In Real Life

Freakin’ Amazing StarCraft Statue Dropped Outside Blizzard Office

Blizzard’s company HQ has an enormous Warcraft statue out front. It’s incredible. Making it officially a “thing”, Blizzard’s offices in Versailles, France now have one too. Only it’s from StarCraft.


May 23, 2012
In Real Life

Even Activision Executives Joked That StarCraft II Was Never Coming Out

StarCraft was released in 1998. By 2010, three years after it had first been revealed, StarCraft II still wasn’t out. If you thought it was understandable that fans were wondering if it was ever actually going to come out, it’s pretty funny seeing even Activision’s top executives thinking the same thing.


May 8, 2012
PC

You’ll Be Able To Recover Crashed Games In The Next StarCraft II Expansion

Say your StarCraft II match ends prematurely, either by crash or lightning strike or murder or whatever. Right now, your only option is to suck it up and start a new game. But when Blizzard releases the expansion pack Heart of the Swarm, you’ll be able to recover a crashed match by loading up the replay and jumping back in.


April 28, 2012
PC

Starcraft II’s Heart Of The Swarm To Make Its Multiplayer Debut At MLG In June

IN BRIEF: Heart of the Swarm, the first expansion for Blizzard’s Starcraft II, will be in playable beta at this year’s MLG pro gaming championship in Anaheim, which runs from June 8-10.


April 27, 2012
PC

Go Type ‘Zerg Rush’ Into Google

You’ll like what you get. Especially if you’ve ever wanted to see what your APM is outside of an actual StarCraft game!


In Real Life

StarCraft Champ Might Be Wrecking His Body, And He’s Not Getting Married

In professional Korean gaming, they don’t get much bigger than Lim Yo-Hwan, aka “BoxeR”. His fan club has a million members, he has big time endorsements, and he is dating famed actress Kim Ga-yeon. He’s known as the “The Terran Emperor”.


April 19, 2012
PC

Disconnect At The Global StarCraft League Finals Has Fans Shouting ‘We Want LAN!’

That Team Prime’s MarineKing won the Global StarCraft II League finals held during the Starcraft II IPL 4 tournament in Las Vegas earlier this month comes as no surprise to fans of competitive gaming. The fact that he might have lost if not for a last-minute dropped connection, on the other hand…


April 12, 2012
PC

StarCraft II’s Next Chapter Has Already Lost A Couple Of Units

In an update on the game’s official site, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm developers Blizzard have outlined some changes that have been made to the sequel/expansion during the process of testing.


PC

StarCraft II Ladder Enters Its Seventh Season

The real-time strategy game’s official multiplayer mode is now up to season seven, Blizzard announced today. Rankings will be reset once again. So now’s your chance to prove to the world that you deserve better than Bronze. [Blizzard]


March 16, 2012
PC

From RPM Racing To Diablo III: A Timeline Of Blizzard’s No-Rush Release Schedule

With the long-awaited Diablo III due out in May some 12 years after the release of Diablo II, we decided to take a look back at the release history of the company that puts out a new game “When it’s done”.