[PC] StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm out!

[CeeKay]

I just just my pre-order for the CE addition on Amazon and noticed they are no longer selling the CE edition.  Glad I got my order in early.  Probably can sell the WoW pet Thor to recoup my cost of the game

you don't want a mini thor?

[KePoW]

Hey didn't think of that. Wonder what they will go for?

Probably a lot.  Blizzard fans are crazy in wanting stuff like that.

[jersoc]

the pet will easily go for 200

[Soulchilde]

I just just my pre-order for the CE addition on Amazon and noticed they are no longer selling the CE edition.  Glad I got my order in early.  Probably can sell the WoW pet Thor to recoup my cost of the game

you don't want a mini thor?

It's nice to have, but the pets I currently have on my toon I rarely ever break out.  It's a novelty item...   I could double my money with the one item..

[Turtle]

Doing mostly the same, I'm really only going to just keep the art book since I collect those.

[Knightshade Dragon]

In for the SC, selling the Thor as well.   

[CeeKay]

I guess the beta resumes today.

[Knightshade Dragon]

And the fun begins with REAL ID:

http://asnowstormbyanyothername.blogspot.com/

An excerpt from the creepyness:

Here's some information on his wife, Nina Jill Kotick (nee Spiegel), age 46, Fordham University '89 (Law), Tufts University '86, Byram Hills High School '82. She used to be a lawyer in New York, passing her NY bar exam in 1990, but later moved with Bobby to CA and got her license in December 1995. With the exception of the time she forgot to pay her bar fees in '99 (Oops!) and her license was suspended, it's been smooth sailing.

If you want to reach her, try (310) 255-2639, (310) 279-3599, or email her at [email protected]

The beautiful family's current address is either 1010 or 1011 Cove Way. They own or owned both but surely they don't need two houses, do they?
1011 Cove Way, Beverly Hills, California 90210
They spent $171,708 for renovations a few years ago, nice place!

It's about to get bad I think...

[PR_GMR]

And the fun begins with REAL ID:

http://asnowstormbyanyothername.blogspot.com/

An excerpt from the creepyness:

Here's some information on his wife, Nina Jill Kotick (nee Spiegel), age 46, Fordham University '89 (Law), Tufts University '86, Byram Hills High School '82. She used to be a lawyer in New York, passing her NY bar exam in 1990, but later moved with Bobby to CA and got her license in December 1995. With the exception of the time she forgot to pay her bar fees in '99 (Oops!) and her license was suspended, it's been smooth sailing.

If you want to reach her, try (310) 255-2639, (310) 279-3599, or email her at [email protected]

The beautiful family's current address is either 1010 or 1011 Cove Way. They own or owned both but surely they don't need two houses, do they?
1011 Cove Way, Beverly Hills, California 90210
They spent $171,708 for renovations a few years ago, nice place!

It's about to get bad I think...

That's the wife of Bobby Kotick, right? The CEO of Electronic Arts? Yeah.... 'shit just got real'. 

[leo8877]

I am also selling the mini Thor!

[CeeKay]

I am also selling the mini Thor!

I'm debating on doing this or just keeping it.  If they go for about 200 then I'll be spending 100 to make 100, and right now 100 bucks isn't that big of a deal and having it for a pet whenever I get back to wow would be neat.

[leo8877]

I am also selling the mini Thor!

I'm debating on doing this or just keeping it.  If they go for about 200 then I'll be spending 100 to make 100, and right now 100 bucks isn't that big of a deal and having it for a pet whenever I get back to wow would be neat.

I had about 30 pets I never used (except my magical crawdad), so even if I do go back, I'll never use this.  $old!

[jersoc]

the more back lash they get from the forum change, the better imo. I like Blizzard as much as the next guy, but this reeks of retardvision all over.

Fucking douche bag kotick. Good thing activision makes horrible ass games that are easy to avoid.

[PR_GMR]

the more back lash they get from the forum change, the better imo. I like Blizzard as much as the next guy, but this reeks of retardvision all over.

Fucking douche bag kotick. Good thing activision makes horrible ass games that are easy to avoid.

Ah, yes, Kotick runs Activision. Not EA.

[baelthazar]

I am also selling the mini Thor!

I'm debating on doing this or just keeping it.  If they go for about 200 then I'll be spending 100 to make 100, and right now 100 bucks isn't that big of a deal and having it for a pet whenever I get back to wow would be neat.

Wait, how do we know that the Thor pet will sell for $100?

[leo8877]

I am also selling the mini Thor!

