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StarCraft II - Putting the S back into RTS

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."

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StormSoldier6382d ago

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...................... ............................... .........

xplosneer6382d ago

Top reason I got a new PC. :P

I WANT IT. NOW.

Genki6382d ago

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.

Panthers6382d ago

Brood War didnt add a 4th race, did it? I am almost positive it didn't. What is this guy talking about?

Genki6382d ago

There was a secret mission during the campaign in which you controlled Zeratul. He was tailing Duran, and Duran had several cases with Protoss/Xel'Naga hybrids in them, or something to that effect.

I say sort of because since it was more of an experiment, you can't really count them as a bona fide race...at least not until we know of what happened with them and Duran. Heck, in that one Duran himself is very obviously not Zerg, Protoss, or Terran. I won't say he's Xel himself, but he may be something that they created or part of a race that was superior to them. Who knows. Ugh, this is killing me.

MK_Red6382d ago

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.

Genki6382d ago

but I grew to appreciate it. It carved it's own identity I think. If they rehashed Starcraft with a Warcraft coat of paint, then I think I would have been more disappointed. Personally I think the way the game ended up works very well for what it is...but nothing touches Starcraft though.

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'StarCraft: Remastered', 'StarCraft II' Now Available on PC Game Pass

This week, Blizzard Entertainment dropped both 'StarCraft: Remastered' and 'StarCraft II Campaign Collection' into PC Game Pass.

meganick234d ago

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.

waytoobad233d ago

if only they didn't raise the price 500% last year.

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Coming to Game Pass: Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, StarCraft & StarCraft II, and More

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

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crazyCoconuts258d ago

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

pwnmaster3000258d ago

Was up with call of duty man?
I downloaded cod on gamepass and for some reason I cannot access the game.

darthv72258d ago

just curious what version? There are some that you can pre-load, but they wont work until their release date later this month.

pwnmaster3000258d ago

I have to redownload it again for the 3rd time to check.
I ended up just deleting it to make room for other games after the second time.

It was on Xbox game pass, I didn’t know there was other versions. I just downloaded everything, but sadly I couldn’t even access the game. Maybe 3rd time the charm. I’ll download it again.

SPEAKxTHExTRUTH258d ago

It’s not out yet man unless you’re talking about MW3.

pwnmaster3000258d ago

I’m talking about mw3. For some reason I could not get it to work.

just_looken258d ago

On xbox there is the last gen/current gen versions pc though you could also get a xbox version.

When that new forza first came out for one day they had the xbox version on the pc store i was like ? what it was odd.

On xbox you can easily download the one version of a game instead of the series version so you run into issues on your series console.

pwnmaster3000257d ago

Because a game won’t run after I download it??
Man your kids must hate your @ss if that’s how you think.

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dveio258d ago

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.

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DivineHand125258d ago

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.

TheColbertinator258d ago

I'm certain it is going to be the Campaign Collection version.

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$15 horse for WoW made more money than StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty

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.

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Sciurus_vulgaris594d ago

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.

Plague-Doctor27593d ago (Edited 593d ago )

Im surprised too. Starcraft was still a huge name in 2010. It was kinda the only new RTS around and other genres like MOBAs hadn't really kicked off yet. I do remember at the time sentiment around the game was
pretty angry the game was being split into 3 but I doubt that would have impacted sales to that degree

Sciurus_vulgaris593d ago

For a long time I believed StarCraft II sold on par or better than its predecessor. There was so much hype for the game. Plus it had a pretty strong E-Sports scene for a few years.

Myself and half a dozen friends all bought StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty and played it religiously for a full year. While I bought the expansions, most of my friends did not. RPGs seem to be a generally low selling genre.

Nerdmaster593d ago

I'm not shocked at all. This was an early example of Blizzard being greedy. Instead of releasing a complete experience, splitting Starcraft 2 in 3 parts so it could make us purchase it 3 times if we wanted to know the whole story and play story mode with the other races.

Sciurus_vulgaris593d ago

I originally had that stance. However, Wings of Liberty, was just as long, if not longer than StarCraft 1. The expansions were of decent length too and added a good amount of additional content.

il-JumperMT593d ago

and people wonder why we are having mtx in everything. i blame the people who actual buy them.

Nerdmaster593d ago

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.

Extermin8or3_593d ago

This right here is the fucking problem.

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