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New StarCraft 2 Beta Wave Today

Today yet another group of StarCraft 2 fans have received, and are receiving, their keys.

Some IncGamers staff and StarCraft 2 fansites' staff that did not make it into the first wave received more beta keys today.

The news seems to confirm rumours that more keys would be sent out today.

If you are a key holder and not received your key by tonight or tomorrow, you're likely going to get into the following wave. We do not have an official word on the next wave yet, we assume blizzard are busy with the one which is still in progress.

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Cogo5589d ago

Hehe, lambs to the slaughter, ey? :)

Leord5589d ago

More experienced players would rarely end up in fights against less experienced ditto.

Recka5589d ago

So if I get opt in, I can fight other noobs? WIN! XD

Cogo5589d ago

Yes, it will be noob versus noob :)

captain-obvious5589d ago

sucks for those that payed 300$ to get one
lol

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1ThorsHammer5589d ago

Hopefully this time. Hopefully THIS TIME!

Leord5589d ago

I can feel the pain in your orange avatar ;)

Recka5589d ago

Bit harsh Leord, "Make you suffer while you wait n see for key LOL!"

wicko5589d ago

Crossing my fingers ><

I've been watching replays though, you can download the beta and patch it so you can at least watch people play and check out the new units and abilities.

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Leord5589d ago

Great news. Hope more of my friends get no now.

Cogo5589d ago

I only have like 2 actual friends there. Rest is just doing random matches :)

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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.

meganick217d 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.

waytoobad215d 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
Game Pass Ultimate
• 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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crazyCoconuts241d 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

pwnmaster3000240d ago

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

darthv72240d ago

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

pwnmaster3000240d 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.

SPEAKxTHExTRUTH240d ago

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

pwnmaster3000240d ago

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

just_looken240d 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.

pwnmaster3000240d 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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dveio240d 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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DivineHand125240d 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.

TheColbertinator240d 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_vulgaris576d 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-Doctor27576d ago (Edited 576d 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_vulgaris576d 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.

Nerdmaster575d 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_vulgaris575d 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-JumperMT576d ago

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

Nerdmaster575d 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_575d ago

This right here is the fucking problem.

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