I'm debating on doing this or just keeping it.  If they go for about 200 then I'll be spending 100 to make 100, and right now 100 bucks isn't that big of a deal and having it for a pet whenever I get back to wow would be neat.

Wait, how do we know that the Thor pet will sell for $100?

People are just guessing based on the rabid WoW fans who will pony up for limited edition stuff like this.

[Gebeker]

And the fun begins with REAL ID:

http://asnowstormbyanyothername.blogspot.com/

An excerpt from the creepyness:

Here's some information on his wife, Nina Jill Kotick (nee Spiegel), age 46, Fordham University '89 (Law), Tufts University '86, Byram Hills High School '82. She used to be a lawyer in New York, passing her NY bar exam in 1990, but later moved with Bobby to CA and got her license in December 1995. With the exception of the time she forgot to pay her bar fees in '99 (Oops!) and her license was suspended, it's been smooth sailing.

If you want to reach her, try (310) 255-2639, (310) 279-3599, or email her at [email protected]

The beautiful family's current address is either 1010 or 1011 Cove Way. They own or owned both but surely they don't need two houses, do they?
1011 Cove Way, Beverly Hills, California 90210
They spent $171,708 for renovations a few years ago, nice place!

It's about to get bad I think...

In my view, RealID is one of the worst business decisions in history.  It's scary to think of the horrible things that will result from this.  My wife and I have two WoW accounts, both of which are in her name.  I shudder to think of the stalking/harassment/whoknowswhat that would result if I posted something on the WoW forums and 10,000 idiots think "Oh man!  A CHICK that plays WoW!" 

[CeeKay]

aaaahhhH!!!!  it's the undead!! kill it with fires!!!!!!

[CeeKay]

Hyperion preview.

[CeeKay]

it's out for download!

[leo8877]

it's out for download!

That's friggen sweet.  If I didn't pre-order the CE, I'd be all over this.

[leo8877]

Oh  man the SC2 website has been updated...the intro cinematic is avail for download.

http://beta-us.battle.net/sc2/en/media/

[PR_GMR]

it's out for download!

That's friggen sweet.  If I didn't pre-order the CE, I'd be all over this.

Bah! I ordered from Gamespot. Hopefully they'll have my copy early during that day instead of late in the day. But, I can imagine that the Battle.net servers are going to be slammed with digital downloads on that day.

[leo8877]

it's out for download!

That's friggen sweet.  If I didn't pre-order the CE, I'd be all over this.

Bah! I ordered from Gamespot. Hopefully they'll have my copy early during that day instead of late in the day. But, I can imagine that the Battle.net servers are going to be slammed with digital downloads on that day.

Looks like you can download it right now.  Just can't run installer until launch.

[naednek]

Oh  man the SC2 website has been updated...the intro cinematic is avail for download.

http://beta-us.battle.net/sc2/en/media/

saw that when the game was announced a few years ago.

[baelthazar]

it's out for download!

That's friggen sweet.  If I didn't pre-order the CE, I'd be all over this.

Bah! I ordered from Gamespot. Hopefully they'll have my copy early during that day instead of late in the day. But, I can imagine that the Battle.net servers are going to be slammed with digital downloads on that day.

My local Gamespot is doing a midnight release of SC2, and I imagine yours will too. So you should be able to pick it up as EARLY in the day as humanly possible.

[PR_GMR]

it's out for download!

That's friggen sweet.  If I didn't pre-order the CE, I'd be all over this.

Bah! I ordered from Gamespot. Hopefully they'll have my copy early during that day instead of late in the day. But, I can imagine that the Battle.net servers are going to be slammed with digital downloads on that day.

My local Gamespot is doing a midnight release of SC2, and I imagine yours will too. So you should be able to pick it up as EARLY in the day as humanly possible.

This Gamespot is in Baltimore city. You ever seen The Wire?..... Yeah, this Gamespot ain't having a midnight release. 

[baelthazar]

LMAO! I've been there brother... My local Gamestop used to be smack in the middle of the Bronx. 

I'll be thinking about you as I get my copy...

[CeeKay]

100 Million to make?

[baelthazar]

100 Million to make?

There is an inadvertent and funny typo...

GameSpot  quotes from the Wall Street Journal (subscription required), which states that Activision Blizzard spent over $100 million (not including marketing) on the new StarCraft II series. To put things into perspective, Gran Turismo 5 cost $60 to develop, and that was one of the most expensive games to date.

So GT5 only cost $60 to develop? Man, I would say that Blizzard really upped the ante here... 

