Eyes-on: Seven minutes of Starcraft 2 multiplayer footage
by Kevin Kelly 
{ Jun 29th 2009 at 10:15AM } 
Seven minutes and six seconds, to be exact. That's pure, raw, Starcraft 2 footage coming at you just beyond the break, and it features Terran, Zerg, and Protoss units going at it. If you're still not sated, try out the direct video file here (it's 250MB), free from flash encoding.
See how much you can resist trying to move the screen around with your own mouse, continually forgetting that – alas! – it's just a video. For us it happened right at the very end when that swarm of Ultralisks started pounding on that poor Terran Command Center. Ouch.
To kill time until the game ships (hopefully) later this year, be sure to check out our new hands-on with the multiplayer and our interview with lead producer Chris Sigaty, both coming later today, and the new images in the gallery below.
Gallery: Starcraft II (6/29/09)
Download in HD (250MB)
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Hyperactiveman @ Jun 29th 2009 10:30AM
Looks like i have to improve my micro...
jynxycat @ Jun 29th 2009 10:49AM
:OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Need more pylons ?
Need new underwear.
Mindmusik @ Jun 29th 2009 11:58AM
Just the underwear? I creamed myself completely
Frivolous @ Jun 29th 2009 10:58AM
Anyword on beta keys today?
Gaspartacus @ Jun 29th 2009 11:02AM
The direct download link isn't working. :-(
Kevin Kelly @ Jun 29th 2009 11:05AM
Yeah, I just got a "You hosed our bandwidth!" email from Dropbox, where I was hosting the file. Working on a fix!
jynxycat @ Jun 29th 2009 11:12AM
Hosting it from dropbox ? Don't they have a tiny ass bandwidth limit =s
ps. Dropbox is an amazing service, and I use it daily ^_^
Kevin Kelly @ Jun 29th 2009 11:17AM
Apparently they do. I ignored the fine print. We're working on getting it up on Big Download. Shouldn't be much longer.
Christopher Grant @ Jun 29th 2009 12:34PM
It's up on BigDownload!
JP @ Jun 29th 2009 11:47AM
Impressive!
Damn Blizzard won't give us a date...and they keep teasing us with these videos and battle reports....BASTARDS!
ImBakinBacon @ Jun 29th 2009 11:17AM
wow i like the new animations.
WANT
SugarDaddy @ Jun 29th 2009 11:18AM
Starcraft sucks!!
No, I'm just kidding. This game is looking so sweet. One thing I love is that the units seem to move so much more fluidly. For example, the ultralisks in the first game were so clumsy and that made them so difficult to utilize well. The ultralisks here move in giant packs and all travel up ramps and through bottlenecks with ease.
Things like this are what make the "starcraft 1.5" critics of this game completely bogus.
CJLopez @ Jun 29th 2009 11:53AM
pretty... i has more colors than thos i can remember off!!!!!
Aedus @ Jun 29th 2009 12:20PM
I hope this game runs on my computer. :#
Here's another mirror to HD footage for those who say link doesn't work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT_0IRNbN14&fmt=22
Arcaria @ Jun 29th 2009 1:03PM
Looks boring. The RTS genre hasn't changed at all, just brought in newer graphics.
Einhanderkiller @ Jun 29th 2009 1:57PM
Seriously?You are very ignorant.
Arcaria @ Jun 29th 2009 2:42PM
Really? Because you've played?
rTwelve @ Jun 29th 2009 3:01PM
>The RTS genre hasn't changed at all
>The FPS genre hasn't changed at all
>The JRPG genre hasn't changed at all
>The MMORPG genre hasn't changed at all
>The adventure genre hasn't changed at all
>Casuals haven't changed at all
ad infinitum.
Einhanderkiller @ Jun 29th 2009 5:22PM
Yes, I have played many games in the RTS genre which have innovated and evolved the RTS genre.
BFBeast666 @ Jun 29th 2009 5:32PM
Wow, more unintelligable swarms of colored... stuff. Not excited.
CUtiger329 @ Jun 30th 2009 6:27PM
Can not want to get this game.