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IT'S STARCRAFT TIME! So all you StarCraft 2 fans out there stay with us, as we will unveil some interesting aspects of this highly anticipated game. We will present all new units and structures of StarCraft 2, new characters to come, StarCraft 2 Protoss Wallpapers, StarCraft 2 structures, and all the changes to the original Starcraft. We will always keep an eye on the news for you. This... we promise.
Last updated: June 16, 2008
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Featuring a unique single-player campaign that picks up where StarCraft: Brood War left off, StarCraft 2 will present a cast of new heroes and familiar faces in an edgy sci-fi story filled with adventure and intrigue.
The story-mode campaign will also offer some unique aspects for players who enjoy single-player content. For example, here's a StarCraft 2 new character: Selendis, the female Protoss female Executor. Selendis was a student of Artanis (character from StarCraft 1) and today she's an Executor. This means that she has many new weapons and robotic fighting machines at her command to help preserve Protoss lives in battle. And you can bet she is eager to take the battle to the Zerg and reclaim Aiur. Selendis represents the best and brightest of what the Protoss can be: fiercely loyal to her race's ideals, completely dedicated and focused beyond any mere human capacity.
StarCraft 2 Wallpapers Protoss1280x1024|1024x768. We will keep you informed of all StarCraft 2 News and New Units, including any possible secret starcraft 2 units, so be sure to check back some times. The launch of Starcraft 2 will take the world by storm. It would be best not to schedule any important meetings on that day as an influx of coincidental sick leaves will leave managers baffled. The same thing happened with the launch of Halo 3 last year.
STARCRAFT NEWS -- Ready to roll out!
StarCraft 2 News: A comparison video of the Zergs from StarCraft and StarCraft 2. [ Watch video... ]
StarCraft 2 News: Lawrence Phillips [Malystryx] talks about the future of Starcraft 2. An interesting article taking on the concept of the Hero and why Starcraft players hate it. It's time to put away our "girly heroes" from Warcraft III and get back to a "man's game".
Blizzard News: Episode 3 of BlizzCast is locked and ready! The first 15 minutes are spent with Karune and Dustin Browder on the development of both StarCraft 2 and Wrath of the Lich King.
StarCraft 2 News: Unit Updates! Reapers do extra damage to light. The biggest challenge will be keeping them protected, as they don't have many hit points. If the player is able to do that, the Reapers tear through most light units including Zealots, Zerglings and, most importantly, workers. The beloved Medic was replaced with fast-healing Medivac Dropship. The Starcraft Thor will primarily be an anti-air unit, but will also be able to attack ground units as well.
StarCraft 2 News: Unit Updates! If Banelings are lifted up by Anti-Gravity and an air unit kills the Baneling, it will do damage to air units - which will be highly effectively against light units such as Mutalisks. Nydus Worms are able to be seen while traversing the terrain. You do not need a detector to be see them traveling.
StarCraft 2 News: Unit Updates! The Zerg Queen, limited to one per player at any given time, can be used to build base defenses on enemy creep. The Queen can also regenerate the health of those defenses as well, making it an excellent Zerg vs Zerg rush strategy. Also, the Protoss Motherships in the lower orbit will give stronger shields to all units bellow and maybe even decreased mana cost for abilities.
StarCraft News: Celebrating 10 years of Starcraft. On March 31, 1998, Blizzard Entertainment released StarCraft, a revolutionary RTS game pitting three powerful and distinctive races against each other in an inter-galactic epic war for conquest and survival. More than 9.5 million copies of StarCraft were sold around the world since that date making the game a classic of the genre. [ IGN Article ]
StarCraft News: Some people just can't help it! A long time ago we presented a PC Gamer reader who has tattooed himself with a Protoss Zealot. You can now watch the updated, colored version of that [ StarCraft 2 tattoo ]. Should you need to contact the StarCraft lover Shino, look inside.
StarCraft 2 News: Several representatives from US-based StarCraft fansites have gotten the chance to visit Blizzard's Headquarters in Irving, California, and reported back with plenty of clarifications concerning gameplay, balance and unit roles. [ Read the whole story ]
StarCraft 2 News: "We are the Swarm... We burned a path of annihilation across the stars. And then, we vanished. Four years ago we faded into the shadows. We thrived, we evolved..."