[Blackjack]

I find the "Pillars" description amusing. Me thinks the Activision Blizzard CEO is in danger of sounding like an Egyptian Pharoah, maybe played by Yul Brynner...

Not including marketing, I divided $100 million by SC2's (the Terran release anyway) rough price of $60. It comes out to 1,666,667 (in keeping with Diablo's Satan fixation) copies sold just to break even.

If you throw in, I dunno, $30 million for marketing and say it's $130 million, than it blasts up to 2,166,667 copies to break even. Outside of MMOs, I'm hard pressed to think of any PC-only titles that have sold in those numbers in years.

Blizzard, you better damn well hope pirates don't figure out your game in Asia (lord knows there's millions of SC2 sales at stake) and that PC game sales are alive and well. 

[Turtle]

A lot of that was also the new battlenet servers and backend.

CG work on this level is expensive as well.

Overall though, $100 million price tag sounds more like waste rather than quality at this point. It's still a blizzard project, but I find it difficult to believe $100 million unless they were just wasting money at some point, or paying some people way too much.

[PR_GMR]

From Wikipedia. List of Best-selling PC games of all time:

The Sims (16 million shipped)[1]
The Sims 2 (13 million)[2]
The Sims 2: Pets [expansion pack] (5.6 million)[3]
The Sims 2: Seasons [expansion pack] (1 million)[3]
World of Warcraft (at least 11.5 million)[4]
StarCraft (11 million)[5]
Half-Life (9.3 million,[6][7] may include PS2 version)
Half-Life: Opposing Force [expansion pack] (1.1 million)[6][7]
Half-Life 2 (6.5 million,[6][7] may include Xbox version but does not include Steam sales)
Myst (6 million)[8]
SimCity 3000 (5 million; includes Sim City 3000 Unlimited edition)[9]
Doom (5 million)[10]
The Sims 3 (4.6 million, includes PC and Mac sales)[11]
The Sims 3: World Adventures [expansion pack] (1.2 million pre-order)

Diablo II, by the way, sold over 4 million copies. I think it's safe to say 'Starcraft 2' will meet their sales expectations.

[Knightshade Dragon]

The final requirements for StarCraft II have been released:

    Minimum System Requirements*:

    PC: Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7 (Latest Service Packs) with DirectX 9.0c
    2.6 GHz Pentium IV or equivalent AMD Athlon processor
    128 MB PCIe NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT or ATI Radeon 9800 PRO video card or better

    Mac: Mac OS X 10.5.8, 10.6.2 or newer
    Intel Processor
    NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT or ATI Radeon X1600 or better

    PC/Mac: 12 GB available HD space
    1 GB RAM (1.5 GB required for Windows Vista/Windows 7 users, 2 GB for Mac users)
    DVD-ROM drive
    Broadband Internet connection
    1024X720 minimum display resolution

    *Note: Due to potential programming changes, the Minimum System Requirements for this game may change over time.

    Recommended Specifications:

    PC: Windows Vista/Windows 7
    Dual Core 2.4Ghz Processor
    2 GB RAM
    512 MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX or ATI Radeon HD 3870 or better

    Mac: Intel Core 2 Duo processor
    4 GB system RAM
    NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT or ATI Radeon HD 4670 or better

[CeeKay]

damn, I'm not sure if my rig can handle the game 

[leo8877]

damn, I'm not sure if my rig can handle the game 

Well since everyone in the world will buy this game, they had to make sure it will work for more than just the bleeding edge.

[Thin_J]

I've yet to try the beta on it, but even my laptop should power through this game just fine. That makes me happy.

And I too plan to sell the WoW pet if it's possible. Though I suspect it will be linked to whatever account your register Starcraft 2 with and you won't be able to do anything with it.

[Goldchamp]

And I too plan to sell the WoW pet if it's possible. Though I suspect it will be linked to whatever account your register Starcraft 2 with and you won't be able to do anything with it.

And that is exactly what will happen.

[Pharaoh]

And I too plan to sell the WoW pet if it's possible. Though I suspect it will be linked to whatever account your register Starcraft 2 with and you won't be able to do anything with it.

And that is exactly what will happen.

And exactly why I canceled my collectors edition last week 

[Soulchilde]

And I too plan to sell the WoW pet if it's possible. Though I suspect it will be linked to whatever account your register Starcraft 2 with and you won't be able to do anything with it.

And that is exactly what will happen.

And exactly why I canceled my collectors edition last week 

this would suck..