Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty News

Blizzard balances Starcraft II
BlizzCon 2010: Sci-fi RTS designers and balancers delve into the process behind honing gameplay; Battle.net Marketplace not before Heart of the Swarm.
News - Posted Oct 24, 2010 12:46 am GMT
Starcraft II: Custom Maps and Editor Panel
BlizzCon 2010: Blizzard shows off mods built by members of the Starcraft development team, including ones inspired by Left 4 Dead and Defense of the Ancients.
News - Posted Oct 23, 2010 9:39 pm GMT
How to play Starcraft II like a pro
BlizzCon 2010: Sci-fi RTS game director Dustin Browder joined by game balance designers David Kim and Matt Cooper to talk strategy.
News - Posted Oct 23, 2010 4:02 am GMT
Diablo III's demon hunter unmasked at BlizzCon 2010 opening ceremony
BlizzCon 2010: Blizzard Entertainment opens its convention doors with the introduction of the final class of the upcoming role-playing game, which will feature PvP arenas.
News - Posted Oct 22, 2010 6:57 pm GMT
Blizzard sues Starcraft II hackers
Developer accuses Canadian, Peruvian users of creating, selling map hacks and cheats for multiplayer real-time strategy game.
News - Posted Oct 16, 2010 2:17 am GMT
Q&A: Looking back on launching Battle.net
Project director Greg Canessa reflects on the Real ID forum flare-up, why hardcore gamers are suspicious of social integration, and what's next for Blizzard's new cross-game platform.
News - Posted Oct 13, 2010 12:31 am GMT
Blizzard gives Battle.net post.mortem
GDC Online 2010: Project director Greg Canessa and technical director Matthew Versluys explain exactly why launching a new online service to handle the millions of World of Warcraft and Starcraft II players from day one is no easy task.
News - Posted Oct 7, 2010 10:46 pm GMT
Activision 'likely' to sell cutscenes as movies
CEO Bobby Kotick suggests publisher could sell $20-$30 stand-alone Starcraft II film built from cinematics and top biggest box office debut ever.
News - Posted Sep 15, 2010 9:44 pm GMT
Starcraft II sells 3 million
Blizzard releases first-month sales total for Wings of Liberty; real-time strategy sequel on track to meet analyst expectations.
News - Posted Sep 1, 2010 6:04 pm GMT
GameStop rides Red Dead sales to 3.4% growth in Q2
Mario Galaxy 2, UFC 2010, Starcraft II, and NCAA Football 11 round out top sellers; specialty retailer says it has "not seen any impact" from publishers' Online Pass schemes, increased competition in market.
News - Posted Aug 19, 2010 7:19 pm GMT
Blizzard wins $88.5 million World of Warcraft lawsuit
Legal action against private-server operator nets MMORPG developer-publisher a hefty payday in court.
News - Posted Aug 17, 2010 1:06 am GMT
Starcraft II gets free name swaps
Blizzard letting players change their in-game, forum names without cost "soon"; additional name alterations will bear a fee, a la World of Warcraft.
News - Posted Aug 16, 2010 11:48 pm GMT
Starcraft II sells 721,000 at US retailers in two days
NPD reports that nearly half of the 1.5 million units Blizzard's sci-fi RTS sold in first 48 hours were in the United States.
News - Posted Aug 13, 2010 12:25 am GMT
Starcraft II deploys 1.5 million in 48 hours
Wings of Liberty takes off as Blizzard's real-time strategy game lays claim to title of "fastest-selling strategy game of all time."
News - Posted Aug 3, 2010 6:54 pm GMT
Analysts bullish on Starcraft II sales
Signal Hill's Greenwald calls 5-6M sales estimates conservative, while Lazard Capital's Sebastian predicts 6.5M sales for Blizzard's latest through 2010.
News - Posted Jul 28, 2010 7:01 pm GMT
Starcraft II soundtrack available now on iTunes
Official soundtrack debuts today on Apple's music distribution site alongside long-awaited sci-fi RTS.
News - Posted Jul 28, 2010 12:34 am GMT
Shippin' Out July 25-31: Starcraft II
First part of Blizzard's long awaited, trifurcated real-time strategy sequel finally arrives alongside BlazBlue: Continuum Shift, Clash of the Titans.
News - Posted Jul 27, 2010 2:59 am GMT
AU Shippin' Out July 26-30: Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
The long-awaited sequel to Blizzard's popular sci-fi franchise takes to stores around Australia.
News - Posted Jul 26, 2010 6:21 am GMT
WSJ retracts $100 million Starcraft II budget claims
[UPDATE] Leading financial daily yanks report that Blizzard spent a not-small fortune developing sequel to popular sci-fi RTS, due out next week.
News - Posted Jul 16, 2010 6:54 pm GMT
Blizzard rescinds naming policy
Blizzard nixes decision to require real names on forums just three days after it is made.
News - Posted Jul 9, 2010 8:55 pm GMT