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Blizzard Announces StarCraft 2

Posted by Zonk on from the my-life-for-aiur-again dept.

We'll be returning once again to the world of StarCraft, it appears, and not in the form of a Massively Multiplayer game. Blizzard has announced StarCraft 2 at their packed event in Seoul, South Korea. IGN is liveblogging the event, describing gameplay footage being played as well as full cinematics. From the description of ongoing events there are massive changes to the way the game plays, new units, a physics system within the game engine, and the capability to show over 100 units onscreen at a time. "Showing gameplay footage - Looks like protoss ships - floating over asteroid/ base structure - entering protoss ase - similar looking buildings - vespene gas still in the game - character pane shows up on right side - some protoss guy - shifts to terran bases floating on rockets over same type of territory - sill collecting crystals as resources - marines load out. Dustin is actually playing the game - nothing in the game is final." Additional coverage from Milky at 1up.

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  1. i for one... by legallyillegal · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...welcome our new ZERGLIasddAS24Y6JNGG-G--SAD9ODASIDAS98244128990WQA NO CARRIER

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    1. Re:i for one... by Clockworkalien · · Score: 5, Funny

      welcome our new overlord overlords?

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  2. Wow. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Even SC2 beat out Duke Nukem Whenever...

  3. May I be the first to say... by Karganeth · · Score: 5, Funny

    KEKEKEKEKE ZERG RUSH!

  4. My Wife for Hire!!!! by Steavis · · Score: 5, Funny

    ....Or was that "My life for Aiur!" I could never tell what those damn zealots were saying.

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    1. Re:My Wife for Hire!!!! by Rocketship+Underpant · · Score: 5, Funny

      "My life for Eire"? Irish nationalists, you know...

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    2. Re:My Wife for Hire!!!! by Lachrymite · · Score: 4, Funny

      The first time I saw someone playing WC3, I thought "My life for the Horde!" was "My wife is a whore!"

  5. Re:Starcraft 2 by solios · · Score: 5, Funny

    Word. I hated War3 - it slammed all of the most irritating elements of RPGs on top of an RTS and wound up being a severely unenjoyable experience as a result. I can't think of a Blizzard title I've enjoyed less.

    Hopefully Starcraft 2 is Improved Starcraft. If their previous release pattern is anything to go by, it should be. Then Starcraft 3 will suck ass, then we'll have World Of Starcraft, which won't suck.

  6. Another crisis averted by tehSpork · · Score: 5, Funny

    In other news, the rest of the world released a huge sigh of relief as the Doomsday Clock was turned back. A spokesman for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists was quoted as saying "A Starcraft MMO could have ended it all. We may never know how close we came to the complete and utter destruction of society as we know it."

    1. Re:Another crisis averted by Puff+of+Logic · · Score: 4, Funny

      Indeed. Penny Arcade's Gabe will also continue to be able to see his family.

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  7. Round 2 by Nihilgeist · · Score: 4, Funny

    StarCraft is back for more. Will my academic career survive this time?

  8. Appropriate use of a well-used quote by GFree · · Score: 5, Funny

    I, for one, welcome our new Zerg overlords.

    *whisper: dude, we don't have any overlords*

    SPAWN MORE OVERLORDS!

  9. oh god by chillax137 · · Score: 5, Funny

    i'm starting grad school next semester. i hope to god that sc2 is delayed long enough for me to get my phd.

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