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After years of waiting, it's finally here! Welcome to the release of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty! We hope you all enjoy the game. Let us know what you think about the game on the forums View the full article

Starcraft II finally has a released date. Mark your calendars for July 27th as the day Starcraft II enters the public's hands! Go to Starcraft2.com to preorder now! View the full article

It's been barely 2 months since Starcraft 2 Beta was revealed and Blizzard has already released Patch 5 for their much anticipated game. This new patch weakens the Zerg in certain areas as well as once again reducing the Protoss build times for their warp gate technology. View the full article

After long years of waiting and many periods of delaying, the Starcraft 2 BETA has been officially released! As of now, there are only around 2000 players in it, but expect to see lots of BETA footage to appease your lust to see the game. Those who were lucky enough to receive a BETA key, post your videos for all to see! Thanks! View the full article

And the news come rolling along! Head onto the Blizzard's Starcraft 2 site for some new information about the new Battle.net system that will be employed with the Starcraft 2 release. Furthermore, in Activision's conference call today, they announced that Blizzard's Starcraft 2 will be released mid-2010 along with the revamped battle.net system. Also, as Starcraft2forums.org pointed out, Mike Morhaime also happened to announce in the meeting that the Starcraft 2 beta will be announced THIS February! Hope they don't miss out on this deadline! View the full article

We are happy to announce that we have added a new language to our StarCraft II site. Italian speakers can now check out the latest news about StarCraft II in their own language. We have also added a landing page for our Polish community which will be expanded upon in the near future. In addition to translating the site into these two languages, we will also be releasing StarCraft II itself in Italian and Polish! Take a moment to check out the new StarCraft II sites and the new Battle.net forums for Italian, Polish, and Russian speakers! Italian website: http://eu.starcraft2.com/index.xml?locale=it_it Polish splash page: http://eu.starcraft2.com/index.xml?locale=pl_pl Italian media alert: http://eu.blizzard.com/it-it/company/press/pressreleases.html?100120 Polish media alert: http://eu.blizzard.com/en-gb/company/press/pressreleases.html?100120pl Additionally we received info from X answering a question whether or not we will be able to swap between langauges in-game: First of all, we are of course also localizing in Russian, since this has been announced from the beginning, you can check out the Russian site here: http://eu.starcraft2.com/index.xml?locale=ru_ru We have also added russian forums today ( http://forums.battle.net/index.html?sid=3007 ) as well as Facebook ( http://www.facebook.com/StarCraftRU ) and Twitter ( http://twitter.com/starcraft_ru ) pages that will soon fill up with more content. Concerning switching between languages, to start off you will have the language of the box that you purchase. We are planning on releasing language packs at some point, but this will not be for release. We will get information on this to you most likely after release of StarCraft 2. View the full article

A new featured story regarding the Mothership has been posted on the official StarCraft 2 website. Go check it out for an interesting read! http://www.starcraft2.com/features/story/mothership.xml View the full article

Teamliquid had an opportunity to interview StarCraft II lead designer Dustin Browder. This long interview features some really cool information about the development of the game and about Dustin Browder himself. Be sure to take a look by clicking here. View the full article

Cidra just released Batch 55 over at Battle.net 5. In lore Protoss warp in their units and buildings from some far planet. Will there be any mechanic that reflects this such as a "warp out" that could act as a refund? We do not have any plans to include a warp out game mechanic. We have discussed the possibility of this in the past, but it felt too similar to the Terran mechanics of being able to salvage the structures. Be sure to read the rest and tell us what you think at the forums. View the full article

Fellow SCZ member DapixX is covering WCG 2009 in the linked thread, Includes match-ups, results, and replays. Be sure to check it out! View the full article

Starcraft Legacy recently covered an event called "IgroMir", which by itself was interesting, check it out. Though the real news from this event is quite saddening. But if you know Blizzard, it won't really surprise you: Question from Audience: When is StarCraft 2 coming out? Chris Sigaty: Tomorrow (audience laughs) . Of course not. Normally at Blizzard we don't speak of dates. So far we're planning on making the beta-test next year. As soon as we feel that the game is ready, we'll release it. View the full article

As you may have noticed, StarCraftZone has gone multi-themed! That's right guys, on the bottom right portion of the header is the option of three themes based on the three StarCraft 2 races. There are still some quirks to iron out, such as not appearing properly when viewing the forums. All other pages should save your selected theme as the default theme unless you change it in the future. Additionally, the World Wide Invitational taking place in Paris, France is nearly upon us. Though none of our staff was able to fly out for the event, we are aiming to bring you coverage as fast as humanly possible via our dedicated WWI Coverage page. Be sure to tune in for that as the event gets underway this Saturday! Lastly, expect constant updates to our Gallery and Game Information pages as new information slowly trickles out from the event. Stay tuned! View the full article

