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Blizzard VP: Starcraft 2 Trilogy on the 3-year plan

Kevin Kelly — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:00:00 EST

Filed under: Mac, PC, Action, Online, Strategy

Blizzard's Vice President of Game Design Rob Pardo wants us to think about Starcraft 2's two followups, containing the Zerg and Protoss single player campaigns, as expansion packs, so does that mean they won't contain as much gameplay as the Terran-based initial game? Plus, you'll have to wait at least whole year between "expansions." Said Pardo, "With any luck, it would be like a year for each successive one, but that's going to be a target date, that's not a promise."

Since SC2 won't be out until 2009, you won't be able to play the Protoss single player until at least 2011. That's a long time to wait. Check out what Rob said after the break, and start yer speculatin'.

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BlizzCon 2008: New Starcraft II gameplay footage and images

Kevin Kelly — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:30:00 EST

Filed under: Mac, PC, Online, Strategy, Video, Galleries

Been itching for some Zerg action? Now you have it, in video form. Check out the new Starcraft 2 video above, and the new screenshots down below, straight from BlizzCon. We'll have a full hands-on with Starcraft 2 and the Zerg experience later.

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BlizzCon 2008: The costume and dance contest

Kevin Kelly — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:00:00 EST

Filed under: Culture, Mac, PC, Action, Adventure, RPGs, Video, MMO, Fashion, Galleries

One day of BlizzCon is already behind us, and with it came the announcement of the Wizard class for Diablo III, the fact that Starcraft II is going to be a trilogy, and the truism that World of Warcraft players really love their costume and dance contests.

Check out the video of the pants-off dance-off above, hit the links below that for some highlights, and then be sure and crawl through our galleries below for all that we've seen so far. Today brings more panels, more Diablo III news (omg wtf?!), and a closing ceremony featuring Patton Oswalt, Video Games Live, and Level 80 Elite Tauren Chieftain. We'll be bringing you audio and video, so keep watching.

Gallery: BlizzCon 2008: Costume Contest

Gallery: BlizzCon 2008: The Experience

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Blizzard's Bob Colayco explains why Starcraft II took so long

Andrew Yoon — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:30:00 EST

Filed under: PC, Strategy

Speaking at the AMD "Cinema 2.0" event in New York City yesterday, Blizzard's Bob Colayco took some time to talk about the shrouded-in-mystery Starcraft II. One of the more interesting points of the discussion: why it took so long for Blizzard to finally announce a sequel to the multi-million selling title.

Colayco noted that the original Starcraft was built on a 2D engine, in spite of the competition having largely switched over to 3D engines. The savings in processing were applied to larger, more epic battles with dozens of units being rendered on the screen at the same time. The crowded battlefield "captured the gamer's imagination more" than the barren fields of competing 3D games at the time, and helped cement Starcraft's place in videogaming culture.

In spite of their success, the team at Blizzard wasn't going to rush into a 3D Starcraft unless it could capture the same feeling of the original. "The truth is that only recently have we had this kind of 3D power where we're able to create a real Starcraft experience in 3D. What we want to see are hundreds of vehicles and creatures clashing on the battlefield, with dynamic lighting and shadows and all of these dazzling special effects -- that's the kind of gaming experience that our players expect from us."

Gallery: Starcraft 2

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News from the Starcraft II panel at the Blizzard Invitational

Dan O'Halloran — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:00:00 EST

Filed under: Features, PC, Strategy

Amid all the hype for Diablo 3, you may have missed hearing about the StarCraft II developer panel helmed by Blizzard's Rob Pardo at this weekend's Worldwide Invitational in Paris. Joystiq was there to catch all the details on the latest build of the game. See what team Blizzard had to say about the newfound power of the Zerg Queen, the upgraded Protoss Mothership and the reason behind de-emphasizing heroic classes. All this after the jump.

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Starcraft II WWI '08 panel part 4: Q&A

Dan O'Halloran — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:25:00 EST

Filed under: Features, PC, Strategy

Q&A with Rob Pardo
Q: How will the planet systems be used?
A: The star map in the story campaigns is you mission selector. You will explore the story and have a lot of different paths to follow. You can choose from 2-7 missions depending on where you are in the story. There is a starmap in all three campaigns. but different for each race. For example, in the Terran campaign you will take a lot of mercenary missions for money to pay for technology.

