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How To Convert StarCraft Maps to StarCraft 2

The must anticipated release of the StarCraft 2 Editor has many of us quitting our most dearest Battle.net for a moment and see what new and exciting features this tool has in store for us.

To our surprise, Blizzard has included in the Galaxy Editor the ability to import legacy StarCraft and WarCraft III maps. Now we can expect to see those old time favourites make a return once more in shiny new colours, with very little work from the mapmakers.

Continue reading to see just how this feature works and what are its limitations as Teal of StarCraft: IncGamers convert Big Game Hunters into a StarCraft II map.

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Leord5528d ago

Oh, I wonder if they will patch that feature as well through beta, to automatically add cliffs added automatically. :)

Cogo5528d ago

Very nice little guide. Thanks Teal, whoever you are. :)

Dorjan5528d ago

|OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOM GOMGOMGOMGOGMOGMOGM...dsg.g.g *puff**puff*

Dorjan5528d ago

what I mean is, TOTALLY AWESOME!

Cogo5528d ago

Yes... While I do see great potential, it's still just the terrain. :P

Leord5528d ago

True, but honestly, that can be the hardest to copy from many SC1 maps.

Recka5528d ago

OMG this is AWESOME, when this is released in the full, this will be amazing

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Recka5528d ago

Wow, that is truely amazing

Leord5528d ago

I had a look in the editor, it's bloody complicated :P

Cogo5528d ago

Well, if you have any sort of programming background, it should be ok :)

Fyzzu5528d ago

Complicated how? More complicated than the War 3 editor? I thought that was really simple...

UIOP5528d ago

The WC3 editor is very simple to use compared to the SC2 editor at the moment (they might make it simpler over time though).
Just to create something as simple as a new unit, that used to take a second in WC3, will take you around a minute, and that is when you are used to it. The first time you will probably need a tutorial, unless you want to spend an hour or more.

Terrice5528d ago

Indeed, the editor looks very complicated but at the same time very powerful.

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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.

meganick219d 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.

waytoobad218d 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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crazyCoconuts243d 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

pwnmaster3000243d ago

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

darthv72243d ago

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

pwnmaster3000243d 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.

SPEAKxTHExTRUTH243d ago

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

pwnmaster3000243d ago

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

just_looken243d 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.

pwnmaster3000242d 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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dveio243d 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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DivineHand125243d 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.

TheColbertinator243d 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_vulgaris579d 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-Doctor27578d ago (Edited 578d 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_vulgaris578d 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.

Nerdmaster578d 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_vulgaris578d 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-JumperMT578d ago

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

Nerdmaster578d 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_578d ago

This right here is the fucking problem.

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