Starcraft 2 | featured news

The most important moment at the BlizzCon convention was not in games of StarCraft II or the closing concert by the Foo Fighters; it came from the fans themselves.

Seen here weeping like a little girl that just opened a unicorn on her birthday, 23-year old Singaporean Nicol Tan was the first in his country to get his hands on a copy of Starcraft II.

With just one day to go until release, pre-order estimates have placed Starcraft II at nearly 800,000 units this week...

Blizzard's VP of game design Frank Pearce has revealed that the only way to play Starcraft 2 in multiplayer will be through the company's Battle.net service online.This confirms that there will not only not be LAN capabilities within Starcraft 2, but that players are forced to play each other within their own regions.

The original masterpiece that is Starcraft is still played 10 years later to this day among tens of thousands of players, and with that, comes skepticism that Starcraft 2 won't be able to match the greatness. Innovation, price, and multiple-building selection top the list of worries, but here are reasons why you should keep the faith in Blizzard.