Q: What role will hero and multiclass players play?
A: We are de-emphasizing heroes in Starcraft2. That's what Warcraft 3 is for. There will be some missions where you play named characters like Raynor, but not much. Mostly dialogue and story characters, not much as gameplay chars.

Q: Is the Zerg building infestation ability working on Protoss?
A: Yes.

Q: Will there be an Apple and PV version release at same time?
A: Yes, all of our PC games will also be available on Macs.

Q: Is there a Terran version of Queen/Mothership
A: No. Mothership not as unique as Queen and players can build multiple Motherships.

Q: What role is the roach unit supposed to have?
A: It doesn't have much health, but it does have very high regeneration. Its good to go up against enemy units with low damage output like marines, zealots, etc.

Q: Is the black hole still planned for the Protoss?
A: It used to be on the Mothership, but was taken away when the Mothership became a defense unit in the development of the game. It may come back later in a different way in the development process but no promises.

Q: What lies ahead in the evolution of units?
A: The Terran Thor unit is hard to find a role for. Right now it is much like the sieg tank/battle cruiser. It could get more abilities to differentiate it.

Q: The Merc Haven can't train reavers, just enables you to build them. Why?
A: The Merc Haven has gone through five or six designs, but we never fell in love with one. It needs more tinkering.

Q: What kind of units will come out from Protoss infested buildings?
A: I misspoke earlier. They [the Zerg] cannot infest Protoss buildings, but we're still deciding for sure.

Q: Will the Ghost unit get telekenisis or telepathic abilties like in the books and manga?
A: There is much experimentation right now with the unit and it's centered around the lore. There is a good chance, yes.

Q: Is it possible to play the story line in co-op mode?
A: No. It's been discussed, but it's too difficult to have two players both be the main character.

That's all from Paris. We'll have some hands-on write ups with the new Zerg demo they have set up. Check back soon.

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Starcraft II WWI '08 panel part 2: Protoss

Dan O'Halloran — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:23:00 EST

Filed under: Features, PC, Strategy

The Protoss are a force to be reckoned with
Pardo moved on to talk a bit about how the Protoss are progressing in the development of the game. Their psionics are the key theme to their race and Blizzard pushed that further, but also pulled back on the emphasis on spellcasting.

First he showed an example of their new force field ability used to control the battlefield. A video showed a swarm of zerglings rushing a Protoss base, but the Protoss force threw up a series of connected force fields that formed a funnel forcing the zergs into a choke point where they were easily destroyed.

While high damage Protoss spells like Psi Storm are returning, Blizzard also wanted to introduce some early game casters. Nullifiers were mentioned. And Stalkers were given a teleport ability that had interesting strategic potential. In another video of game play, force fields were raised forcing an attacking army to go around it. The Stalkers then teleported themselves to the other side of the force fields, behind the attacking army, and took them out from behind.

The return of the Mothership
The Protoss Mothership also makes an appearance. While not as powerful as the Zerg Queen, it has been given powerful support abilities. It is now a mobile battlefield teleporter, able to zap in troops to wherever it is at. It is also heavily armored and has an emergency ability called Time Bomb which renders it immune from damage for a short period of time. Since it isn't as versatile as the Zerg Queen, Protoss players will be able to have more than one Mothership in play at once.

NEXT: The Terrans and the diminishing Hero ===>

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Happy (belated) 10th birthday to StarCraft

Alexander Sliwinski — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:00:00 EST

Filed under: Culture, Mac, PC

We know better than to upset StarCraft's Queen of Blades, the femme fatale Sarah Kerrigan, so we brought delicious and moist cake to apologize for celebrating the game's 10th birthday a day late. Blizzard posted a little note yesterday that on March 31, 1998, it gave birth to a little RTS called StarCraft ... and Korea would never be the same again.

Blizzard states that StarCraft has sold 9.5 million copies since release and admits a considerable amount of those sales occurred in South Korea, where the game continues to "enjoy unprecedented levels of popularity." Back in '98, StarCraft was revolutionary for introducing three distinct races, solid multiplayer supported by Blizzard's Battle.net and a variety of other things we pretty much now take for granted. StarCraft II is expected whenever Blizzard gets around to releasing it -- yup, that's the best way to put it.

