Gamespy has just published Allen Rausch’s preview of the Zerg in Starcraft II.
One of the key elements in the re-design of the Zerg is the understanding that the Zerg do not use “technology” as humans understand the term. Zerg build nothing nor do they truly create anything. Instead the Zerg use a sort of self-directed […]

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Blizzard CEO Michael Morhaime has been inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame, making him the 11th inductee and the fifth of that group to have a notable background in strategy gaming (Wright, Bunten Berry, Molyneux and Meier are the others).
I’ve never had the love of Blizzard RTS games that […]

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The announcement of Starcraft II is easily the biggest strategy game announcement in gaming history. This morning’s Gametab front page is cluttered with news about a real time strategy game that we know very little about. Even the announcement of a new X-Com remake would do little to push the Protoss into the margins.
The size […]

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I’m probably not alone, but today I have decided to reinstall Starcraft. It was one of those games that never had enough time to sink its hooks into me - it arrived at a time when I didn’t play as many games as I do now. So this is research.
I’m not looking forward to it, […]

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Blizzard has just announced what almost everyone expected them to announce. A Starcraft sequel will see the light of day by some time next year.
More on this once I remember why the hell people liked Starcraft in the first place. And since PC Gamer has been holding back its podcast for a big announcement, I […]

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