StarCraft II: Pricing Details, Collector’s Edition Goodies, Box Arts

There is now confirmation that a Collector’s Edition for StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty exists.

Items that it contains include StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, a 176-page art book, a 'Thor' unit pet for World of WarCraft, the original StarCraft plus the Brood War expansion on a USB thumb drive shaped like Jim Raynor's dog tag, behind-the-scenes DVD, the official StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty soundtrack CD, StarCraft comic book issue #0, and exclusive Battle.net downloadable content.

This is said to be one of the best collectors editions ever, and for good reason. There’s a lot of good stuff there. The Collectors Edition goes for $99.99 and is no doubt a retail product only. The standard edition is $59.99. [1]

 

Wings of Liberty is the first in a trilogy in StarCraft II, with Zerg and Protoss campaigns to come later, after the game is released this year. So far StarCraft II is in closed beta, which just received a patch the other day, resulting in some game balancing.

It’s also been confirmed that unlike Command& Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight, StarCraft II will be playable offline, and doesn’t require any of this always online, new DRM malarkey. You only need to activate it once with a Battle.net account. There won’t be any LAN play though [3].

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Source: [1] Shacknews - [2] Examiner [Box Arts] - [3] Fudzilla

StarCraft II: Pricing Details, Collector’s Edition Goodies, Box Arts

StarCraft II Beta Started, Proper Specs Revealed

Everyone is excited, because the multiplayer beta test for StarCraft II, the sequel to one of the most acclaimed strategy titles ever, has begun.

And you remember when that placeholder was put up, that gave the incorrect system specs for the beta, and it was actually found that those specs belonged to World of WarCraft. They did seem easy going for a game coming out in 2010 (hopefully).

These are the real specs for the beta:

- Windows XP SP3/Vista SP1/Windows 7
- 2.2 Ghz Pentium IV or equivalent AMD Athlon processor
- 1 GB system RAM/1.5 GB for Vista and Windows 7
- 128 MB NVidia GeForce 6600 GT/ATI Radeon 9800 PRO video card
- 1024x768 minimum display resolution
- 4 GB free hard space (Beta)
- Broadband connection

Bet you can’t wait until the bloody game’s released though, right? Should be this year…

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Source: Big Download

StarCraft II Beta Started, Proper Specs Revealed

Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day...Apparently

Yes, this week I read that it's international Talk like a Pirate Day on the 19th of September (today), and of course it's been irritating wherever I go on the internet- I have to read text filled with such lovely clichés such as "Aaar", "Matey", "Aye", and so on.

They're even "celebrating" it in World of Warcraft.

You won't be reading any of those clichés here, don't worry.

The only good thing about today, and you might like this, is the fact that The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition is on sale today at 50% off at D2D

Speaking of Monkey Island, Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 3 will be out soon.

Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day...Apparently

Blame WoW for Delayed Games Like StarCraft II

StarCraft II's development started back in 2003. There was a playable version of StarCraft II as far back as 2005. It's 2009 now, and some say that the game might only make it next year.

What took so long? What delayed the game so much?

World of WarCraft- part of Blizzard's other best-selling franchise.

And it may not be an isolated case. Back in 2008 in an interview with Jace Hall, 3D Realms' George Broussard jokingly said that DNF was delayed because of playing World of WarCraft. Oh well, if that's true, at least they paid for it in the end.

Sony Online Entertainment will shut down The Matrix Online for good this month- maybe Blizz should do that with WoW, or at least prevent developers working on an important project that should have been out years ago from playing it.

Blizzard claims that team members were designated to "work" on WoW, and StarCraft II consequently took a back seat, basically.

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News: WOW held up StarCraft II for a year

Blame WoW for Delayed Games Like StarCraft II