Gameplayer has gone live with the latest look at Blizzard's upcoming RTS StarCraft 2, returning to game rooms for the first time since 1998. In particular the article examines changes to the unit structure, tech tree and gameplay balancing.
"A decade after the original's release StarCraft is back; better looking and with more strategy than you can poke a zergling at."
This week, Blizzard Entertainment dropped both 'StarCraft: Remastered' and 'StarCraft II Campaign Collection' into PC Game Pass.
Hopefully these get released on Switch and Playstation, along with Age of Empires. There’s a severe lack of good RTS games on both those platforms.
Happy spooky season to those who celebrate! We have a collection of scary games for you to enjoy with Game Pass, while hiding under the blankets (or maybe that’s just how I play). And if you want to do something slightly less scary, we have a whole list of games for you to start pre-installing including more day one additions like Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and more! Let’s get to the games.
• South Park: The Fractured but Whole (Cloud, Console, and PC) – October 16
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – October 25
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (Cloud) – October 25
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• Call of Duty: Warzone (Cloud) – October 25
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• Ashen (Cloud, Console, and PC) – October 29
• Dead Island 2 (PC) – October 31
• StarCraft: Remastered (PC) – November 5
• StarCraft II: Campaign Collection (PC) – November 5
Let the COD on GamePass experiment begin!
I would think their quarterly revenue will take a hit compared to a year ago, but will maybe make up for it throughout the year as the monthly GP subs keep coming in
Was up with call of duty man?
I downloaded cod on gamepass and for some reason I cannot access the game.
It's going to be very interesting to follow up on how the new entry of CoD will perform at the box office, player numbers and distribution of Xbox, PC and PS versions this year.
I got excited thinking they ported StarCraft to consoles but it's just the PC version. Also, I thought Starcraft 2 was already free to play.
Jason Hall, currently an indie developer and former Blizzard employee, has been sharing some really interesting stories from his long career in the industry for a while now. Some of them are truly insightful, while others may seem depressing.
I’m a little shocked that StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty sold only around 6 million copies. The original StarCraft did over 11 million. Maybe Blizzard was too leisurely in releasing StarCraft 2? Starcraft 2 came out 12 years after it’s predecessor.
and people wonder why we are having mtx in everything. i blame the people who actual buy them.
It's interesting he used Brazil as an example of the importance of regional pricing. Nowadays many companies on Steam are setting their prices in Brazil as high as, if not more than, their price in USA. I simply refused to buy a few games when I noticed that's the case.
I wish it would come out alrdy cant wait to play it seems rly serious with the new stuff cant wait to see the zerg alrdy waiting with patience...................... ............................... .........
Top reason I got a new PC. :P
I WANT IT. NOW.
What I had was more than capable of running SCII, but oh well, nothing wrong with more horsepower under the hood...oh nothing except the price tag that is >_<
Anyway, I love Starcraft. Not loved, LOVE. To this day it's my favorite game, irrespective of platform.
As a single player experience, it had some of the most memorable characters, challenging levels, and engrossing stories I've ever experienced.
As a multiplayer experience...my was it a beast. The most well balanced multiplayer game I've played up to now, not much else comes close IMO.
Heh, heh...needless to say, I've got high hopes for the sequel.
Brood War didnt add a 4th race, did it? I am almost positive it didn't. What is this guy talking about?
StarCraft is among my all time faves and best RTS I've ever played. I was kinda disappointed in WarCraft 3 to see it focusing more on heros and unit control of fewer armies rather than real strategy like StarCraft. Hopefully SC2 indeed puts S back into RTS.