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Blizzard's Worldwide Invitational invades Paris this June

Alexander Sliwinski — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:00:00 EST

Filed under: Culture, Mac, PC, RPGs, Strategy, Competitive Gaming

Tickets for the 2008 Blizzard Entertainment Worldwide Invitational convention and tournament being held in Paris, France, will go on sale this Thursday The event will be at the Porte de Versailles Exposition Centre on June 28 and 29, with tickets costing €70 / £55 ($110). Attendees will get hands-on time with WoW expansion Wrath of the Lich King and StarCraft II.

The tournament will have $100,000 in prizes, but all we really care about is the big announcement. Blizzard has a habit of revealing big things at its special events, as it did at last year's invitational in Korea when it announced StarCraft II. Then again, Blizzard could just make us sad Pandaren by neglecting to reveal anything at all.

[Via WoW Insider]

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Starcraft II: Zerg video and info dump

Alexander Sliwinski — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:00:00 EST

Filed under: Mac, PC, Strategy

The Queen of Blades' return in StarCraft II slowly approaches -- very, very, slowly approaches. Following the release of the Zerg race trailer in Korea (naturally), a non-shaky-cam version can now be enjoyed (above). We've also posted videos of Zerg gameplay footage after the break.

IGN has a list of Zerg units and buildings currently known and Blizzard has also posted a lot information in its forums. Finally, GameVideos has footage of the Hydralisk burrowing and the Mutalisk in action. For those desperately waiting for a StarCraft II release date, more information is expected to hit later this year at BlizzCon.

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StarCraft 2's Zerg finally revealed

Justin McElroy — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:45:00 EST

Filed under: PC, Strategy

The biggest news about StarCraft II so far has come to us from Korea, and today is no exception (man, we're so jealous, Koreans get all the breaks) with the introduction of the Zerg race at the Grand Intercontinetal Hotel of SamSeongDong in Seoul.

Besides the above shaky-cam trailer, Blizzplanet has harvested tons of screenshots and information for you to rabidly consume right here. There's also a long video of Zerg gameplay which you can see right after the break. So, what's the word, StarCraft die-hards? Do you approve?

[Thanks, Foetoid]

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Rumor: Northrend could be next World of Warcraft expansion

Alexander Sliwinski — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:00:00 EST

Filed under: PC, Online, RPGs, MMO

Before we proceed, please take this with a brick of salt -- ready? Let's go. WoW Insider received information from an anonymous tipster that the Video Games Live orchestra will be performing three pieces called "Northrend 1, 2,and 3" at next week's BlizzCon. WoW Insider dug deeper and found the track names do not appear on Warcraft II, Warcraft III, World of Warcraft or the Burning Crusade soundtracks. This could mean the continent of Northrend will finally come into play in the next expansion and gamers will be able to take on Warcraft III's anti-hero/villain (depending on your perspective), the fallen Prince Arthas, who now sits on The Frozen Throne.

World of Warcraft has left two major sections of Warcraft III's story open, one of which, if the information is solid, will hopefully be tied up in a battle with Arthas. The other being the glowing pink sparkly bubble protecting the city of Dalaran, which has taunted WoW players for over two years. Then again, Blizzard can take its sweet time, it's not like they're hurting for players, and introduce The Emerald Dream or take on the expansive ocean in the next expansion. BlizzCon starts next weekend and Joystiq, along with WoW Insider, will be there covering it to let you know about the latest from Blizzard's franchises.

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New Starcraft II Terran units revealed via Swedish magazine

Ross Miller — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:45:00 EST

Filed under: Mac, PC, Strategy

If updates to the official Starcraft II website aren't coming fast enough, Swedish game magazine Super Play (via Battle.net and later confirmed by a Blizzard representative) managed to glean some new information about the Terran units.

As the representative said, "nothing you see here is final," and more information will be revealed in the coming months. What you do see, here, however, is an upgrade to the Terran headquarters that gives it a missile system, supply depots that can sink underground to allow passage over and a heavy aircraft that transforms into into a walking mech, among others. The scans are a bit grainy, but if you look closely at official screenshots you'll see a glimpse of few of these units.

[Via GosuGamers; thanks, Nielson]

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StarCraft II playable at BlizzCon

Alexander Sliwinski — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 19:25:00 EST

Filed under: Culture, PC, Strategy

For Aiur! If you missed out getting your tickets to BlizzCon, this news will probably be even more disappointing. Blizzard informs us that StarCraft II will be playable at the Aug. 3-4 BlizzCon event being held at the Anaheim Convention Center in California. Demo stations will be set up at the convention and attendees will even be able to experience multiplayer battles.

