Blizzard zerg-rushes Net with single-player Starcraft 2 news

nemowolf · August 18th, 2009, 01:18 PM

From Ars Technica:

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Blizzard showed off a generous chunk of the single-player action in StarCraft 2, and the industry giant made its case for the RTS as a strong experience... even when playing alone. Here are some hints about what you can expect from the game, coming in 2010.

Article has additional links for info.

**GroundZero3** · August 18th, 2009, 01:44 PM

I WANT IT NOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

Starcraft 2 Getting DRM Protection

Coming with a "lite" version of DRM

And in response to SC2 with no LAN gaming: (WARNING NSFW!)

YouTube - Hitler's Starcraft 2 Downfall

tony_j15 · August 18th, 2009, 04:27 PM

DRM looks palatable, about the same as you get with Steam titles.

But no LAN? WTF? That's what they're saying about Diablo 2 as well.

**GroundZero3** · August 18th, 2009, 04:33 PM

They are trying to push people to use battle.net

nemowolf · August 18th, 2009, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by GroundZero3

They are trying to push people to use battle.net

They hired some new VP/executive to build the new battle.net from the ground up and market it as a "new" product instead of just a feature on other products. They need to make that investment worthwhile.