1. What was the main reasoning to shifting the Hydralisk backwards one technology level? How does this affect the Zerg early-game, especially since the Zerg will have absolutely no anti-air units before the Hydralisks? (gamereplays.org)
Actually, the Hydralisk has been brought back down to Tier 1.5, giving Zerg early anti-air capabilities without upgrading their Hatchery to [...]

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The Sara system was initially catalogued by freelance prospectors and colonized by an expedition from Tarsonis several years later. Mar Sara formed the eighth of the thirteen core colonies of the Terran Confederacy. The Sara system was unusual for having two habitable planets, but Mar Sara was always a backwater colony compared to the more [...]

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Chat with Devs: Since the Worldwide Invitational in Paris, the topic of the new Vespene Gas mechanic has come up a lot across many different fansites and message boards. Thus far, this is one of the biggest changes which will affect the macro management of bases in StarCraft II. To shed some more light on [...]

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TheCutScene (Variety) has word that Mike Morhaime and the Blizzard Team have acquired a renewed 5-years contract with the ActivisionBlizzard merger. Read the full article.
CEO Bobby Kotick confirmed for me that the top folks at Blizzard have all signed new five year deals. “We realized it would be impossible to compete [with 'World of Warcraft'] [...]

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World’s Most Profitable Pure-Play Online and Console Game
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PARIS & SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jul 10, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Vivendi (Euronext Paris: VIV) and [...]

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Aaron Rosenberg and Keith R.A. DeCandido will be at the Shore Leave 30 Convention through July 11-13, 2008. Shore Leave is a Fan Run Sci-Fi Convention. Both novel writers are known for their Star Trek, World of Warcraft and Starcraft novels among other sci-fi and fantasy franchises. Make sure to bring a copy of [...]

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SANTA MONICA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) today announced that, at a special meeting of stockholders held earlier today, it received the stockholder approval necessary to consummate the company’s agreement with Vivendi, S.A. to [...]

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Dustin Browder (Cavez) revealed a few more details about the Zerg Changeling at the Battle.net forums recently. This Overseer ability will be fun for some Zerg players, and keep rival players on their toes and into paranoid mode every now and then. If this Changeling is new to you … you will know what [...]

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Battle.net reports that StarCraft: Brood War and Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne are coming to the 2008 Digital Games worldwide tournament as part of the real-time strategy (RTS) category.
Digital Games is a worldwide online tournament featuring competition in thirteen titles, with the best players receiving permanent online medals. Participants can represent their countries on ladders [...]

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There are many videos of the Blizzard Worldwide Invitationals around the fansites, so I will gather a few links for you to check out. I will be adding them soon to a static link on the left menu for you to get back at any time later on.
THE ESCAPIST MAGAZINE / WARCRY
Tapping Diablo’s History to [...]

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