Warning: New StarCraft 2 screens

by James Ransom-Wiley { Jan 6th 2009 at 10:57AM }

click to embiggen (it's your funeral)

We're posting these new StarCraft II screens (we count six) with much reservation. After all, someone out there woke up this morning with no intention to die. But, having seen these new depictions of war-waging micro machines, this someone has triggered an inescapable obsession. Our friend will sit and stare until the eyes bleed, the throat dries and the body wavers. Eventually, this poor soul will keel over and, yes, drop dead. The doctors will call it many things: dehydration, exhaustion, heart failure. But we know the true cause. Love.

Gallery: Starcraft II

[Via Big Download]

Tags: blizzard, breakingnews, rts, starcraft, starcraft-2, starcraft-ii

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

green11420 @ Jan 6th 2009 11:08AM

Sweet!

acefondu @ Jan 6th 2009 11:13AM

Preeeety

Gorest Fump @ Jan 6th 2009 11:17AM

Starcraft is the coolest!

Deeznuts420 @ Jan 6th 2009 11:19AM

ohhhhh man i cant wait, those pictures look great

Zertoss @ Jan 6th 2009 11:20AM

These screens are seriously lacking. They require more vespene gas.

(You were expecting a joke about pylons, weren't you?)

Shmil @ Jan 6th 2009 1:14PM

SPAWN MORE OVERLORDS!

Zertoss @ Jan 6th 2009 1:25PM

GG, Shmil

Shmil @ Jan 6th 2009 3:25PM

the caps are necessary, I feel like the zerg overmind is yelling at me every time he says anything.

Zertoss @ Jan 6th 2009 4:37PM

I agree, that was part of your post's charm. Reminds me of Shado the Brain Thief.

Blank-Mage @ Jan 6th 2009 5:40PM

THAT'S MIND TAKING, BABY!

Shmil @ Jan 6th 2009 10:24PM

Or the Grand Galactic Inquisitor

IGNORE ME!

baby sea tuna @ Jan 6th 2009 11:21AM

Whoa. I think this game might have me rethink my no-games-on-my-PC policy.

A Pissed-off English Gamer @ Jan 6th 2009 11:49AM

A policy that should have been tore up and thrown in the bin as soon as you thought it.

AwesomeTown @ Jan 6th 2009 11:59AM

That's like having a no breathing policy.

Zertoss @ Jan 6th 2009 12:00PM

Do you also have a no-porn-on-my-internet policy?

megaben84 @ Jan 6th 2009 11:23AM

They are cruel bastards for announcing this SOOO LOOONG ago.
Any word on if its gonna be early or late 2009?

capt_carl @ Jan 6th 2009 11:30AM

Knowing Blizzard it's going to be a late (read Holiday) Q4 2009, or early Q2 2010 release.

Zertoss @ Jan 6th 2009 11:34AM

Starcraft 2 is only in alpha, IIRC, so I'm not sure if we can even expect it this year.

I'm confident we'll see it before Diablo 3, though.

2010 - Starcraft 2
2011 - First Starcraft 2 Expansion
2012 - Second Starcraft 2 Expansion, Diablo 3, Apocalypse

megaben84 @ Jan 6th 2009 11:40AM

I'm cryogenically freezing myself until 2010

Zertoss @ Jan 6th 2009 11:59AM

Just watch out for warring atheist factions when you wake up.

megaben84 @ Jan 6th 2009 12:09PM

Unlike the Wii, this one will be worth being frozen for.

baby sea tuna @ Jan 6th 2009 11:25AM

Btw, those pics need an editor. Somebody snuck shots of their WoW character in there.

knor @ Jan 6th 2009 11:37AM

boner, party of one

meist3r @ Jan 6th 2009 1:05PM

Zerg, party of millions

gravewolf @ Jan 6th 2009 11:40AM

ive been waiting for this game for ages...good thing Dawn of War 2 might be released earlier so i have something else to play while i wait.

Blazur @ Jan 6th 2009 11:41AM

These are OLD man, by at least a month...

baby sea tuna @ Jan 6th 2009 11:48AM

Shh. I think comments like that are grounds for a banning on here.

Shmil @ Jan 6th 2009 1:17PM

Banning? no, burning at the stake, yes.

BURN HIM!

Blazur @ Jan 6th 2009 1:50PM

Reports on SC2 are very slow at Joystiq, and at the rate the game is morphing anything seen in a screenshot is very likely obsolete by the time its posted.

Seriously, that fifth screenshot is from back in November I believe.

jackal @ Jan 6th 2009 12:30PM

They might be decent looking screen captures, but I'm still not going to support Blizzard and its decision to split one game into three. If "delivering the best experience possible" means "you pay full price thrice instead of once", they can go collectively blow donkeys in Tijuana for peso throwing perverts. Oh well...it just means I have more money to spend on Dawn of War II and Demigod.

Ihavepants @ Jan 6th 2009 4:12PM

Hmm, I don't understand the logic behind supporting Dawn of War 2 and then putting down Starcraft 2 for doing pretty much the same thing with its single player campaigns, except that we all know that SC2's story is going to be better.

Hashbrown Hunter @ Jan 6th 2009 12:32PM

Hey, Joystiq posted some new pictures of StarCraft 2. I guess I could take a small peek...

*Pop*

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jakka ( The Order of Haters of Balance) @ Jan 6th 2009 1:04PM

You think they're holding a national parade down in South Korea to celebrate those?

meist3r @ Jan 6th 2009 1:06PM

Oh no, two. And a national holiday ... Since no one is working anyway.

meist3r @ Jan 6th 2009 1:09PM

I already know the name of the first expansion for the expansion:

StarCraft 2: Drool Wars

9600baud @ Jan 6th 2009 1:21PM

higher res please, we dont use 800x600 12" monitors anymore.

playwhutyalike @ Jan 6th 2009 1:38PM

We don't?

BigD145 @ Jan 6th 2009 1:57PM

If only they'd package all of that up into one box.

Strategy_Panda (The Sandwich Poisoning Crew) @ Jan 6th 2009 2:23PM

this game has to much color.

Sign my petition to make the game more realistic:

http://tinyurl.com/6g9pyj

Blank-Mage @ Jan 6th 2009 5:43PM

Your comment has too few os. PETITION REJECTED!

Alien Lord @ Jan 6th 2009 3:11PM

I'll care about starcraft 2 when it gets a console port, 360 preferably. The Wii could do it but the 360 would do it better.

Blazur @ Jan 6th 2009 3:20PM

That ain't gonna happen as they've stated over and over, so if you care about the game at all you better expect to plug in a mouse and keyboard.

And what makes you think the Wii could handle this game, both graphically and with that controller?!?

WiiFTW @ Jan 6th 2009 3:38PM

Lol console port of SC2 that's very likely.

/s

But seriously, this game's interface would have to be completely redesigned to accommodate a controller. Not to mention Blizzard isn't a fan of console ports, so some other company would port it and probably would end up shitty even if it were ported.