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StarCraft II, by far one of the most expected video games of the year, has just received its first patch, taking it to 1.1.0 status, which adds solves a host of balance issues, brings new features to the map editor and, hopefully, will solve some of the complaints lodged by players.StarCraft II's patch is alread... |
22 September 2010
03:50 GMT |
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Legitimate software products are often at the core of malware spreading tactics, with Starcraft II Wings of Liberty already abused by attackers in order to infect the PCs of unsuspecting victims. Earlier this summer, just as the second iteration of Starcraft was launched, Microsoft warned that fake Wings of Liberty ... |
13 September 2010
02:42 GMT |
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A Blizzard executive has confirmed that the company is interested in translating its biggest video game franchises, like Starcraft, into movies but will aim to create partnerships with the most talented creators in the industry, like James Cameron, who directed the recent three dimensional hit Avatar.Rob Pardo, who i... |
1 September 2010
03:20 GMT |
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It's been a less busy week, after the organized chaos of Gamescom but we still have a list of all the most interesting news of the past seven days and more than that for intrepid readers.The Weekend Reading piece talks about how the huge amount of big video games launched during the fall means that all gaming is... |
29 August 2010
14:01 GMT |
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This week, like the last one, was dominated by Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty, with some more gamer diaries to show for all the time spent with Blizzard's latest. But we also found bit of time to craft a Weekend Reading feature that talks how Heart of the Swarm needs to take some chances and an EndWeekGame artic... |
8 August 2010
08:51 GMT |
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Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty is without a doubt a success story. It's a real time strategy title which is launched exclusively on the PC and forms only the first part of a trilogy that Blizzard will create over the coming years. It managed millions of units since it first appeared on shelves at through Battle.... |
7 August 2010
08:11 GMT |
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Andrei Dumitrescu: The Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty single player campaign is interesting with Blizzard taking care to create an experience that has varied goals and narrative weight. I've finished it and even played some of the missions in order to try out a few things so it's time to play some Challenge... |
6 August 2010
16:41 GMT |
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Activision Blizzard has announced a growth of 12 percent in its profits for the fiscal second quarter of the year to 219 million dollars, with the main reason cited being an increase in the revenue derived from digital ventures. For the three months that ended on June 30 the publisher has managed to see a decrease in... |
6 August 2010
05:39 GMT |
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It's been an important few days for gamers as Blizzard finally launched the first part of the Starcraft 2 saga, named Wings of Liberty, and we got to play it. We have a gamer diary about the new real time strategy title and a full review here at Softpedia. But we also found the time to create a Weekend Reading p... |
1 August 2010
09:21 GMT |
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Andrei Dumitrescu: Since Tuesday, when the biggest video game launch of the year up until now has taken place, the only thing on my mind has been Starcraft II. Blizzard has delivered another solid game experience, managing to walk the fine line between pulling on the nostalgia of the player base and introducing gradu... |
30 July 2010
16:41 GMT |
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Security researchers from antivirus vendor Webroot Software warn that malware pushers are targeting StarCraft II pirates. A variant of the Zbot trojan is distributed on torrent and warez sites as a custom loader for the highly anticipated game.StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is the sequel to one of the best-selling PC... |
30 July 2010
09:02 GMT |
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Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty is now out and Michael Pachter, an analyst with Wedbush Morgan, has predicted that the game will sell more than 7 million copies during this year, making it one of the best sellers of 2010, despite the fact that the title is only coming to the PC and sits in the rather niche real time s... |
29 July 2010
08:04 GMT |
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When the system requirements for StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty were first announced, it was clear that Blizzard was not aiming to include very old computers anymore. Running the game in medium details at a decent resolution requires a stronger machine from the part of the user. The official U.S. forums contain a pos... |
28 July 2010
18:01 GMT |
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It has happened to both Windows 7 and Office 2010, and many other pieces of software, and now it’s the turn of the recently launched Starcraft II Wings of Liberty. Microsoft has warned that fake Starcraft 2 files associated with illegal, pirated copies of the game from Blizzard, contain malware, with downloads ... |
28 July 2010
07:32 GMT |
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Blizzard Entertainment has released Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty, delivering the most highly-anticipated RTS game to gamers worldwide, including those rocking Mac OS X. The game is being made available in both retail boxed version, and as a digital download. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is the sequel to Blizzard ... |
28 July 2010
07:01 GMT |
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Yesterday was the launch date for Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty and we've already played a few hours of the new real time strategy title from Blizzard. Expect a full review to arrive on Friday but until then here's a complete look at the content of the Collector's Edition of the game, an exclusive off... |
28 July 2010
06:06 GMT |
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It's almost inevitable that a big video game launch would come with certain problems and issues attached. More so when we are talking about a PC title, which needs to work well with a wide ranging array of hardware, from video cards and processors to sound peripherals and cameras, and about Starcraft II: Wings o... |
