Two great flavours of geek culture collide in this custom map for Blizzard’s RTS super-success. Starrcaft player/modder Kenneth Tran’s built an homage to Episode V of George Lucas’s space fantasy films, substituting planet Braxis for the icy world of Hoth where The Empire Strikes Back took place. On The Dominion Strikes Back, the Rebel faction must hold out for 45 minutes while the opposing Dominion faction must crush the Rebels. Tran’s work doesn’t map one-to-one to Empire Strikes Back, but does a nice job of imagining what a siege would feel like if you were fighting alongside Luke and the resistance. More »
The first 30 seconds might be a little slow, but once the music starts you will happy you stuck around — even if I’m not sure what the music has to do with Christmas or Starcraft 2. More »
Welcome to Training With The Pros, a week-long series where we’ll be talking to some of Australia’s best professional gamers to find out who they are and what tips they have for those aspiring to play at their level. First up is Andrew “mOOnGLaDe” Pender, the top-ranked StarCraft II player in all of South East Asia. More »
It’s only 45 seconds long, but you may still want to sit down. More »
David Zhou noticed the resemblance between the open titles of HBO’s Game of Thrones and the maps of an RTS. And what do you know? A StarCraft 2 movie (created by Zhou) set to the GoT intro music looks pretty great. More »
Blizzard has released a big update for StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, adding new chat channels, customisable hotkeys, a Master League tier and an “extreme” graphics option. More on balance changes and bug fixes at Battle.net.
