Hmmm, second piece of Zerg-related news I’ve posted today; I think my psyche is trying to tell me something. The Zerg are awesome; they are my race of choice when playing StarCraft II. Sadly, I suck. A lot. What’s more, according to new stats released on Battle.net, my love for the Zerg is not necessarily something that is echoed amongst …
In case you haven’t noticed, World of Warcraft is still going as strong as ever and late night soda drink addiction rates are about to go up even more. A press release from Megarom has confirmed that the new expansion World of Warcraft: Cataclysm will hit local retailers on December 7, meaning that many family’s holidays will be completely ruined …
Chris Sigaty, lead designer of StarCraft 2, has confirmed that there will be no StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm at this year’s Blizzcon, which takes place in a little over a month at the Anaheim Convention Centre in California. Well, can’t say I’m surprised, this is Blizzard we’re talking about. Last Updated: September 27, 2010
StarCraft 2, the Blizzard-created sales behemoth, is going to see its first big update today. Included in this update is support for left-handed players, support for NVIDIA 3D Vision, additional mod and map making functionality, and the usual slew of balance changes. Note, the patch will be going through a 6 hour maintenance period tomorrow, from 5am to 11am PDT, …
South Koreans are absolutely crazy for Starcraft and when you see some of the stats attached to the infographic after the jump, you will know what I mean. How about the fact that the average South Korean Starcraft pro gamer makes 3 times as much as the average salary, or the fact that their heartbeats sometimes reach heights that equal …
Review by Marius “Stripe” van der Merwe – Mint Gaming SC2 player Starcraft. The first title was released more than a decade ago, followed by the expansion: Brood Wars. It is one of the best selling games of all time, and in some countries namely Korea, one of their biggest national sports. It defined real-time strategy (RTS) and its standards. …
This is pretty much a no brainer but Blizzard has announced that StarCraft has instantly become the fastest selling strategy game of all time and the best selling PC game of 2010 in less than 24 hours. According to Mike Morhaime, CEO and co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment, they launched StarCraft 2 in 11 different languages and over 5 continents on …
That isn’t a sensationalist headline, Starcraft 2 is, in its current state, capable of making your graphics card overheat and turn itself into a very expensive soup. Starcraft 2 developers Blizzard seemed to have somehow overlooked a tiny detail in their code, and the results can be, well… expensive. The issue is pretty simple in that Blizzard somehow forgot to …
City life is a game of optimality. In the small studio apartments of Vancouver …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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