Blizzard 2 News: The second episode of BlizzCast, a new feature which gives fans a chance to get a glimpse of what happens behind the scenes at Blizzard is ready for [ download ]
StarCraft 2 News: Latest updates! Terran infantry will load into a Shadow Ops building, then a Ghost can launch drop pods, which originate from that building. Abilities which require energy usage cannot be casted while in the Null Voids area of effect. The Sensor Tower will reveal all units in the fog of war, including cloaked and burrowed units. Veterancy will be seen in the Campaign, but will not be in Multiplayer games.
StarCraft 2 News: Bunker Evolved -- protected Medics can heal outside troops (a huge advantage).
Also, all units inside a bunker can use special abilities. Nomads will deploy Mine Drones -- stationary defense structures which places four mines around it, and then immediately cloaks both the mines and the structure. They will also replace the mines after they detonate).
Blizzard News: Blizzard Entertainment announced this year the World Invitational in Paris, France on June 28-29. They've also confirmed that both Starcraft 2 and WoW: Wrath of the Lich King will be playable to all attendees. Read the associated [ Press Release ]
StarCraft 2 News: Unit updates! The Thor is shaping up to be a monster against other ground units; he was made exclusively anti-ground, as the Viking fills Terran's need for AA firepower. The Viking can shoot both ground and air when in ground mode, and is able to transform into an air to air fighter, for better mobility and economy raids. The Protoss Phoenix is set to unleash its devastating ability (Overload) even on cloaked units, and the High Templar can now lift enemy units and buildings into the air. Also, Protoss Immortals won't be able to fire upon air units.
StarCraft 2 News: Dustin Browder, Lead Designer of StarCraft 2, explains how the process of the Protoss warp-in upgrade works [ here ]
StarCraft News: Here's one freaking awesome [ Zerg melody ] coming from StarCraft II Zone, track which they intend to use in a total conversion of Starcraft, called Sons of War.
StarCraft 2 News: Remember Jim Raynor, the vulture riding bad-ass from the original Starcraft?
Of course you do. Interested in his biography? Well then, click to learn more.
StarCraft News: Arthosis of MediaEsports posted an interested article on the differences between the original Starcraft and Starcraft 2 [ here ]
StarCraft News: Starcraft is pretty popular in South Korea. And by "popular," you sure know what we mean. So what's the next step for the Koreans' relationship with Starcraft? How about using it to teach people English? A publisher in Korea has actually published a book titled, [ Starcraft English ], which runs through every shred of language in the game to help students understand the English language.
StarCraft 2 Units: Protoss casters will have an ability to transfer energy from one caster to another. This ability will allow for a lot of micromanagement opportunities to maximize the amount of energy to a single caster, for the maximum number of special abilities casted.
StarCraft 2 News: Starcraft 2 is available to pre-order on [ Amazon ], who also sais it's going to be released on October, this year, though no official release date was confirmed by Blizzard at this point.
StarCraft 2 News: Starcraft 2 Board Game Announced! Players hungering for a new StarCraft experience need look no further than [ StarCraft: The Board Game ], published by Fantasy Flight Games.
StarCraft News: Starcraft no longer requires CD to play. To play without the CD, you will need [ patch 1.15.2 ]
Blizzard News: The first episode of Blizzard's official podcast. Go behind the scenes to experience the world of Blizzard game making with Samwise Didier. [ Download Episode 1 -- 21 min. 24Mb ]
StarCraft 2 News Units: The Crucio is the Dominion update of the immensely popular but aging Arclite siege tank. The Arclite was renowned throughout the Confederacy for its devastating firepower and stalwart emplacement / advance tactics. [ Siege Tank evolution ]
StarCraft News: If you can't wait for Blizzard to release Starcraft 2 or are sick and tired of playing the old 2D Starcraft at a tiny 640x480 resolution, here's something that might raise an eyebrow: after more than three years in development, Snowflake Entertainment (a modding community) has announced that Project Revolution demo is now downloadable. [ Get it from here ]
StarCraft News: Kerrigan, the self-styled Queen of Blades; we all know her, and we all came to love her... She is the undisputed ruler of all the Zerg and pretty much the "bitch queen" of the universe. Follow the link for [ Kerrigan Queen of Blades Wallpapers and Information ]
StarCraft 2 News: A list of things that happened at the RTS Community Summit 2007. Blizzard employees working on StarCraft 2.
