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Blizzard Sues StarCraft 2 Hackers

Blizzard Sues StarCraft 2 Hackers

Ever since the release of StarCraft 2, thousands of players were banned due to cheating and hacking, but now Blizzard had enough, and they are now suing some Starcraft 2 hackers. Last week, Blizz... Read More

StarCraft II Expansion Not Until 2012?

StarCraft II Expansion Not Until 2012?

Greg Canessa, project director of Battle.net has hinted that Heart of Swarm, the first expansion of Blizzard's extremely successful RTS, StarCraft II, may not release until 2012. Discussing fut... Read More

World of Warcraft Hits 12 Million Subscribers

World of Warcraft Hits 12 Million Subscribers

Over 12 million players have subscribed to World of Warcraft ever since its release in 2004. Blizzard has announced that the number was reached due to the release of Wrath of the Lich King in Chi... Read More

Starcraft II crosses 3 million mark

Starcraft II crosses 3 million mark

Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty has sold over 3 million copies worldwide in the first month of its release, building on the game’s momentum as th... Read More

StarCraft 2 as a third-person zombie shooter [VIDEO]

StarCraft 2 as a third-person zombie shooter [VIDEO]

Its amazing how flexible the Starcraft 2 engine can be. People are making amazing mods/maps and a user by the name of malou5a has made this amazing StarCraft 2 map which will let you play the game as ... Read More

Starcraft II Sold 721,000 units in the States in the first 48 hours of its release

Starcraft II Sold 721,000 units in the States in the first 48 hours of its release

After selling 1.5 million units in 48 hours next weak, Starcraft II officially became the fastest selling RTS of all time. Today, along with the July NPD Figures, the NPD Group also announced that aro... Read More

Blizzard: PC Gaming Ain’t Going Anywhere

Blizzard: PC Gaming Ain’t Going Anywhere

The PC format, claim many sceptics, is dying out. They may have a point, as one sees increasingly late and poorly optimised ports of multiplatform games to the system, decreasing software sales, and a... Read More

Blizzard Deleting User-made StarCraft II Maps Due To Inappropriate Content

Blizzard Deleting User-made StarCraft II Maps Due To Inappropriate Content

Blizzard has started to review and see the maps that people make in StarCraft II, which results in deleting some user-made made maps. After a complaint by a player whose map was deleted, the Blizza... Read More

Starcraft II rushes to top UK charts

Starcraft II rushes to top UK charts

Starcraft II has made it to the top of the UK charts. Pushing Toy Story 3 down into second place, Starcraft II has become the first PC game of the year to make it top the top spot. The seque... Read More

Starcraft 2: Hearts of the Swarm to be ‘as Epic as Wings of Liberty’

Starcraft 2: Hearts of the Swarm to be ‘as Epic as Wings of Liberty’

Although the casual Starcraft gamer may not know it, Blizzard is going to release the entire Starcraft 2 experience in three stages. The base game, Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty, released earlier yest... Read More

UK Newspaper, The Guardian, Review Starcraft II- 4/5

UK Newspaper, The Guardian, Review Starcraft II- 4/5

UPDATE: NZGamer.com has also reviewed Starcraft II, and has given it a 9.8/10, saying "StarCraft II is the best RTS game released in YEARS and one of the best games on PC full stop." Praising it's vis... Read More

Blizzard talks about console projects

Blizzard talks about console projects

Blizzard is now teasing about a potential console game from them. Blizzard Entertainment’s VP and executive MD of internal operations Michael Ryder said, "Our heritage actually goes back to consol... Read More

StarCraft 2: Known Issues

StarCraft 2: Known Issues

Its been a few hours since StarCraft II hit the retail shelves and already there are a few technical issues. Over at the us.battle.net forums, these issues have been listed. Check them out below: K... Read More

BioWare Mythic will ‘never’ use RealID

BioWare Mythic will ‘never’ use RealID

Warhammer Online developer BioWare Mythic has stated that it will 'never' force it's gamers to use their real names on online forums. Last week, Blizzard performed an abrupt U-turn on their pre... Read More

StarCraft II reaches 800,000 pre-orders in the Americas

StarCraft II reaches 800,000 pre-orders in the Americas

With just one day to go, StarCraft II is becoming a hot property. According to vgchartz.com, the number of pre-orders have soared up to 800,000! The sequel to the most played game ever is expected to ... Read More

Wall Street Journal apologises for Starcraft blunder

Wall Street Journal apologises for Starcraft blunder

The WSJ has apologised after reporting an incorrect figure for the development costs of Starcraft II. It's original story reported that Starcraft II cost $100 million to create- but this was la... Read More

World of Warcraft movie still happening

World of Warcraft movie still happening

We all know that a movie based on World of Warcraft is under production. But there is hardly any news about it. Over at Comic Con Blizzard Entertainmen's Vice President of Creative Development Chris M... Read More

Starcraft 2 System Requirements Revealed

Starcraft 2 System Requirements Revealed

Starcraft 2 is just around the corner, and to all you who were wondering if your PC/Mac can even handle it, you can check the official system requirements right below: Minimum System Requirements:... Read More

Starcraft II: The Most Anticipated PC Game in Over a Decade Goes 3D

Starcraft II: The Most Anticipated PC Game in Over a Decade Goes 3D

There can be little doubt that the build up to the launch of Blizzard's Starcraft II is perhaps the most experienced for any game ever. The sequel to what has often been heralded as the greatest RTS o... Read More

World of Warcraft May Turn Into a Free-To-Play MMO

World of Warcraft May Turn Into a Free-To-Play MMO

Ever since big MMO titles such as Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons, Blizzard have started to think about making their famous pay-to-play MMO free as well. Tom Chilton, WoW's lead d... Read More