Neocrisis: The Blizzard Music CD is called Echoes of War: The Music of Blizzard. The Legendary Edition has already been released and the normal edition will come out in a week and a half. will feature music from Warcraft III, World of Warcraft and its upcoming Wrath of the Lich King expansion, StarCraft and II, Diablo II and III, and even StarCraft: Ghost.
It was previously reported that a couple of agencies informed StarCraftWire.net that the voice acting role of Jim Raynor and Kerrigan the Queen of Blades are now up for grabs. The original actors as well as the ones used for the WWI and BlizzCon gameplays are out, and they are looking for new ones.
Starcraftwire.net has the breaking News: Blizzard Entertainment is seeking Starcraft II voice actors to fill up the position for the role of Jim Raynor and Kerrigan the Queen of Blades. Fansites and the Starcraft community in general will petition Blizzard to hire the former voice actors Glynnis Talken and Robert Clotworthy to reprise their roles.
StarCraftWire.net reports on a possible slip-up from a Korea Gaming Conference keynote. Nova from StarCraft: Ghost might still be alive and kicking inside Blizzard HQ.
An article about the fall of China's super-wealthy people revealed Netease signed a three-year-contract with Blizzard Entertainment to distribute Starcraft 2 and Battle.net in Mainland China.
Blizzard would never simply port StarCraft to console. If it decided to move to under-TV machines with the franchise, the game would end up looking more like Tom Clancy's EndWar than its PC counterpart, Ubi Shanghai director Michael de Plater's told VG247.
Blizzard Entertainment trademarked Wings of Liberty, Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of Void. These are the titles of the three separate episodes that compose the Starcraft 2 RTS game.
During the BlizzCon 2008 show, a StarCraft II Q&A session was held with the long haired and rockin' Chris Sigaty and Samwise Didier. Among the answers they give, we are informed on what changed with Blizzard after the Activision merger (free Guitar Hero boxes to all employees), the reason for the trilogy (if you had not already heard about that lot already) and a confirmation that the StarCraft Beta will start in 2009!
The IncGamers.com's StarCraft 2 network site, StarCraftWire.net has been combing through the interview material made available at BlizzCon, and found that a lot of fans of the old classic have something really exciting to look forward to; several old favourites and "overpowered prototypes" from the StarCraft universe will be available in the single player option of the game, which will be quite different from multiplayer.
A small selection of journalists from around the world attended an exclusive press-only Q&A at BlizzCon over the weekend, where World of Warcraft's Production Director J Allen Brack and Diablo's Jay Wilson answered many questions about their respective games.
A Korean game webzine thisisgame.com reported that Blizzard Korea has asked some of Korean PR agencies to show their proposal.
Since Blizzard announced StarCraft II would be released as a trilogy, with each entry focusing on a single race's campaign, there has been some backlash from Internet goers who speculate the studio is bowing to pressure from new owners Activision to drag out the game with the sole purpose of increasing revenues. "Franchise milking" has been on the lips of more than a few commenters.
PCGH says that according to Blizzard Diablo 3 and Starcraft 2 will not support DirectX 10.
A new version of the multiplayer browser Battle.Net will debut with Starcraft II. How will it be superior to the previous version? Well, it'll be able to hit you up for money.
Since the announcement that StarCraft II will be shipping as three separate products to be the "StarCraft II Trilogy", there has been several criticising voices against this, in terms of having to purchase several boxes, and possibly paying $150 (£75) just to get the full game.
Speaking to IncGamers, Chris Sigatay,explains why the product is being shipped in three parts.
The latest panel from BlizzCon has been about Starcraft 2. The big news is that the campaign will be split into three separate parts, each being sold as a stand alone game... and then Rob Pardo made a slip about Warcraft IV.
Those that attend this year's BlizzCon will receive a beta code for StarCraft 2, Blizzard president Mike Morhaime announced during the BlizzCon opening ceremony.
Worldofwar.net are displaying the newly released BlizzCon Event schedule. Those planning to attend the event will be happy to view the schedule and floor plan a few days in advance to plan their time wisely.
Richard A. Knaak and Christie Golden will be book signing at this year's BlizzCon event at the Anaheim Convention Center. Both famed novel writers will be showcasing Starcraft: Frontline and Warcraft Legends (Tokyopop).