Starcraft 2 Game On!

Everyone can get a free StarCraft 2 Beta key for free when you pre-order the game at Gamestop. http://www.gamestop.ca/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?Product_ID=253908 Enjoy!

Update: Game Stop is out of beta keys, and it’s more expensive. They are giving out free beta keys at Amazon and it’s free shipping.

Well this isn’t really StarCraft material, but it’s a funny video of a girl going crazy about a StarCraft 2 Beta key.

Dark Templars are just incredible against Zerg. This is because the Overlord is no longer a detector. In order for Zerg to detect invisible units you need the Overseer. Even on late game the Zerg player lacks Overseers and lets all the Protoss Dark Templars run wild. Check it out, it’s an awesome game.

Part 1:

Part 2:

Read more… »

Today Blizzard revealed the StarCraft 2 Limited Edition for $99.00! It’s pretty awesome, you get a whole bunch of goodies listed below:

• The Art of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, a 176-page book featuring artwork from the game
• An exclusive 2GB USB flash drive replica of Jim Raynor’s dog tag, which comes preloaded with the original StarCraft and the StarCraft: Brood War^® expansion set
• A behind-the-scenes DVD containing over an hour of developer interviews, cinematics with director’s commentary, and more
• The official StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty soundtrack CD, containing 14 epic tracks from the game along with exclusive bonus tracks
• StarCraft comic book issue #0, a prequel to the comic series
• A World of Warcraft^® mini Thor in-game pet that can be applied to all World of Warcraft characters on a single Battle.net account
• Exclusive Battle.net downloadable content, including special portraits for your Battle.net profile, decals to customize your units in-game, and a visually unique version of the terran Thor unit

Every time Blizzard releases anything limited edition it usually gets sold out very quickly and most of it shows up on eBay with extremely inflated prices. Starcraft 2 is no exception. This box goes for $99 but you’ll probably see it on eBay for $200+. Scalper’s dream come true whenever Blizzard releases anything.

Blizzard Official Information

StarCraft II Beta – Patch 8 (version 0.10.0.14803)

General

• Korea
• Added support to display the game rating information on the login screen.

Oh sweet! Thor got changed for the better. I’ve been seeing less and less games with the usage of Thors lately. I think the concussive shells for the Marauders is a major downgrade for them. I never really feel they were over powered.

• TERRAN
  • Marauder
    • Concussive Shells now require an upgrade.
  • Siege Tank
    • Build time decreased from 50 seconds to 45 seconds.
  • Thor
    • Build time decreased from 75 seconds to 60 seconds.
  • Barracks Tech Lab
    • Concussive Shells upgrade added.
    • Concussive Shells upgrade costs 100/100 and takes 80 seconds to complete.

Wow, Protoss got a major nerf in air power. Well then again I do agree that Void Rays were just way overpowered. I wonder if I’ll be seeing many Void Rays now.

Read more… »

This game was short but very good. It shows that a mass Marine rush is very effective for a very small map. Although the Zerg player may appear to be newb, this game is actually a high level game between 2 highly skilled teams. Take a look:

Here is the latest launcher with some bug fixes.

Starcraft 2 Beta Launcher 0.28 – Download

To use this launcher you may need, NET Framework 3.5*

Ladder* : Find more informations on http://ladder.waremu.fr
NET Framework 3.5* : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=333325FD-AE52-4E35-B531-508D977D32A6&displaylang=en

Changelog 0.28

• Minimap preview fixed.
• New way of getting AppData folder (Should fix a lot of bugs).
• “The file xxx already exists” error fixed.

In this high level game, the Protoss player used hallucinations very effectively. This game is Protoss versus Zerg. The Protoss player used force fields flawlessly.  This was on an older version of the beta because the warp gate research is still 60 seconds. Enjoy the match!

Part 1:

Read more… »

The good fellas over at SC2Blog.com has released some fantastic tips for each race. These are actually very useful in actual game play, however some of them are very hard to execute and you will need a very high APM (Actions Per Minute) to execute these tactics. Check them out.

Smart Blink: Have you found that Stalkers blinking always get left behind? Well fear no more, this will solve your problems!

Read more… »

I just have to show you guys this video. In the video it was perfectly executed. The Vortex Nuke combo is insane! I’ve got to try this with a friend. I think this maneuver works even in high level 2v2 games. Check it out for yourself.