StarCraft 2 Unit Evolution - An illustration showing the evolution of Protoss units from StarCraft 1 to StarCraft 2 (Changes to StarCraft). [ Click to see Image ]
StarCraft 2 News: Karune (StarCraft 2 Community Manager), shares some insight into his role as a conduit between Blizzard and the community, in StarCraft Source's recent [ interview ]
StarCraft 2 News Units It seems that the Cobra is finally out and that the Thor has lost its bombardment ability, so the shoulder guns need to go. Thor has a good bonus versus armored units on the ground and does well against most (but not all) air units making use of his AA missiles. Presently, he can be countered by range, mobility or certain powerful anti-armor units.
StarCraft 2 New Units. TF-620 Nomad: Construct with attitude. The nomad combines the functions of light manufacturing center and observation post rolled into one. A common sight among the fringe-world colonies, the nomad is a robust, air vehicle built to operate independently in all but the harshest climates.
New Terran Units: Even more, it seems the Nomad still will have its basic Defensive Matrix ability on top of Nano-Repair, Turrets and Detection. Irradiate was not yet implemented into the game, but we never know. --StarCraft 2 New Units
StarCraft 2 New Units: The Ghost's EMP ability currently affects both building and unit shields, as well as casters energy. Also, seems that the Cobra has either been removed or is being reworked.
StarCraft 2 New Units: The Banelings are pretty much the melee killers in StarCraft 2, though they have very little hit points, and are easy to kill from afar. The good news is that they operate on a timer. However, if you are a Zerg player and you would get some of these creatures among his drones, you will significantly stifle his economy. -- StarCraft News
StarCraft 2 New Units: Did you knew that Thor can now attack air units?! Isn't way this too much of an advantage? Anyway, the developers may be adding a new mechanic, in which the Thor could be first immobilized (but still able to fire), and then it could be destroyed. However, while the Thor is immobilized, a SCV can repair it back to full health, having it regain mobility. -- StarCraft News
StarCraft 2 New Units: The developers outlined that they will make the mouse viewable in saved replays, which is great news for us; however, it may be more likely that they'll have the options to show both the view of the players playing, as well as selection icons of the units being currently selected in the replay.
The StarCraft II storyline continues 4 years after the events of Brood War. Daggoth is dead, along with the rest of the Cerebrates, and Kerrigan is the sole power behind the Swarm now. After Judicators were eliminated from the Protoss power structure, the arbiters quickly fell into disuse. When the Protoss fled to Shakuras, all arbiters were lost along with Aiur. --StarCraft 2 Story
StarCraft 2 New Units: the Protoss have new shield-equipped units (the Immortals) who prove resistant to heavy weaponry, making a problem for units like Terran Siege Tanks. However, their shields are not activated by the relatively weak guns of the Terran Reapers, putting them in disadvantage. Siege Tanks firing from the fog of war, such as on an unseen cliff, will not reveal its location from the fog of war to its enemy. -- Siege Tank Evolution
StarCraft 2 New Units: The Firebats were supposed to be permanently replaced by Reapers. The Reaper is definitely one of the most powerful units in the hands of a skilled player, as its hit and run ability is unmatched in early game. The mines that they drop also do significant damage to StarCraft 2 Structures. Reapers can do a lot more than simply annoy the enemy: they can be efficient scouts, base raiders, hit and runners and they can make use of the terrain to their advantage, firing with ranged weapons from above cliffs. Anyway, the Firebats are back in the game, but with added Hit Points to help them get real close to their enemies. Firebats also must be produced from the Factory (StarCraft 2 Structures) rather than the Barracks from the original StarCraft, since their suits are larger and able to sustain more enemy fire. -- StarCraft News
StarCraft 2 New Units: To deal with the even growing swarms, the Protoss have the Colossus, massive tripod-like units that can wipe out the Zerglings with a laser beam. Again, however, the system is balanced in that manner that the Colossi are vulnerable to airborne attacks and to mutated suicide Banelings. The Colossi are really strong; one of the representatives said "Once you get Colossus, it's good game." Also, because of the Colossus's height, it will be susceptible to anti-air defenses like the Terran Missile Turrets. It is possible for the Colossus to be hit by ground and air attacks at the same time. Hmm... interesting! -- StarCraft News
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If it happens and it's StarCraft 2 related, then you will hear it first from us first!
StarCraft 2 News: Unit Updates! The Zerg Queen, limited to one per player at any given time, can be used to build base defenses on enemy creep. The Queen can also regenerate the health of those defenses as well, making it an excellent Zerg vs Zerg rush strategy. Also, the Protoss Motherships in the lower orbit will give stronger shields to all units bellow and maybe even decreased mana cost
