When StarCraftWire.net's tech guru was making the latest addition to his feature column 'Kalos' Chronicles', he came across more than just technical specifications of graphics cards. There was also a host of never before seen screenshots from StarCraft II's single player mini-game between Terran missions.
AMD have obviously received a very good standing with Blizzard, as they have published the document containing not only the graphics cards requirements, but also the first ever pictures from Hyperion's own bar!
Jim Raynor is seen going there in the BlizzCon 2007 videos, but they never show the footage from the actual bar. Here we see Jim in the bar, looking at something large and obviously alcoholic, and getting a visit from Tychus Findlay, where they discuss something as of yet unknown.
Even though fans have been clamoring for a StarCraft 3 for years now, it seems like Blizzard really has no reason to spend time making one.
They sort of ran the story as far as it could go.
Also, it seems like blizzard is more busy with mediocrity at this point in time.
The problem with Blizzard is they have franchises that don't need sequels. People are happy playing the games that they previously made. What they need is new games, none of this business of trying to transport the old audience into a new version of an old game which only ends up nickle and dime'ing users.
Jason Hall, currently an indie developer and former Blizzard employee, has been sharing some really interesting stories from his long career in the industry for a while now. Some of them are truly insightful, while others may seem depressing.
I’m a little shocked that StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty sold only around 6 million copies. The original StarCraft did over 11 million. Maybe Blizzard was too leisurely in releasing StarCraft 2? Starcraft 2 came out 12 years after it’s predecessor.
Im surprised too. Starcraft was still a huge name in 2010. It was kinda the only new RTS around and other genres like MOBAs hadn't really kicked off yet. I do remember at the time sentiment around the game was
pretty angry the game was being split into 3 but I doubt that would have impacted sales to that degree
For a long time I believed StarCraft II sold on par or better than its predecessor. There was so much hype for the game. Plus it had a pretty strong E-Sports scene for a few years.
Myself and half a dozen friends all bought StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty and played it religiously for a full year. While I bought the expansions, most of my friends did not. RPGs seem to be a generally low selling genre.
I'm not shocked at all. This was an early example of Blizzard being greedy. Instead of releasing a complete experience, splitting Starcraft 2 in 3 parts so it could make us purchase it 3 times if we wanted to know the whole story and play story mode with the other races.
I originally had that stance. However, Wings of Liberty, was just as long, if not longer than StarCraft 1. The expansions were of decent length too and added a good amount of additional content.
and people wonder why we are having mtx in everything. i blame the people who actual buy them.
It's interesting he used Brazil as an example of the importance of regional pricing. Nowadays many companies on Steam are setting their prices in Brazil as high as, if not more than, their price in USA. I simply refused to buy a few games when I noticed that's the case.
Illogical Games has just announced the official release of Star Discord, the one-man indie dev's charming StarCraft lookalike on mobile.
Blizzard sure has a sense of details. I particularly like the Marine detail on the jukebox. Very subtle, and very very cool.
Blizz have always been good for detail, but they look like they have outdone themselves this time :D well done blizz
I agree, the level of detail in those screenshots are amazing.
Wasn't it mentioned somewhere that us players would be able to use that engine in the editor?
That looks better artistically than 95% of all UE3 related games this generation.
Blizzard = Gods.
Wow, Blizzard are really going all-out with the graphics.
These screens are beautiful.