All about Blizzard’s Starcraft 2

Starcraft 2 excerpt:

The TF-620 nomad is an all-around workhorse that combines the functions of light manufacturing center and observation post rolled into one. A common sight among the fringe-world colonies, the nomad is a robust, air-mobile vehicle built to operate independently in all but the harshest climates. Although the nomad shares a number of common traits with its smaller cousin, the SCV, the nomad is a far more specialized and advanced engineering craft.

Blizzard has already confirmed they are building another Massive Multiplayer Game but they haven’t confirmed it was for Starcraft. Fans have speculated that the success of Warcraft would sparked and push Blizzard to build the same platform given the loyal fans of Starcarft 2.

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Zergs flying units attacking in space.

Source: Starfeeder

Again, another Protoss attack.

Source: Starfeeder

The Protoss shines through as it attacks the Terran base.

Source: Starfeeder

Just look at the sheer number of zerlings attacking the Terran base.

Source: Starfeeder

Blizzard has already released their Starcraft 2 Fan Site Kit.

The fan site kit is for Starcraft 2 related fansites. The kit includes the following graphics:

The gameplay videos circulated shows that the nuke marker is large and noticeable but Blizzard has clarified that this is from the Nukers perspective. The enemy would still see a small graphics dot similar to the first version of Starcraft.

Source: Blizzard forums

C programmers would have a field day creating maps for Starcraft II from intermediate to advanced designs as Starcraft IIs editor is based on the C language. For beginner maps, users would be given access to Trigger Editor which enables creation of maps faster and easier without the need for C development.

We hope to hear more from Blizzard on the developments of Trigger Editor and the scripting platform for creating maps.

Source: Blizzard forums

Mike Morhaime is the president of Blizzard Entertainment which created the huge game hits of Warcraft and Starcraft. He is said to be the guy who wants to make sure games are released at the highest quality as opposed to releasing ahead in time. Starcraft 2 would be out next year of 2008, eleven years after its first version. Activision has found it easy to merge with Vivendi Games, Blizzard Entertainment’s parent company as the company generates over $18.1 billion in revenues. Blizzard itselft is a behemoth with over $1 billion in revenues with over $520 million dollars in operating profits.

We should be expecting bigger and better games this time around. How about Diablo III?

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