Now, Blizzard is notoriously slow and anal about their games. Does this demo mean that StarCraft II is further along than we thought? Let's just keep calm and say no for now. It's always safer to do that with Blizzard. Attendees of E3 2005 got to play StarCraft: Ghost ... and look what happened to that. Yup, it's better for StarCraft fans attending BlizzCon to think of this as a bonus, but it's nice to dream the game is further along than anybody guessed.

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New Starcraft II details from PC Gamer

Ross Miller — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:53:00 EST

Filed under: Mac, PC, Online, Strategy

The cover story of the latest PC Gamer is all about Starcraft II. The feature highlights the development process and decision-making and shows an ample amount of Protoss units, including old-hats such as the Reavers, Templars and Archons.

Other tidbits:

Hero units will not be as important or require as much management as they did in Warcraft III.
The current plan is to keep the unit cap at 200. In terms of unit higlighting, the development team is testing the option to let you select an unlimited of units at the same time.
Blizzard consulted with top competitive SC and WCIII players from Korea for the balance and design process.
The ideal SCII match will last less than 20 minutes.
No decisions have been made as to minimum system requirements, but Blizzard has always made games for a wide range of computers. The team did note that a Shader Model 2.0-compatible graphics card will be required. (That's GeForce FX, Radeon 9000 or better, PC Gamer reports.)

Everything we've previously seen or read, the feature stressed, is subject to change. Here's hoping we get some more information (or hands-on time) at this year's BlizzCon. The latest PC Gamer is on newsstands now.

Gallery: Starcraft 2

[Thanks, Einhanderkiller]

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Readers pick best webcomic: crafty

Ross Miller — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 16:25:00 EST

Filed under: Culture, Mac, PC, Online, Strategy, Polls

Ctrl+Alt+Del's take on the Starcraft 2 announcement earned top honors in this week's webcomic wrapup. The punchline may have been explained a bit too much, as many of the commenters noted, but it didn't ruin the joke.

Second and third place go to RPG-TV and Weird Comix, respectively. Thanks to everyone who voted and be sure to let us know of any game-related webcomics you stumble upon this week!

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BlizzCon attendees to get beta key for 'upcoming Blizzard game'

Ross Miller — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 17:54:00 EST

Filed under: Culture, Mac, PC, Online, RPGs, Strategy, MMO

Another great reason to hit up BlizzCon August 3 and 4 at the Anaheim Convention Center: all attendees will receive, in addition to other swag, a beta key for "an upcoming Blizzard game."

Though nondescript, our initial reaction is to think the beta is for Starcraft II -- a very likely candidate, given its recent unveiling, its perceived progress, and that Blizzard has yet to reveal any other upcoming titles. However, the secretive developer could also be working on, say, a World of Warcraft expansion. We're not getting our hopes up until Blizzard announces what game is being beta tested.

Also revealed as swag for the event is the pictured Murloc Suit that you can give your WoW avatar. Other swag will be "announced in a future update."

[Via WoW Insider]

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Interview with StarCraft 2 cinematic creative director

John Bardinelli — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 11:29:00 EST

Filed under: Mac, PC, Strategy

Blizzard's official StarCraft 2 website has just been updated with an interview with Nick Carpenter, the game's cinematic creative director, chewing the fat over the technology behind the recently released trailer. The biggest point of discussion was on the balance of in-game cut-scenes, which will be "near-cinematic quality" thanks to the game's graphics engine, and pre-rendered cinematics. Carpenter also revealed that the tools Blizzard is using to create the cut-scenes will be made available to players for modding purposes, which should elicit reactions of the "WOO HOO!!!" variety.

[Via CVG]

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No StarCraft 2 this year

John Bardinelli — Thu, 31 May 2007 12:00:00 EST

Filed under: Mac, PC, Strategy

In an interview with MSNBC, Bizzard's vice president of game design Rob Pardo reveals some juicy details about the development of StarCraft 2. The first design steps were taken back in 2003, nearly five years after the release of the original game. It wasn't until 2004 that development was in full-swing. The team also considered adding a fourth race to the mix but in the end decided to stick with the tried-and-true trio.

