Starcraft 2.

[Synchronomyst]

Announced at Blizzard's Worldwide invitational in, you guessed it, South Korea.

I mean...where the hell else would they announce a new Starcraft, eh? I smell a holiday.



StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed by Blizzard Entertainment as a sequel to the award-winning 1998 video game StarCraft. Released on July 27, 2010, the game was developed for concurrent release on Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. However, with the help of Wine, StarCraft II can also be played under GNU/Linux distributions. StarCraft II is split into three installments: the base game with the subtitle Wings of Liberty, and two expansion packs, Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void.

Set in the 26th century in a distant part of the Milky Way galaxy, the game is built around three species: the Terrans, human exiles from Earth; the Zerg, a race of insectoid genetic assimilators; and the Protoss, a species with vast psionic power. Wings of Liberty focuses on the Terrans, while the expansions Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void will focus on the Zerg and Protoss, respectively. The game is set four years after the events of StarCraft: Brood War, and follows the exploits of Jim Raynor as he leads an insurgent group against the autocratic Terran Dominion. The game includes both new and returning characters and locations from the original game.

Read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarCraft_II:_Wings_of_Liberty

http://pc.ign.com/articles/788/788627p1.html


Screenshots: http://media.pc.ign.com/media/850/850126/imgs_1.html

Official Leaderboards:

GATT SC2 1v1 Leaderboard


GATT SC2 2v2 Leaderboard


GATT SC2 3v3 Leaderboard


GATT SC2 4v4 Leaderboard




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Character ID's


TriniWyatt 789

Messiaah 350

VirtueTT 945

BerserkIymc 299

haterforever 576

phoenix 354

suzieboy 825

RedFishTT 681

Nephilim 389

Beobear 136

Boxy 497

ProbleMSolvr 403

SpAwN 993

sue 146

Limit 758

Trinimc 618

Nike 270

Spoonz 802

Nazy 952

Crixxtachi 695

Saga 318

snowtiger 599

DYNoMiTe 785

fish 593

klesk 856

sat 132

micromo 671

Fraet 877

SuicideFlex 770

Zauberin 218

Rebirth 527

Modeminho 672

chemfreak 545

Kappashot 258

Sugahz 208

bleedart 998

bobo 272

IpixTT 936

JodoKast 453

HHeXXeDD 792

Stormalong 477

sorcey  168

rStarLin 241

meowmeow 744

hdchz 758

ODeath 388

Toysoldier 892

reddo 581

bluwitch 135

NEMISIS 1571

JiN - 753

Sparhawkie - 999

Steph - 457

Blazorr - 309

groff - 230

Spike - 483

CurseBreaker - 638

ArchvileX - 579

Imhotep - 896

Romeo - 634

saGa - 318

phoenix - 1176

krogger - 296

Capo - 685

eladrielo - 872

Rondel  - 601

Devious - 721

DjArtha - 413

Achild - 734

Chico - 356

Corbeaux - 684

Orangepeel - 580


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Madyam ***

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Mengsk ***

maverick ***

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BruceWayne ***

Killah ***

LLB ***

Janus ***

Batusai ***

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[TriniXaeno]

* NoobGoneWild retires from his day job to dedicate himself to starcraft 2

[Paradoxxx]

better start training baego

[shivadee]

http://www.blizzard.com/

my sentiments exactly......HELL ITS ABOUT TIME!!!!

[Berzerk]

GAMEPLAY TRAILERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


http://www.gametrailers.com/gamepage.php?id=4868

[Paradoxxx]

www.starcraft2.com for all your questions etc.  Hope the gatt guys don't let this one slip like they did warcraft III.

[disciple]

hmmm .... starcraft 2 released?  the apocalypse draws nigh...

[Saxito Pau]

Oh, this is Definitely gonna be a must get when it comes out. *Sharpens Credit Card..*

9 long years we awaited this moment....

[W1nTry]

I just watched a rather HD video... BAW!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TinyGrasshopper]

I'm completely dumbfounded. It actually is happening. It's about freakin time.

[spinner]

at last! starcraft returns and looks greater than before, some gamers prolly got a stroke after hearing this -.-

[DarthVader]

well well well lols sags continues
about Fu<!^ time it happened
time to dust and clean my copy of starcraft

[Crixx_Creww]

aahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh *crixx runs about the room screaming and bumps into nearby wall*


omgzzzz i done start to make strats with the phase prism ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh madness!!!

[TinyGrasshopper]

at last! starcraft returns and looks greater than before, some gamers prolly got a stroke after hearing this -.-

Some? How about every last one of us?

[Eroo]

I keep watching the clips over and over but I'm still in shock. Its hard to believe its actually coming soon.

[rassmatic]

Gameplay videos......SWEEET!!!!!!

http://www.gametrailers.com/gamepage.php?id=4868

[TrinireturnofGamez]

 one of  the trailer shows the actual ''building'' of a marine , very cool ...
 
 The actual game itself looks like a super upgraded version of  the warcraft III engine , using the same technique that makes it look good , really bright and rich colours , so it will look sexy 5 years down the line like Warcraft III has held up ,and the requirements won't break anyone's bank.

 Can't wait for this to release , hopefully they follow Microsoft's lead and do an open beta... it would generate massive buzz for the game and make it perfectly polished when it does release .

Blizz makes a billion dollars a year now , they have immense resources and an open beta won't strain them any . Plus , a large scale multiplayer test would evaporate the markets of its potential rivals beforehand  , who the ass will buy command and conquer or Empire earth 3 when SCII is FREE to play?


I also note blizz has its own P2P system resembling bit torrent , saving them bandwidth...

[TinyGrasshopper]

It is actually bittorrent. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blizzard_Downloader

It uses the same ports as bittorrent and you also extract the tracker information and get it using a regular bt client from their servers, by using a hex editor on the exe.

I assume that it's running a modified Warcraft 3 engine since it was started right after War3 came out.

[Paradoxxx]

I have not heard any information to indicate that the sc2 engine is a modified war3 engine but I am sure some components were probably borrowed no problems with that.  Quoting starcraft2.com

"StarCraft II will run on a vibrant new 3D-graphics engine that will be capable of rendering beautiful landscapes as well as massive individual units and army sizes."

[Saxito Pau]

Just too add to all this I now properly understand why Starcraft is so popular in S. Korea and hence the choice of launching of Starcraft II there:

42% of all 9+million opies of the original Starcraft/Broodwar sold are in S. Korea.

Anyhow, as soon as i finish beat Frozen Throne for the first time.. I going back in Starcraft behind again.. I even buying original CDs and all.. US$20!