EL33TONLINE: News tag archive: starcraft2
If you thought the singleplayer campaign for StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty was good, then Blizzard will probably be saying “you ain’t seen nothin’ yet” right up until the release of the next entry to the sequel saga, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm.
If you were under the impression that the launch of a new Gears of War game is in any way less of an event than the release of anything else you might care to mention, then get ready for some knowledge.
Blizzard Entertainment has announced its intention to attend this year’s edition of gamescom in Cologne, Germany to showcase its current line-up of titles with live StarCraft II eSports matches and showings of top World of WarCraft guilds engaging in live raids.
According to Blizzard, you’ll also be able to catch up on the latest news from the studio and “partake in our famous dance and costume competitions” at gamescom 2011.
El33tonline was at gamescom 2010 and snapped quite a few images at the event, and we’ve included a few photos of Blizzard’s presence at last year’s massive videogame show below:
With the release of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty last year, Blizzard Entertainment stomped on our expectations for what a strategy game could be in terms of pure presentation and style, while still retaining gameplay elements that made the first title in the series so popular.
It also crushed our expectations for PC game market performance, selling an incredible three million units in one month around the world.
To get us excited all over again for StarCraft II, Blizzard has more formally unveiled the next entry to the series, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, which will this time focus on the story of the Zerg (as opposed to the Terran in Wings of Liberty), and looks to be scheduled for release in 2012.
Activision Blizzard recently posted results for its fiscal third quarter ending December 31st, and in spite of the industry crushing sales performance of the publisher’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, quarterly net loss widened from $72 million the year previous to $286 million.
Partly to blame for this performance, says Activision Blizzard, was a softer casual and music game market, but the company still claims that it beat prior expectations.
News from BlizzCon, Blizzard’s very own convention, reveals that StarCraft II will be released as a trilogy of games, instead of a single package.
The trilogy will cover the story of the three races, the Terran, Zerg and Protoss, and will be named Wings of Liberty, Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void respectively. The decision to release three separate games, which Blizzard liken to expansion packs, was as a result of their desire to create three, self-contained, epic story campaigns, instead of providing an abbreviated form of each. Each of the campaigns will be connected by an overarching story.
How multiplayer will work, though, is another question… Click through for some new footage from StarCraft II.
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