28 July 2010
05:15 GMT |
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Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty might just be the biggest launch of the year, which is significant for a lot of reasons: it's the video game from Blizzard that is not World of Warcraft in quite a long time; it's part of the niche genre of real time strategy; it will be huge despite only being released on the... |
27 July 2010
19:21 GMT |
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Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty is now out and while players are scrambling to get the video game and play it, some interested in the single player story and some ready to get into the multiplayer, observers of the video game market are already thinking about how much of an impact the title might make at retail. Mike ... |
27 July 2010
08:28 GMT |
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Blizzard seemed set to change the fundamental structure of the official forums for both World of Warcraft, when the expansion named Cataclysm hits, and Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty, when the game comes on July 27, introducing a requirement that posters use their real names when posting. Predictably the announcement... |
26 July 2010
18:11 GMT |
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BioWare Mythic would never introduce something similar to Blizzard's Real ID service to Warhammer Online, according to producer Carrie Gouskos. Real ID is a service that requires its users to log in to Battle.net using their real names. This was almost imposed by Blizzard on its forums, but aggressive fan backla... |
26 July 2010
11:31 GMT |
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Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty is set to launch tomorrow and a lot of people are wondering whether the new game set in the Blizzard created universe will manage to be as successful as its predecessor. And the launch is one occasion for video games to break into the mainstream media, with the Wall Street Journal, a we... |
26 July 2010
06:12 GMT |
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StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, the sequel to the original 1998 video game by Blizzard Entertainment, is coming on July 27 for Mac OS X, the creators of the game have confirmed. Developed for concurrent release on Windows and Mac OS X, StarCraft II is split into three installments: the base game with the subtitle Win... |
22 July 2010
05:18 GMT |
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Blizzard has announced that select retailers around the world will open at midnight on the 27th of July to celebrate the launch of Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty. Members of the development team of the game will join the party to sing copies of StarCraft II and to meet the fans. Some store will organize various activ... |
22 July 2010
03:25 GMT |
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Blizzard Entertainment has posted the official system requirements for the Mac version StarCraft II, the studio’s highly anticipated sci-fi real-time-strategy (RTS) video game. Unfortunately for those using a three-year old Mac, the game may not perform as expected - the recommended spec is 4GB of RAM and GeFor... |
21 July 2010
05:03 GMT |
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Blizzard, through the voice of Mike Morhaime, Chief Executive Officer of the company, has announced that it will not be implementing the real names policy it has announced for the forums, linked to the launch of Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty and World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. It seems that the company has listened to... |
12 July 2010
05:57 GMT |
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A new beta patch has been offered by Blizzard for those who are registered in the Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty beta stage, which probably means players will shortly be able to again play the real-time strategy title in multiplayer with others.The company previously announced that a second period of beta play would ... |
8 July 2010
05:41 GMT |
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Blizzard has recently announced that it is making use of real world names and other data mandatory on the official forums for Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty, the long awaited strategy game sequel set to arrive on July 27, and for the World of Warcraft MMO, which should get the Cataclysm expansion. After a rather host... |
8 July 2010
04:45 GMT |
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Blizzard, the creator of such popular franchises as Diablo, Starcraft and Warcraft, has announced that using the new Real ID feature on the official forums of the company will require that gamers use their real names. It seems the Starcraft II forum and the World of Warcraft one will be the first to be affected by th... |
7 July 2010
05:20 GMT |
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Is there any big franchise in the video game world not affected by the trend of moving everything to three dimensions? Not even the mighty Starcraft II, a game still linked to the top down perspective seen in the first iteration in the series, seems to be able to escape the new fad, with Blizzard announcing that whil... |
5 July 2010
06:20 GMT |
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Blizzard is very aware of the fact that the multiplayer environment for the upcoming Starcraft II, which is coming exclusively to the PC on July 27, might not be too welcoming for new players but the company promises the new matchmaking system included with Battle.net will make sure that in a given game, any of those... |
1 July 2010
18:51 GMT |
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What's the weirdest way you can think of to advertise the upcoming Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty, the long awaited Blizzard made real time strategy title? Whatever the answer, the developers themselves will have probably beaten you with their new idea of putting Starcraft II on the side of the airplanes of Kore... |
25 June 2010
05:10 GMT |
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Blizzard has launched the 3.3.5 patch for its World of Warcraft MMO and those who are interested in the minutiae of changes affecting each class and the game world in general can take a look at the full patch notes on the official site of the developer.But one of the most interesting changes made in the patch is the ... |
24 June 2010
06:06 GMT |
