Story recap: StarCraft and Brood War in three minutes
It’s been a while since you’ve played the campaign of StarCraft 1, hasn’t it? Something about a race of spiritual blue aliens and collecting rare minerals…or was that Avatar? It’s hard to keep it all straight, and when you introduce the triple-crossing intrigue of Brood War, things get even crazier. So to refresh the events of the previous games and prepare you to catch all the back-story references coming in tomorrow’s StarCraft II release, PC Gamer presents a super-quick version of StarCraft 1 and Brood War in under three minutes. View the video after the jump.
How to buy StarCraft II the right way (for you)
Do you have your copy yet? If not, now is the time to make the important decision of how to get your hands on one. Here are the advantages and pitfalls of the three ways to get hold of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, after the jump.
Monday: Gearing up for StarCraft II
This is it, folks: less than 24 hours from now, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty will be unleashed on the world. Epic battles will be waged. Glory will be won. Millions of hours of productivity will be lost.
After a decade of waiting there’s so little time left, but it’s going to feel like ages. So we’re here to help make these next few hours fly by with a flurry of articles on everything you need to know to gear up for the big day tomorrow.
The plot of StarCraft 1 and Brood War in three minutes
Figure out which way to buy your copy of StarCraft II
We answer your questions about the new Battle.net
Five tips on how to ready your PC for the game
How to clear your social calendar to make the time to fully appreciate the game.
SC2 Week: Meet the Zergling
There are 48 units in StarCraft 2. Through next Friday, we’re highlighting seven of our favorite pieces of sci-fi military equipment in Blizzard’s follow-up. Third in our series is the penny of the hive mind, the Zergling.
Five over-the-top Korean StarCraft videos
Sometimes it’s hard to comprehend just how much Koreans love StarCraft until you see it in action. That’s why we’re going to take a look at some of the best YouTube videos that have come out of the Korean StarCraft craze so far. Get read to laugh, cry, and be just plain confused.
Sunday giveaway: SteelSeries StarCraft II Action Pack!
As part of our Week of Starcraft, we’re giving away awesome StarCraft II Action Packs from SteelSeries all week long! The action pack includes the StarCraft II-themed Zboard and the looks-tough-feels-soft Terran Marine mousepad.
Congratulations to Saturday’s winner, Asher Kay of Ohio!
We’ve got more Action Packs to give away, so read on to enter in today’s giveaway.
Korea Day: Eat like a champion
If you want to play like a champion, you need to eat like a champion. That’s why we’ve turned to our ever-loyal, longtime Korean ally and former intern Andy Salisbury to share his generations-old Korean cooking secrets with us. These are family recipes refined by his great-grandmother and passed down from generation to generation since then. If there’s a more authentic way to learn the secrets of the food that fuels the most advanced StarCraft-playing civilization, I haven’t heard of it. So read on, grab a shovel and get ready to bury some cabbage in your backyard!
Korea Day: The StarCraft professionals
Remember those TV shows that tell you to not try this at home because the people you see on the screen are professionals? Yeah, that same rule applies to pretty much everything in this post. When a country is as passionate about StarCraft as Korea is, you better believe that their top players are going to have money thrown at them and hot Korean ladies fainting in their wake. These guys are total videogame-playing badasses and they know it.
Annyeong! It’s Korea Day!
Nobody loves StarCraft more than South Korea does. That’s a simple fact of life that should be taught in schools alongside arithmetic and how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop. While most nations revere movie stars, athletes and deities, South Korea efficiently turns their best StarCraft players into all three and worships them like the button-mashing wizards they are.
Today is about honoring the fine people of South Korea, who love this game with a fiery passion and are probably freaking out right now because the release of StarCraft II is less than 48 hours away. So grab some kimchi, pull out your Korean-English dictionary and get ready to learn a thing or two about the most extreme StarCraft II fans in the world!
SC2 Week: Meet the Siege Tank
There are 48 units in StarCraft 2. Through next Friday, we’re highlighting seven of our favorite pieces of sci-fi military equipment in Blizzard’s follow-up. Our second featurette focuses on the Siege Tank.
Saturday Giveaway: SteelSeries StarCraft II Action Pack!
As part of our Week of Starcraft, we’re giving away awesome StarCraft II Action Packs from SteelSeries all week long! The action pack includes the StarCraft II-themed Zboard and the looks-tough-feels-soft Terran Marine mousepad.
Congratulations to yesterday’s winner, Scott Edgar of New Mexico!
We’ve got more Action Packs to give away, so read on, good patron, to enter in today’s giveaway.
How other countries (probably) play StarCraft II
Blizzard’s seemingly forgotten fan base of RTS gamers hasn’t had a fresh title since 2002′s Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos. And now that their time to shine has come once more, there will undoubtedly be a unique experience in each part of the globe. But just how will players around the world honor their heritage and play StarCraft II at the same time? I’ve got a few ideas.
StarCraft II around the globe – now with black blood!
Next week those of us living in the United States and the United Kingdom will finally get our hands on the retail version of StarCraft II. Included in this version will be cigars, blood and the occasional curse word, but folks from other countries won’t be getting that same, authentic experience.
Giveaway: Steelseries StarCraft II Action Pack!
PC Gamer is pleased as punch to announce that as part of our Week of Starcraft, we’re going to be giving away awesome StarCraft II Action Packs from SteelSeries all week long! The action pack includes the StarCraft II-themed Zboard and the looks-tough-feels-soft Terran Marine mousepad.
SC2 Week: Meet the Carrier
There are 48 units in StarCraft 2. Through next Friday, we’re highlighting seven of our favorite pieces of sci-fi military equipment in Blizzard’s follow-up. First up: the Carrier.
