3rd Dec, 2007 The industry is still shaking from the earthquake announcement of Vivendi and Activision's merger today, but gamers themselves are going to have a lot of questions too. Both companies hold their fair share of much-loved franchises, several of which have extremely radid fanbases, so worry is going to be high as to what the deal is really going to mean. It seems accepted human 'wisdom' that any change is a change for the worse, and in gaming any alteration in the corporate status ... » Read More

11 Jun 2007

Waiting for StarCraft 2

PC News | Starcraft

A Flash-based game based on Blizzard's StarCraft is just the thing to entertain you while your Sunday lunch digests. StarCraft Flash Action 5, as the Flash project is called, is a game that's inspired by Blizzard's RTS rather than a direct port of the classic. The author describes it as a defense game, and playing the Zerg you're required to build a base and defend it from Terran and Protoss combined assaults. Be warned that you're advised that a pretty decent CPU is required for play, ... » Read More

26 Apr 2007

Key PC mags to see StarCraft 2?

PC News | Starcraft

It's recently emerged via a press release appearing on a Korean website that StarCraft 2 will be unveiled at Blizzard's Worldwide Invitational on May 19, in Seoul, South Korea. Unsurprisingly, Vivendi's press office maintains a "no comment stance" on the situation, but we've learned that two key UK PC magazines have already been scheduled to attend the Blizzard event next month for the purposes of editorial coverage. Wanna bet they're there for a "big game" exclusive announcement? It's also ... » Read More

12 Apr 2007

New StarCraft 2 rumors arise

PC News | Starcraft

Rumors are circulating that Blizzard will be launching a beta for StarCraft 2 at the end of the year, with supposed game details additionally hitting the internet. It's all stemmed from an article on a Korean website called Fighter Forum.com, which has been translated by TeamLiquid.net. According to the translation, a source involved in some capacity with the original StarCraft spoke of hearing of StarCraft 2 and that "as far as I know there will be a new race and couple additional units for ... » Read More

15 Jun 2006

Starcraft and Diablo go MMO?

PC News | Starcraft

Thursday 15 June 2006 Recent reports that World of Warcraft developer Blizzard will be turning all of its franchises into massively multiplayer online games have been put down to a misunderstanding by the company. The initial revelation was based on an alleged comment made by Vivendi Universal Games, Blizzard's owner, during a presentation given to Wall Street. If true it would, of course, make for a truly juicy snippet of news, as it would mean that the much-loved Starcraft and Diablo series ... » Read More