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The original Terran campaigns of Starcraft 1 has been imported over to Starcraft 2 by fans on sc2mapster with all 10 original missions, soundtrack, dialogue, and voice acting. There were some significant differences however, a little twist has been added by the developer to create a more interesting gameplay.
"Formed in 2009, En Masse is comprised of talented veterans whose collective portfolio reflects the most recognised and celebrated IPs from leading companies including Blizzard Entertainment, Microsoft Corp., Electronic Arts Inc., ArenaNet and NCsoft. The first official En Masse title scheduled for release in North America and Europe will be the highly anticipated MMORPG PC title, TERA."
"An 18 year old Starcraft player has been reported as attacking a 15 year old girl. The gamer became angry when his internet connection wouldn't work and picked up a kitchen knife and headed into the street. When there he came into contact with a 15 year old girl who was on her way home from a party and laughing with a friend. He attacked her with the knife but despite several stabs her injuries were not life threatening.
The troubled teenager has now been sentenced to psychiatric care by t..."
"The largest event of its kind, BlizzCon is a celebration of Blizzard Entertainment’s Warcraft, Diablo, and StarCraft game universes and the global player communities surrounding them. At the closing ceremony on August 22, Ozzy will unleash a thunderous spectacle of rock to put the Lich King in his place and cement his own title as the one true Prince of Darkness."
"Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced plans for its fourth BlizzCon gaming convention, to be held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California on Friday, August 21st and Saturday, August 22nd. BlizzCon is a celebration of the global player communities surrounding Blizzard Entertainment's Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo universes. In response to the festival's increasing popularity, this year's event has been expanded from three convention halls to four."
"Show notes:
MIR-12 Agent killed - the story explained.
Asian girls don't be rude - have sex with that zombie dude! - Is this even viral?
Superbowl - James has money on the Cardinals, wtf!?!
Tiger Woods, Geoff Keighley, Major Nelson, Derek Jeter in Orlando Feburary 3rd
NEWS:
Analysts say Wii could see "sudden collapse"
Platinum Games loves NeoGAF fan ads
Sony: PS3 will remain the most expensive console - Time to let go of Blu-Ray?
Activision announces DJ Hero - Great..."
We've heard of colleges offering courses on Tolkien's fictional cultures and languages or studying the psychology behind porno. Well, here's a new one that really hits close to home with many gamers (and Koreans).
University of Berkeley, with their stellar reputation in various fields of research, is now offering a class about Blizzard RTS game, StarCraft.
Below is an excerpt taken directly from the course syllabus; more in source link.
Following up on the 1.16 patch released for StarCraft back in November, Blizzard has put out another -- 1.61 -- and it's yours for the taking. Not much different -- the main change seems to be improved processor handling.
This one's for Windows only at the moment, though the Mac version will be coming shortly. The game can be updated via Battle.net or ActionTrip/AtomicGamer.
"Patch 1.16 offers some optimizations: "[StarCraft] now only uses as much CPU as it needs to run smoothly." In-game chat (excluding whispers) is now saved in the replays. There's some bug fixes and the removal of several exploits including Terrans drop-anywhere nukes and some additional Zerg exploits as well."
Blizzard has apparently gone trigger happy with their ban hammers this season. Anyone who has taken Diablo 2 or Starcraft online knows there are a fair few people who cheat. (I myself encountering a another player in Diablo 2 who wouldn't die even when his health was drained five times over) Blizzard is fighting back now however banning over 350000 accounts between the two games. Along with over 7000 World of Warcraft players. I'd love to see their faces when they realize what's happened.
Ma Jae-Yoon "sAviOr" defeated fellow Korean pro-gamer Lee Yun-Yeol "NaDa" in two sets to win BlizzCon's pro Starcraft tournament with a nice $25,000 prize.
On the Warcraft side, Park Jun "Lyn" defeated Spanish pro Pedro Duran "Lucifron" twice to come out of the lower bracket and claim the first place finish.
Visit the source for the Starcraft finals, with full English commentary!
"The community demand was overwhelming, so we've decided to include it in the DG program as part of the RTS category.
If you recall, StarCraft was second place in the Digital Games voting poll, behind only Call of Duty 4, as the game of choice for the GGL community.
The community has spoken and we've listened. We have now included six of the top games from the original poll."
Starcraft is bringing the classic game from your computer to your table in the form of a board game. Take your pick of the three races and compete with up to 6 other players to rule the galaxy. The game will include over 180 plastic figurines, run by a card motivated combat system. The game seems to be releasing in September for the retail price of $79.95.
Lately within the last month or so there has been quite a bit of hype for Starcraft 2. Now, could this be a form a viral marketing on Blizzards side? you know, give out a couple rumors to a few "sources" and watch the wild fire of rumors fly.
Now, yet again there's more juicy rumors. This time with an exact date as to when it'll be officially talked about. You know, I don't see why Blizzard wouldn't put out a Starcraft 2. I mean sure, milk the first one for all its worth but you can't kee...
"It's been rumbling quietly and continuously in the distance for years - a sequel to one of the most popular real-time strategy games of all time, StarCraft. Murmurings, muted hints and subtle tells indicated that Blizzard were growing StarCraft 2 on the sly. Nothing has ever been confirmed, however, but the possibility has had our collective minds buzzing. For the sake of discussion, we've shied away from the outlandish, instead grounding our predictions in the realm of gameplay evolution, as..."
"According to Fighter Forum, StarCraft 2 continues the story of the original and adds a new race based on Kerrigan, making a total of four races. While that wouldn't be totally off the mark, we figured the new race would be more the super-race mix between Zerg and Protoss rather than Zerg and Terran or at least the mystically advanced Xel'Naga. The three older tribes will each be receiving around two additional units.
The report also claims that Blizzard plans to shut down its original Star..."
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