It’s been twelve long years since we last heard from the Terran military, but at last Blizzard’s highly anticipated non-World of WarCraft title drops onto the surface of our little planet. But is it everything fans have hoped for, or over a decade on has the universe of StarCraft lost its shine?
Blizzard has announced that StarCraft II has become the fastest-selling strategy game of all time. It sold more than 1 million copies in 24 hours, and over 1.5 million in 48 hours. As you may expect, these figures make StarCraft II the best selling PC game of 2010 so far. The game launched simultaneously worldwide in 11 different languages and on 5 different continents.
Blizzard has confirmed the all-important PC and Mac requirements for StarCraft II. Mac requirements are higher than those on PC. Mac gamers are recommended to have an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB of RAM and an NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT or ATI Radeon HD 4670. PC gamers are recommended to have a Dual Core 2.4Ghz processor, 2GB of RAM, and a 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800 or an ATI Radeon Read More ...
Blizzard has opened a can of worms by announcing that they will be making users post with their real names on their forums. The real name system will be implemented on the StarCraft II forums before the game’s released at the end of this month. The World of Warcraft forums will go the same way just before the launch of Cataclysm, the next expansion pack for WOW. Existing posts will Read More ...
Blizzard has confirmed that they have started the closed beta for Cataclysm, the next World of Warcraft expansion. Invitations will be sent to players whom have signed up to Battle.net and have opted into the beta. The expansion will be getting a full release sometime this year if all goes according to plan. Cataclysm will instigate quite a few new changes. The level cap will go to 85 and the Read More ...
The first phase of the StarCraft II beta will end on Monday, 31st May, when Blizzard will take it down and make some changes to it. They will then re-release the beta on 27th July, a few weeks before the game’s full release. “We’d like to thank all of our beta-test participants for your enthusiasm, dedication, and valuable feedback during the beta test,” said Blizzard.
Activision Blizzard has confirmed the dates to get tickets for this year’s BlizzCon. The first batch will go on sale Wednesday, 2nd June at 7pm PST. The second batch will go on sale Saturday, 5th June at 10am PST. Tickets will cost $150 each and will be available at the BlizzCon website, and Blizzard has suggested that users should register a Battle.net account to get themselves ready. DirecTV customers in Read More ...
Last week there was a gigantic compilation alpha test info and screen caps of World of Warcraft’s latest expansion, Cataclysm, released by MMO Champion. It is gone now, but certainly not forgotten. Let’s just take into consideration how much work MMO Champion put into the collecting, hosting, and posting of images from the alpha build of WoW’s next expansion, giving fans a peek into the future of the game they Read More ...
Activision Blizzard has announced their financial results for Q1 2010. That’s the quarter ended March 31, 2010. Activision Blizzard’s GAAP net revenues were $1.3 billion, and its non-GAAP net revenues were $714 million. Their reported GAAP earnings per diluted share were $0.30, with the company’s non-GAAP earnings per diluted share were $0.09. Robert Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, stated, “Our better-than-expected first quarter performance was driven by strong global consumer Read More ...
Apparently, preordering StarCraft II with GameStop snags you an invite to the game’s beta test, according to their website. The catch—you can’t cancel your order afterwards. There are three ways to obtain a StarCraft II beta code through GameStop. You can preorder StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty online and receive your code through email, preoder the game for in-store pick-up, wait 24 hours, then go to the store for your Read More ...
With extra experience coming to Blizzard’s “Cataclysm” expansion of the popular MMORPG, World of Warcraft, players will also be seeing new spells, new skills, and talent tree changes this week for all classes—except the Paladin. WoW players have been eagerly awaiting news of the new spells and skills they’ll be playing with in the Cataclysm expansion, since it was first announced, a few weeks before BlizzCon ’09. Blizzard will be Read More ...
Blizzard has announced that this year’s BlizzCon will take place on 22nd and 23rd October. This will be the fifth annual fan convention for the company, and is pencilled in to take place at the Anaheim Convention Centre in California. Expect all your favourite BlizzCon elements such as developer panels, tournaments and cosplay. There will be a live stream of the event available online for all those that can’t make Read More ...
