnar "Leord" Petzall of StarcraftWire contacted the course facilitator, former progamer Alan "Nimue" Feng before breaking the scoop to the 'net, and had a more in-depth discussion with him about his background and this course he was planning and it seems like the course got a significantly higher interest after the spread over the internet than Alan could ever have hoped...
StarcraftWire.net had an exclusive interview with Shawn Moll, Wildstorm artist, who provided a concept art of the Blizzcon exclusive Starcraft comic book sampler. According to the artist, most of the creative team has been changed by now in advance to the official announcement. The artist hinted he has already seen some colored covers and pinups.
Website PC Games Hardware explains the technology and engine specialities of Starcraft 2 in depth.
Yeah, you read it right! And no, no one is kidding!
Karune, the Community Manager for StarCraft II at Blizzard, has just made all the StarCraft 2 fan's day with a new post about the upcoming StarCraft 2 beta.
While rumours are rampant regarding the StarCraft 2 Closed Beta Release Date and phishers around the globe attempts to steal personal details or online login information to Blizzard accounts through fake Beta sites and e-mails, Blizzard have actually gone so far as to decide the Closed Beta release date.
Today Blizzard announced a chance for the Starcraft community to vote which tribe of the protoss dark templar will represent in the upcoming game's multiplayer matches. A favorite unit from the Starcraft community, the dark templar are psionic warriors known for their deadly attacks and invisibility technique. Voters can choose either the Lenassa tribe, the new tribe called the Zer'atai, or have both spawn randomly in the game. Voting will close on Febuary 5.
TVGB: "I bet everyone is feeling pretty good during this holiday season, so I wanted to take some time to rain on the parade a bit by taking a look back at 2008 and revisit some of the major disappointments gamers had to deal with in the PC gaming world.."
StarCraftWire.net has come across a printout of "Upcoming Games Releases in Singapore" for the next few months, and it shows StarCraft 2 to have a date set for a 1st quarter release in 2009.
SnagWire: Blizzard has released a patch for its decade old RTS hit StarCraft.
'It's not like you've got to have the two expansions to have great multiplayer', Blizzard insists.
Blizzard has denied rumours that development on StarCraft II has been largely postponed until Diablo III is finished.
Blizzard has categorically denied it is 'milking' the StarCraft franchise by deciding to release StarCraft II in three separate products.