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StarCraft II Beta Signups Open

Posted by Soulskill on from the time-to-zerg-the-servers dept.

motang writes "StarCraftWire reports that Blizzard has started taking beta sign-ups for StarCraft II. Quoting: 'Interested parties must simply visit their Battle.net profile page, choose to opt-in for the beta, and re-submit their current system specs by way of a small downloadable piece of software.' Blizzard's Chris Sigaty said in an interview, 'As with previous betas for our real-time strategy games, the StarCraft II beta test will be multiplayer only, and players will have access to all three races — terrans, protoss, and zerg — and all of their units. We'll include a selection of multiplayer maps, but they won't necessarily include all of the maps that will be in the final version of the game. We're making some great progress on the single-player campaign, but we don't plan to do a public beta since we want to keep the story under wraps until the game's out.'"

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  1. Back into the Internet Lexicon... by GPLDAN · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I was beginning to feel old when I used the term "Zerg Rush" to describe anything involving lots of people swarming to get at something. By younger IT colleagues would roll their eyes at the "old man" with his dated terms.

    Now there will be a new generation of geeks who will learn the power of the Zerg...

  2. Not just Starcraft 2 by FLEABttn · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's worth noting that this beta signup also allows you to opt into Diablo and Warcraft universe beta testing as well.

  3. Are there riots in Korea ? by linzeal · · Score: 5, Funny

    Seriously, I am more scared of South Korea going ballistic over Starcraft 2 than North Korea having the technical aptitude to get an ICBM together.

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  4. Great service from Blizzard! by Aggrajag · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I registered my old Starcraft cd-key from 1998 for the first time and was really surprised when a) it actually worked b) I could download a whole new installer with Brood War included. I had a similar surprise when I registered my old Half-Life cd-key with Steam and got all the HL1 based games for free.