Blizzard recently updated the official StarCraft 2 website with new information regarding the Zerg's homeplanet, Char. Statistical information is given and a brief synopsis of the charred landscape the Zerg call their home. Char was formerly one of the thirteen core worlds of the Confederacy, but it is most notorious as the primary hive planet of the alien zerg. Upon its discovery, Char was found to be an inhospitable volcanic planet with thick ash covering most of its surface and tainting its acrid atmosphere. The hazardous environment is further intensified by extremely high levels of cosmic radiation from Char's volatile pairing of binary stars, a class VI F0 sub dwarf orbiting an M8 irregular variable. Char's elliptical orbit means whole regions of its sunward face can become molten seas during a close approach, with temporary islands forming in them due to rapid cooling as the planet swings away to the frozen outer reaches of the system. View the full article

With Spore soon to be released in September, Maxis will be releasing their Creature Creator toolset the 17th of this month to give us an early start on coming up with our own creatures we'll be able to import once the game hits store shelves. Though not available to the public just yet, maxis developers and other press have had the chance to create some creatures that have begun appearing on the official Spore community site. To my surprise, creatures closely resembling those from the StarCraft series are beginning to pop up! Click Here for more StarCraft creature look-a-likes! View the full article

Batch 40 of Blizzard's Q&A series has landed today and covers many areas in question regarding the technical gameplay elements of certain units. A question regarding the editor was also mentioned and gives us a little more insight into the freedom it will allow the mappers & modders among us! View the full article

Our friends over at sclegacy have written an interesting editorial on what could have happened during the ten years after the Brood War. A very interesting analysis crumpling up all the information we have had so far and theorizing the events that begin where Brood War took off. Definitely worth a read. View the full article

Blizzard's official blizzcast is finally here with Episode 3 and focuses much of its attention on the Zerg. Dustin Browder, Lead Designer for StarCraft 2 takes us a little behind the scenes on the struggles and challenges still facing the alien race and the work that still needs to be done on the sequel. Episode 3 of BlizzCast will take us deeper into the development of both StarCraft II and Wrath of the Lich King. We start out interviewing Dustin Browder, Lead Designer of StarCraft II, in our ‘Zerg Evolution into StarCraft II’ interview. Next, we interview Lead Designer of World of Warcraft, Jeff Kaplan, about dungeon and raid design for both World of Warcraft and its upcoming expansion, Wrath of the Lich King. Following, we bring on Joeyray Hall, Manager of Video Production, to chat with us about the magic that goes into the development of Machinima for World of Warcraft. To finish up, we have various insightful questions from the community answered by the Blizzard devs. View the full article

StarCraftCZ recently had an opportunity to ask Karune some questions. In this special batch, Karune gives us some interesting insights on how some Zerg units like the Nydus Worm or Baneling function. Read the full interview. View the full article

Blizzard announced today the winners for the ongoing "I <3 SC" contest that started back in early April. The top 50 winners were showcased along with images for the runner-ups and Blizzard employees themselves! Be sure to check it out here and to download the finished mosaic image. View the full article

Batch 39 is now available for viewing pleasure and focuses again on the many additions being made to the included map editor! Read on to find out more. View the full article

"Back by popular demand, and now with 50% more hall space for your convention- going enjoyment, BlizzCon officially returns to the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA, on October 10–11. Join us for another epic celebration -- meet your guildmates and fellow gamers from around the world; spend some quality time with current and upcoming Blizzard games; and partake in the contests, tournaments, and developer discussion panels that make up BlizzCon. Check out the press release to learn more, and stay tuned for further updates. The Latin American Spanish version can be found here." View the full article

Karune's Q&A 37 is here and provides many changes happening to various units throughout the game. The Nomad's Mine Drone ability has now been replaced in the current build with the Spider Mine which we all should know all too well. Other changes abound, so head on over here to check out the rest! View the full article

Blizzard has finally overhauled its online store, sporting a new look and providing all the merchandise you could want from their three juggernaught franchises! Also worth noting, is the ability to download any blizzard game you own by providing your cd key when you setup your blizzard account from the new store. A handy feature indeed! View the full article

Q&A 36 is here and focuses attention on the Zerg Baneling. Its size has now been increased to allow for better micromanagement and focus firing against it. Other noteable changes include the Protoss Hallucination ability getting 'buffed', which will make it cheaper to use in regards to mana cost and hallucinated units lasting anywhere from 2-3 minutes. Head here for the Q&A! View the full article

Blizzard has published the second part to their "The Story So Far" writings. This second installment takes us into the Brood War. "Tassadar's brave sacrifice had destroyed the Overmind, but countless rampaging zerg remained on Aiur and would surely overrun the surviving protoss. Zeratul offered sanctuary on Shakuras, the adopted home of the dark templar. Although the decision was difficult, Executor Artanis and the surviving members of the shattered Conclave agreed that their first duty was to save as many lives as possible ..." Read the full story over at StarCraft2.com. View the full article