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StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm Released

Posted by Soulskill on from the now-with-more-zerg dept.

Today Blizzard launched its first expansion to StarCraft 2, titled Heart of the Swarm. When initially developing StarCraft 2, Blizzard made the decision to split the game into three parts, each with a campaign as long as the original StarCraft. The initial release in 2010, Wings of Liberty, centered on the story of the Terrans. The newly-released Heart of the Swarm is focused on the Zerg. The final release, Legacy of the Void, will dedicate its campaign to the Protoss (and does not have a projected release timeframe yet). In addition to the new campaign, new units have been introduced for multiplayer and new maps have been added, which ought to shake things up in the competitive landscape. Blizzard has also made long-awaited improvements to the social system, including support for groups and clans.

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  1. Re:Why am I at work? by Tukz · · Score: 5, Funny

    You got it all wrong, this campaign is played as zerg.
    Go home and kill some marines!

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  2. Nuclear Options? by DavidClarkeHR · · Score: 5, Funny

    If we really want to deter North Korea from developing nuclear weapons, we need to preemptively deploy SC2.

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    - Nec Impar Pluribus, or so I'm told.
    1. Re:Nuclear Options? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      North Korea and South Korea are two different countries.

      No, wrong. As any red-blooded, God-fearing REAL American knows, the nation of "Foreign" simply has a lot of different names because they're jealous of us.

  3. Re:Hope the Auth Servers are Running! by ildon · · Score: 5, Informative

    "AT RELEASE", SC2: Wings of Liberty had an offline "guest" mode that could play single player and custom maps, but could not play any multiplayer (no LAN support). It continues to behave in exactly this way.

  4. Re:Why am I at work? by joeyadams · · Score: 5, Funny

    Here I am working, when I could be playing. Thanks Slashdot, now I'm going to have to kill my ...

    Please get help. You have so much to live for.

    ... kill my productivity and go home and kill some zerg!

    Ohh, nevermind. Knock yourself out.

  5. Re:I just wish ... by Githaron · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I guess you have never been to a LAN party without internet.