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Starcraft II Beta System requirements

Cod — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:47:42 +0000

This are the minimum system requirements for Starcraft II beta:

Windows XP SP3/Vista SP1/Windows 7
• 2.2 Ghz Pentium IV or equivalent AMD Athlon processor
• 1 GB system RAM/1.5 GB for Vista and Windows 7
• 128 MB NVidia GeForce 6600 GT/ATI Radeon 9800 PRO video card
• 1024×768 minimum display resolution
• 4 GB free hard space (Beta)
• Broadband connection

*Note* the final requirements for Starcraft II have not yet been determined. Due to ongoing development the minimum requirements listed above are subject to change at any time. During this phase a Mac version will NOT be available, please check back.

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StarCraft II Beta

Cod — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:19:46 +0000

StarCraft II beta keys have been sent out.

Be careful, a lot of people got scamed. In order to be sure that you will not share that fate, just follow these simple steps:

- If you received an email saying that you have been invited to StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, do not open any link in that e-mail

- Typing battle.net in your browser will take you to the secure site appropriate for your region

- Enter account Information

- Go to Manage My Games, choose Add or Upgrade a Game

- Enter the Beta Key you received in the e-mail

- Press Add Game

If you were able to add the game to your library, then you received a real beta invite.

If the email tells you to go someplace else for the beta key or the key provided did not work, then you received a phishing email.

StarCraft II Closed Beta Launches This Month

Cod — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 05:18:58 +0000

Realy….I’m serious !

On the 10th of this month at a company earnings call, Activision Blizzard president Mike Morhaime announced that the beta for the highly-anticipated RTS game will begin this month.

The close beta will take place in North America, Europe, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand and, of course, South Korea.

Morhaime said the beta would be accessible to thousands of players and will be used to gather feedback for the upcoming game and generate excitement, of course.

The first instalment, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is expected to launch in mid 2010.

Brand new Battle.net

Cod — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 07:15:18 +0000

Blizzard kept it’s word and launched the new and improved version of Battle.net .From now on you will only need one account, to manage all your Blizzard games, including World of Warcraft.

Right now you can’t use many of the functions of this new account, for the simple reason that the games that use it are not out yet. The current versions of Diablo, StarCraft and Warcraft will continue to use the old Battle.net .

But there are benefits of using the new Battle.net account you can take advantage of, right now like registering your Blizzard games, and once registered you can download those games for free. There is also an option to register for beta-tests for new Blizzard games. Who knows ? maybe you’ll get invited to test the new Diablo 3 or StarCraft 2.

World Of Warcraft Patch 3.1 enters test phase

Cod — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:18:05 +0000

The most important patch since the launch of Wrath of the Litch King is almost at the starting line. Some of the announced changes are: tier 8 armor sets, legendary weapons, dual talent specs and the ability of mounts to swim. There will also be a brand new event in two parts: the Argent Tournament with mounted combat and a coliseum battle, bringing with it new rewards and achievements for those hoping to build their Argent Crusade faction.

This post could be the equivalent of “Cocaine, now three times as enjoyable and longer lasting” so we apologize to the reformed addicts.

Death Knight Tier 8 Armor

For exhaistive details on the upcoming patch, check out WoW Insider’s comprehensive guide.

Blizzard skips this year's E3

Cod — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:37:54 +0000

If you planed to play Starcraft 2 or maybe Diablo 3 this year at E3…I have to disappoint you, Blizzard won’t be there, including their proprieties. Probably you can catch them this year at Games Convention or Gamescom in Germany. They probably wont be at E3 because BlizzCon covers the US…so why bother. You can read more on GiantBomb.

What’s Blizzard cooking…

Cod — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:16:47 +0000

Last week Blizzcon ended. As Blizzard sais “BlizzCon is a celebration of the Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo franchises and the communities that surround them.” … or how I say is just another occasion to raise the hype around these franchises just like Blizzard Worldwide Invitation that took place in Paris this summer. There were made a lot of announcements, not all of them to my liking. Let’s start with Diablo 3. A new class was announced, the Wizard. From what I saw in the trailer this class is pretty cool, it’s my favorite till now. Spells like Disintegrate, Electrocute, Magic Missile and Slow Time make this class a lot of fun to play. Another important element for the game will be the story that will have a bigger roll than in the previous games. The action will take place after 20 years from where Diablo 2 ended. Caldeum is the new capital city, and is one of the cities accessible by the player. This sounds really nice because a more complex story is what Diablo 2 lacked. Here are more new stuff about Diablo 3. The NPCs will react differently according to the class the player chooses. Nightmare and Hell are back…YEAH! The potions aren’t the only health source, now monsters will leave behind red health orbs after they are killed. This will make the gameplay more dynamic. The quests will be more complex. Some monsters will be more vulnerable when you dodge an attack. But enough about the good thinks.
What caught my attention is that some features will not be included in the retail price, that means you’ll have to pay extra. Battlenet 2.0 is not one of these extra features (we all saw how Hellgate London turned out with the monthly subscription for the multiplayer) but whatever it is, it doesn’t sound good. This brings me to the next problem…Starcraft 2. Guess what Blizzard came up with… Starcraft 2 trilogy.. like in 1…2…3 !!! So if you whant the whole Starcraft 2 game you will have to pay not 1 time for it, not even 2 times, but 3 times, and if they will make an expansion the count continues. They said this decision was made to keep the game quality, otherwise they would have to cut a lot of the game features. If this is the case Starcraft 2 should be the best game ever.

Of course Blizzard comes out with all sorts of reasons for this kind of decision, but for me one thing is clear…their priority is to milk these very famous franchises the best way they can, and not important gameplay elements like they claim. Even so I’m sure the games will break a lot of sale records, but I’m afraid Blizzard will step on a lot of gamers tails if they don’t change their priorities. It looks like all the millions they made with WoW went to their heads.