And the question everyone wants to know: when will we get to play StarCraft 2? Pardo initially responded with Blizzard's usual response: "It'll ship when it's ready." A gentle coaxing later, he elaborated with "The only thing I can give you [that's] concrete is it's not going to be this year."

Joystiq am cry.

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Hidden images in Starcraft II trailer

Justin McElroy — Fri, 25 May 2007 08:15:00 EST

Filed under: Hacks, PC, Strategy, Video

From the "We Can't Believe This Didn't Come From Korea" file, a group of eagle-eyed Hungarian gamers have spotted a couple of hidden pictures in the Starcraft II trailer released last weekend. The two images, which we'd bet are Blizzard staffers, can be found by freezing the video (HD version here) at 0:02 and 0:12 and then shuttling through frames.

The first (seen above) is a large group enjoying some libations, the second (after the jump) looks like it might be lead designer Dustin Browder and some other dude. It's a fun easter egg, we're just a little sad that Korea was too busy picking up the pieces of the megaton-shattered nation to notice it for themselves.

[Via N4G.com]

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Joystiq Podcast 008 - Sony Gamer's Day edition

Christopher Grant — Fri, 25 May 2007 02:00:00 EST

Filed under: Nintendo DS, PC, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Podcasts, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360

After a short break marred by technical difficulties, Ludwig rejoins the podcast to go over the Halo 3 beta, the StarCraft 2 announcement, and Guitar Hero III. Song. By. Song. We also join up with Joystiq's Kevin Kelly who spent a couple days in San Diego at Sony's Gamer's Day event, to get the skinny on what Sony's got in store.

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Hosts: Christopher Grant, Ludwig Kietzmann, and Justin McElroy

Guests: Joystiq's Kevin Kelly

Music: "We Weren't Put Together" by David E. Sugar

Program:
0:05:10 - Halo 3 beta
0:13:41 - StarCraft 2
0:19:16 - Sony Gamer's Day 07 (see PlayStation Fancast for more detail)
0:21:08 - Little Big Planet, PlayStation Home, Pain
0:35:40 - WarHawk, Drake's Fortune, Heavenly Sword
0:44:35 - Socom Confrontation, Folklore, High Velocity Bowling
0:51:18 - Stranglehold, God of War: Chains of Olympus
0:57:58 - April NPD ("My Pokemans. Let me show you them.")
1:05:39 - PlayStation 3 1.80
1:08:44 - Guitar Hero III songs
1:22:05 - FIN

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Blizzard announces Starcraft II, Korea implodes with joy

Alexander Sliwinski — Sat, 19 May 2007 03:16:00 EST

Filed under: Mac, PC, Online, Strategy, MMO

It all lead up to this: StarCraft II. After months of speculation Blizzard announced today at their World Wide Invitational in Korea that their next big project is StarCraft II for PC.

Blizzard president Mike Morhaime says, "With StarCraft II, we'll be able to do everything we wanted to do with the original StarCraft and more ... We recognize that expectations are high following the long-running popularity of the original game, but we plan to meet those expectations and deliver an engaging, action-packed, competitive experience that StarCraft players and strategy gamers worldwide will enjoy." Meanwhile, IGN's man in Korea, Charles Onyett says, "SC2 looks, at least visually, strikingly similar to SC1 - both in unit and map designs."

This has been Blizzard's longest gap between releases. Blizzard had a consistent two-year release schedule (not including expansion packs) since 1994 with the original WarCraft. That streak was broken in 2006 when StarCraft: Ghost was ~~killed~~ indefinitely postponed. Although no release date has been given for StarCraft II, hopefully gamers won't have to worry about another installment of the series being "postponed."

Gallery: Starcraft 2

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Does Blizzard need a little help with StarCraft 2?

Joystiq Staff — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 15:25:00 EST

Filed under: Culture, PC, Online, Strategy, Competitive Gaming, Business

A Joystiq tipster has pointed us to a Blizzard job posting for a "Level Designer" with "experience building levels using any popular 3D Real-Time Strategy game toolset."

Hmmmm, any popular RTS you say? Based on pure speculation and phenomenal hope, could this ad be for someone to join a team that is developing the as-yet-unannounced StarCraft 2?

We would have to assume so, since it has been soooo long since the original StarCraft first blessed us with its appearance. Blizzard would be a fool not to be currently working on its successor. The thing is a guaranteed monster hit in waiting!

[Thanks, Skarabrae]

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