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A GPU holy war, and all because Blizzard made a decision not to implement AA in StarCraft 2

StarCraft 2 doesn't have anti-aliasing yet. But does it really matter that much?

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dktxx25438d ago

I played the beta and never noticed that there was no AA. Besides, Starcraft ain't about the graphics.

Conloles5438d ago

No need for the settings of it, no jaggies to be seen

RememberThe3575438d ago

I guess that argument is killed.

Ocelot5255438d ago

but when a console game 'only' has 4x or 2x AA you guys would call 16x AA the best thing since sliced bread

talking about dual standards

il-mouzer5438d ago (Edited 5438d ago )

really depends on how the use of jagged edges is handled, with some games, such as RTSs you won't even notice the jaggies. On an FPS etc (games which characters and environmental details are much more focused on, AA is far more needed.

dktxx25438d ago

Whose you guys? No one said nothing about consoles.

nickjkl5438d ago

dk its kinda like console guys in their articles and then pc guy comes along with his huge wang and smacks console owners with

well i can play it at 1080p with 16xaa in 3d even though i just updated my computer yesterday ti oresent day parts for 3000 dollars

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GrilledCheeseBook5438d ago

the game doesn't have much of a problem with AA

Kamikaze1355438d ago

Sequels are supposed to surpass their predecessor in terms of visuals and Starcraft 2 has done just that, lol. So what if it doesn't look like Crysis; its the gameplay in an RTS that matters.

badz1495438d ago

when your predecessor was released 12 years ago!

Jrome5438d ago

Went to my friends house and saw him playing it on Ultra settings...wow...I wasn't even paying attention to whether or not the game had AA, gameplay is great and graphics are great regardless.

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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.

meganick222d 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.

waytoobad221d 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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crazyCoconuts246d 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

pwnmaster3000246d ago

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

darthv72246d ago

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

pwnmaster3000245d 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.

SPEAKxTHExTRUTH245d ago

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

pwnmaster3000245d ago

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

just_looken245d 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.

pwnmaster3000245d 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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dveio245d 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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DivineHand125245d 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.

TheColbertinator245d 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_vulgaris581d 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-Doctor27581d ago (Edited 581d 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_vulgaris581d 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.

Nerdmaster580d 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_vulgaris580d 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-JumperMT581d ago

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

Nerdmaster580d 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_580d ago

This right here is the fucking problem.

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