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E3 2010: Razer Announces New Starcraft II-themed Peripherals

Tim Hage — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 03:44:47 +0000

Razer announced today their line of Starcraft II-themed PC accessories. Razer has been offering the Zerg Bag for a while now, and they have finally revealed the tasty peripherals for you to proudly carry around in that bag. The Spectre, Marauder and Banshee are Razer’s new mouse, keyboard and headset, respectively.

Their design is quite different from Razer’s typical style, so many Razer fans may be disappointed with this announcement. Hopefully Razer has a few other surprises up their sleeves for E3 this year to please the rest of the gamers. The peripherals’ release is expected to hit right around the time of SCII‘s July 27, 2010 release date. Head over to Razer’s themed landing page for pricing and performance details on the new devices.

Starcraft II Multiplayer Beta Announced for 2010 Release

Andrew Kershaw — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:03:40 +0000

According to fansite Starcraft Legacy, at a Russian games convention that Blizzard attended this weekend, the lead producer Chris Sigaty admitted during that the multiplayer beta won’t be available until 2010. Blizzard followed up by saying they are targeting a release date for the full game in the first half of 2010.

via [Big Download]

Starcraft 2 Still Not Getting LAN

Tim Hage — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:15:27 +0000

After Blizzard announced that their upcoming title, Starcraft 2, would not include a LAN play option, there was rage in the gaming community. Taking action into their own hands, gamers started an online petition for the inclusion of LAN. Now at 106,762 signatures, Blizzard are still unmoved in their decision. Follow the break for a quote from Blizzard on the matter.

It’s not like we’re surprised that there’s a petition about LAN in Starcraft 2. It was a very, very tough decision. We’ve been talking about it back and forth for well over a year before we finally decided that this is more of the direction of the future for us and actually for the industry. I think LAN will always be a footnote in our history, just like DOS was. – Rob Pardo

When asked how this would affect tournament play and participation, Blizzard responded:

We’re going to do everything we can to support real, legitimate LAN users like eSports and the tournament community. We’re going to try really hard to look into ways to have Battle.net work really well that previously really needed LAN play. – Dustin Browder

via [StarcraftSource]