Blizzard introduced BlizzCast - a series of behind the scenes podcasts. In first episode we can hear Samwise Didier - Art Director and concept artist to many of the popular Blizzard icons. There is also transcript with some artworks. Join and send feedback and you can win one of 12 Logitech 5.1 Speakers and StarCraft II Hats.
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I’m back after a few months without update. Blizzard made public details about new Terran unit - Crucio Siege Tank. Siege tanks were my favorite units a I looking forward to new version.
Basic info:
“The Crucio has been designed for increased survivability with an enlarged, reinforced turret and hull. The new turret layout also features an upgraded assault-mode armament package so that the Crucio can fend for itself more successfully in an open battlefield. Force deployment costs for the Crucio have increased over the older Arclite, but the increased versatility of the powerful new siege tank more than compensates for the additional expense.”
Source: StarCraft2.com , Screenshots, Artworks
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A few days ago Blizzard released the official StarCraft 2 Fansite Kit. This kit should helps everybody who wants build StarCraft 2 related fansites. Kit contains:
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Also official information about Carrier unit was revealed.
Carrier (Protoss unit)
Builds From: Stargate
Armament: Interceptors
Role: Capital Ship
“The massive carriers serve as operations centers for leaders of the protoss fleets. Heavily armored and shielded, carriers can punch their way through enemy blockades by unleashing flights of robotic interceptors at vital enemy targets. These maneuverable, computer-guided craft tear through enemy flight formations and relentlessly strafe slower ground targets with potent plasma charges.” - StarCraft2.com
New update StarCraft II Q&A - Batch 16. Read on Battle.net or my compilation.
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Blizzard revealed official information about Terran unit - Battlecruiser.
Battlecruiser
Builds From: Starport
Armament: Laser Batteries, Yamato Cannon, Plasma Torpedoes
Role: Capital Ship
“Research has led to the development of two alternative weapon upgrades that can be retrofitted into a battlecruiser hull to supplement its already formidable armament.The Yamato cannon is a terrifying weapon that uses an intense magnetic field to focus a nuclear detonation into a cohesive beam of energy. The cannon requires a huge reserve of energy to fire, but its effects on the target are impressive, to say the least. Plasma torpedoes give battlecruisers an armament capable of saturating a target area with a lethal deluge of fire, ideal for breaking up oncoming attack waves or ravaging a defensive position. As with the Yamato cannon, a battlecruiser needs to build up a sufficient reserve of energy to unleash a plasma torpedo bombardment.” [StarCraft2.com]
New parts ( 14 and15 ) questions and answers were added at battle.net forum. Read my compilation all parts or battle.net forum - batch 14 and batch 15.
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Blizzard added Terran gameplay video (1280×720 - 681mb) at their StarCraft 2 website, don’t wait and download !
Also new parts Q&A at Battle.net were added - part 12
and part 13, I appended both parts to my compilation all Q&A.
Update: If you have problems with downloading gameplay video from official page I found these alternative links: first and second.
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New units were made public at official StarCraft 2 web site. Terran unit Thor is a heavy-assault Mech looks very impressive . Protoss Mothership is a mighty vessel and looks very destructive. It will be a lot of fun with these units :).
Terran Thor
Built By: SCV
Armament: “Thor’s Hammer” Particle Accelerators, 250mm Bombardment Cannon
Role: Ultimate Heavy-assault Mech
“… the micro-spy images showed a huge bipedal war machine armed with two giant particle beams and a dorsal artillery battery that wouldn’t be out of place on a battleship. Most disturbing of all was the demonstration that this monster could be built from the ground up by ordinary construction vehicles in an astonishingly short time frame …” - read more.
Protoss Mothership
Builds From: Stargate
Armament: Disruptor Pulse
Role: Capital Ship
“… At the heart of each mothership is a huge khaydarin crystal infused with an incredible amount of psionic energy. By tapping into this energy, a mothership can warp or crack the very fabric of space and time itself. The devastating power of a mothership can wipe out squadrons of enemy ships in the blink of an eye or lay waste to entire planets. … The oldest and most powerful weapons of the protoss have been awakened and are prepared to burn the galaxy to avenge the loss of the protoss homeworld … ” - read more.
StarCraft II Q&A Batch 11 - read about map sizes in StarCraft II, StarCraft II Heroes unique abilities and more at my compilation or Battle.net.
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