starcraft ii: wings of liberty
PC

The Sacrifices Of StarCraft II Made In The Name Of Sports

StarCraft II could have been a prettier game, with massive Zerg Ultralisks and screen-filling Protoss Motherships. It could have been stuffed with new units like the Cybercat and Hercules transport ship. Blame designer Dustin Browder and eSports for making StarCraft II what it is: clear, simple, uncertain and a game that demands skillful players.

February 1, 2011
In Real Life

HaloCraft II Mixes Zerg With Master Chief

HaloCraft II: Arrays of Liberty is not a real video game. But the fantasy mash-up of Halo and StarCraft II does have a trailer.

January 26, 2011
News

You Can Now Test A Wacky Trio Of Official StarCraft II Mods

You can now play those official StarCraft II riffs (read: mods) on Bejeweled, Iron Chef and Left 4 Dead. These are just the beta versions, though. Blizzard explains rules and how to access the mods on their blog.

January 15, 2011
PlayStation

Sombre Sasquatches, Awful Nudity And Other Great Video Game Moments Of 2010

The bodies of dead little boys, the impact of extinction, the vicious torture of two of video game’s least likable characters and hundreds of death by spike… these are, strangely, my most memorable video game moments of 2010.

January 12, 2011
PC

StarCraft II’s Latest Upgrade Is Huge

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.

January 6, 2011
In Real Life

Some StarCraft Player Has The Best Girlfriend Ever

Adrienne Baginski’s boyfriend loves StarCraft II. Adrienne Baginski loves him, so she made him the most adorable plush rendition of a Protoss Probe she possibly could for Christmas. Lucky bastard.

December 22, 2010
PC

Hell, It’s About Time For The StarCraft II Demo

Five months after the release of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, Blizzard has released the real-time strategy game’s demo, a chance for those who didn’t get caught up in summertime StarCraft hype to try the game for free.

November 2, 2010
In Real Life

Two StarCraft II Players Look To Obama For Hope, Change

The Zerg and Protoss player base uses Comedy Central’s Rally to Restore Sanity And/Or Fear as a platform to bring sanity to StarCraft II multiplayer. He’ll get to it, guys, just like getting Arrested Development back on TV. Thanks, Jordan!

October 23, 2010
News

Blizzard To Release StarCraft II Mods ‘Left 2 Die’, ‘StarJeweled’

StarCraft II players will get four officially sanctioned mods for the real-time strategy title created by Blizzard, new map types that turn the sci-fi war game into a Bejeweled-like puzzler, a co-op survival game and a DotA-style multiplayer scenario.

October 8, 2010
News

StarCraft II’s Next Episode Still A Good 18 Months Out

Blizzard fans are a patient lot, so the gap between StarCraft II‘s future episodes focusing on the Zerg and Protoss races should be easy going. It’s only going to be about 18 more months before we see the next one.

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