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Blizzard has confirmed Starcraft II has sold more than 3 million copies worldwide in the first month of release.
This follows on from first week sales that made the game the fastest selling strategy game of all time with the game shifting 1.5 million copies in the first 48 hours.
“We appreciate all the enthusiasm that players around the world have shown for StarCraft II,” said Mike Morhaime, CEO of Blizzard Entertainment. He added, “It was important to us to deliver an overall gameplay experience that was accessible, balanced, and fun, and it’s been gratifying to see how strongly the global community has already embraced the game.”
As the game has received critical acclaim it’s little wonder that after the inevitable initial flurry of sales Starcraft II continues to fly off the shelves.
A quick heads-up to the StarCraft: Incgamers community about the server outages. We are aware of the problem and we have been working flat-out to get to the bottom of the issue. Fingers crossed we will have this licked within the next 24 hours. Apologies for any inconvenience this is causing.
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UGDB: One of your latest projects is the sequel to StarCraft – StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. Are you familiar with the game and the universe? What is it like to be an orchestrator for one of the most awaited games in the history of video gaming, known not only for its competitive gameplay, but also really great music?Penka Kouneva: Yes, naturally. I love real-time strategy games and adore sci-fi. (My dad is an engineer and I have inherited his gene for strategic thinking). I did play StarCraft, and would also watch the video walkthroughs. I feel enormously inspired by all music that Blizzard incorporates in its games: StarCraft II with its modern, edgy music and epic, engaging Main Theme as well as World of Warcraft and its fantasy/epic scores. I’ve been incredibly lucky to have orchestrated some cues contributed by Neil Acree for both StarCraft II and World of Warcraft because these jobs were the most musically energizing and inspiring. |
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| "We've always had an interest in seeing our stuff on film or TV. It's just tricky to find the right partners. We probably could have made a ['StarCraft'] movie or something on TV years and years ago, but it's really important to us that we find creative people that are really talented but also really excited about our properties. That's always been the challenge for us. I think if Jim Cameron came to us tomorrow and said, 'You want to make a 'StarCraft' movie?' we'd probably sign that." | ||
The app will supposedly report complete unit stats, battle guide detailing unit strengths and weakneses, controllable game map, easy touch access to the games most important hotkeys and macros, selectable unit groups, select individual units, control every units function with the touch of a finger; and other bunch of features.

The chaps on Game.On.Net have posted a new article which looks at some of the custom maps that are doing the rounds. Maps picked out include Marine Arena, Red Circle Tower Defence and Nexus Wars. The article looks at all the mpas and includes videos of them in action.
Don’t forget, you can sybmit your own maps and replays in the StarCraft: IncGamers Maps and Replays section and pop into the Map Makers Forum for hints and tips,
The latest state of the game update has been posted by Blizzard which looks forward to the next patch. The update entitled v1.1 & Beyond discusses some of the changes they are looking to make to the game for the next patch which is expected some time next month. Points to note inlclude nerfing of siege tank damage, Protoss warpgate cooldown increase, Ultralisk damage decrease and more.
The update also looks ahead to new features as Blizzard want to improve the social features on Battle.Net such as chat channels which is great news.
Read the full update after the break…
I am not sure if everyone knows how much of a fanboy bootlicker I am of Chris Metzen. Ya' know the bourbon cowboy developer, the thundergod, Blizzard VP of Creative Design. Father of the Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo lore who's been around in Blizzard the past 17 years. Blizzard Quote: |
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| Battles are being lost and won in the eSports world every week. We are here to summarise them, giving you an overview of the recent action. Here is what happened last week! World of Warcraft CompLexity.Red, playing mage/warlock/druid, are the winners of this year’s 2010 North American Warcraft Regional Finals. This victory gives them a spot at the BlizzCon 2010 finals, where they will be joined by second place finishers, Arena Pwnage, playing priest/shaman/druid. Check out the official event site for recaps and results. StarCraft II The first Intel Extreme Masters, held at gamescom 2010 in Cologne, Germany, came to a close last Sunday. The tournament generated an insane amount of excitement and produced some amazing games. Thousands of fans cheered for their favourite players, who were fighting for the title and a share of the $15,000 prize money. First place went to Swede Stefan “MorroW” Andersson who beat American Greg “IdrA” Fields in the terran versus zerg final. Third place was taken by crowd favourite Dmytry “mTwDIMAGA” Filipchuk, who won a nail-biting third place playoff against Tomasz “Tarson” Boroń from Poland. You can watch all the VODs of this great spectacle over at ESL TV. You can also check the coverage of the event, featuring updates, galleries and many interesting interviews on mymym.com. In other news, ESL Pro Series Germany, another event organised by Electronic Sports League, started on Tuesday with the first round of matches. To watch all the replays and see who finished on top check out GosuGamers. Warcraft III Philip “Longwalk” Crawford and Abdulaziz “CrunCher” Abed are the two players who qualified for BlizzCon 2010, trumping the very tough field in this year’s 2010 North American Regionals. In the end it was Night Elf player Longwalk, who beat his Human opponent in the final, who took the title. For recaps and replays go to the official event page. |
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The massive I40 Multiplay LAN event is taking place this weekend at Newbury here in the UK, and at 7:30PM tonight BST the StarCraft 2 tournament kicks off. The tournament is being aired live with commentary and you can find a live feed of the action over on the main IncGamers.com site. Don’t miss it!
Posted 01, Sep 2010 03:04 PM by Yoshi Kirishima [1 comments]