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Blizzard Entertainment has announced that it has entered into an agreement with GomTV, one of the leading online television networks in South Korea, dealing with the rights to broadcast shows based around the games of the company.For the next three years, all matches of Starcraft, Warcraft III, Starcraft II: Wings of... |
31 May 2010
05:32 GMT |
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It seems that Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty, who is set to go on sale worldwide on July 27, has been reclassified as being an Age 12 videogame, which means that the real time strategy sequel might reach a wider audience. Initially, the Korea ratings board gave the game an Age 18 rating, because of the content it off... |
21 May 2010
05:30 GMT |
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Blizzard has officially announced that the multiplayer beta stage for its upcoming real time strategy title Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty would end on May 31. The announcement says that the beta stage might come back online for the weeks directly before the actual launch date for the game, which is set for July 27. ... |
18 May 2010
05:34 GMT |
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It has been a week of announcements and speculations, and you can take a look at the most important pieces of news in our selection below. And if you would like to read some more, you can take a look at the Weekend Reading piece on Bungie and the future, and the EndWeekGame article tackling Command & Conquer 4 and Ne... |
16 May 2010
10:21 GMT |
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We already know that StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is coming on July 27 to real time strategy enthusiasts all over the world. But one potential drawback for the new title from Blizzard could be that the game only arrives on the PC, the developer not even hinting that it might be interested in porting its franchise t... |
13 May 2010
14:21 GMT |
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We now know that, after a long wait and quite a bit of a multiplayer beta phase, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty will be arriving pretty much worldwide on July 27. The Blizzard made real time strategy game comes ten years after the original and seems to keep pretty much the same core mechanics while introducing new un... |
11 May 2010
14:31 GMT |
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With publisher Activision deeply interested in expanding the audience for its launches, Blizzard seems to be following suit. It appears that Call of Duty would be soon coming to China and Korea under a new business model and Blizzard has just announced it will offer StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty featuring a new pric... |
10 May 2010
06:14 GMT |
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Activision Blizzard has announced quite a good first quarter from a financial perspective, the net revenues rising 33% in order to reach 1.3 billion dollars, with non GAAP numbers set to 714 million dollars.The company also says it has managed better profits than during the same period of 2009 and that it has exceede... |
10 May 2010
02:58 GMT |
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This week, we've seen quite a bit of announcements related to launch dates for high profile videogames set to come in the second half of the year. But for those looking for something to read, we also have a Weekend Reading piece about what comes after StarCraft II and an EndWeekGame featuring Splinter Cell and N... |
9 May 2010
04:01 GMT |
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Blizzard finally announced that StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty would be coming on July 27, launching at the same time on all big gaming markets. It's a moment real time strategy gamers who played the first title in the series have been waiting since at least 2002 and while it stops the speculation train related ... |
8 May 2010
11:01 GMT |
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In a move that will surprise no one, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, which is poised to be the biggest real time strategy launch of the year, is set to be the reason for a new partnership between Blizzard, the developer renowned for Diablo and World of Warcraft, and Facebook, the biggest social network service in the... |
7 May 2010
15:01 GMT |
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Developer Blizzard has announced that StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty will be launched on July 27 in the United States, Europe, South Korea and a host of other countries. The company also promises that the much awaited sequel will be available from its specialized online store shortly after it appears on the shelves o... |
4 May 2010
05:38 GMT |
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This week has been dominated by news items linked to the beta stage for Halo: Reach and the fact that Activision and Bungie will be working together for the foreseeable future. But we've also had the time to write an EndWeekGame piece dealing with a return to Dragon Age and a Weekend Reading article revolving ar... |
2 May 2010
10:31 GMT |
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Blizzard is apparently fed up with the problems it has been having with the Korea eSports Players Association and is now seeking a new partner in South Korea to develop the competitive scene for the upcoming StarCraft II.Mike Morhaime, who is the president and a co-founder of Blizzard, talked to Yonhap News, revealin... |
28 April 2010
08:05 GMT |
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Blizzard is preparing to roll out a new version of its matchmaking service Battle.net alongside the launch of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty and the company is not afraid of going to the justice courts to make sure that no one manages to crack the system and then use it to put up pirate multiplayer servers that can d... |
27 April 2010
18:01 GMT |
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Blizzard has made it official that it will be appealing the ruling from the Games Rating Board in South Korea, which has slapped an 18+ rating on StarCraft II, a decision that might limit sales of the videogame in one of its most important markets. The reason for the decision was made on the basis of “level of ... |
26 April 2010
18:21 GMT |
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Summer is coming. High temperatures will make us long for the beach and waves or for a cool high altitude resort. And, for us gamers, a lack of high profile releases will make us long for the good old release happy days of late 2009 and early 2010. It seems that although both publishers and analysts have been talking... |
24 April 2010
10:51 GMT |
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