Google has a new easter egg and it is starcraft themed!
Head over to your search bar or google and type in zerg rush
“zerg rush”
you will soon see zerglings (actually google Os) rushing in to eat up the elements on the screen
you have to fend them off by rapidly clicking on them
and finally when you are slowly overwhelmed by the hoard of infinite Os you can take a break and look at your APM and O count!
They then form a giant GG at the end.
Have fun!
Razer is probably a rather familiar name with Starcraft 2 fans, partly because that name shows up on the jerseys of the famous SlayerS team and partly because of their high performance (and rather expensive) gaming gear.
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/business/tech-biz/12/21/11/cult-video-gaming-firm-closer-ipo
If there is a listing, the article points towards Hong Kong, Singapore or the USA as potential listing sites.
The date for the IPO has not been set however, according the the news report.
According to the news article, Razer is has its HQ in California, has offices in San Francisco but operates too out of places in Asia from Singapore, Seoul and Shanghai as well as a few more.
And they have recently gone into the laptop scene, creating their own Razer blade gaming laptop that has already been sold. Their 17 inch $2800 laptop apparently sold out in just 30 minutes.
It looks like Razer is indeed doing rather well now. Perhaps they will be the next apple computers, but of the gaming industry.
https://www.facebook.com/razer/posts/350522374965544
Is there anything you want to get this Christmas?
Loading ...From http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/3085760?page=11
Looks like Blizz is adding the areas together.
In conjunction with the start of Season 3, we’ll be linking the European and Russian StarCraft II communities together; North America and Latin America will also be linked together, as will Korea and Taiwan.
It should be pretty exciting for Taiwan people, as you have some famous pro gamers there like Sen and Linda Liao to finally get to pit themselves against the Koreans on those servers. As for the european and russian mix I wonder if there will be language difficulties? But I guess everyone understands the GG, unless it turns into Gee Gee Gee.
Other stuff from that particular FAQ:
Q. When will this happen?
A. The region linking process will happen at the same time as StarCraft II Season 3, which is currently scheduled for the week of July 25.
Q. Do I have to do anything?
A. No — linking will happen automatically.
Q. Does this mean that the ladders of linked regions will be combined?
A. Yes, players from linked regions will be combined into a single ladder. This means you’ll have access to a larger pool of players at all skill levels to play against, which will improve the experience for players no matter what league they play in.
Looks like this has been out a while but here it is:
This advertisment comes in 1080p with english subtitles, even though its for intel’s korean campaign to push its iseries processors. The actual part where Boxer comes in is really only at the 3:30 mark. You get to see some starcraft action with the classic SlayerS Boxer siege tanks.
There are english subtitles to guide us, but of course you would notice that she isn’t using a mouse at all. You can see intel is really taking out the big guns in their advertising campaign! And I guess Boxer is rolling in the endorsement money in the e-sports scene. Maybe one day the e-sports scene will be as big as golf or tennis. Yoona from SNSD is a singer like the Taiwanese Pro Gamer Linda Liao, but unlike Linda Liao is not a starcraft 2 gamer and is instead also a dancer in the korean girl group SNSD.
Everyone currrently playing Starcraft 2 competitively should be rather excited as the new season is here. With it comes arefreshed map pool.
From the official blizzard website:
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/2943356#blog
Along with a new season of ladder play, we continue to update and refresh the map pools, with the goal of providing a fresh and invigorating set of challenges for StarCraft II players of all stripes. With the start of Season 3, you’ll find a number of new maps to explore and master:
The 1v1 ladder map pool
Our goal for the 1v1 ladder map pool is to have the most competitive, balanced maps across three main categories. We want to have a good mix of maps that give a lot of variety which, in combination with our veto system, should empower each player to customize their map list to best fit their individual playstyle.
The 2v2 ladder map pool
In 2v2, we’re trying to go with mostly maps where you and your ally have a shared choke point to defend. At higher levels of 2v2, there are clearly team compositions that are stronger than others on open maps. We’re hoping to address this balance issue through map layout, since this is only a 2v2-specific issue.
The 3v3 and 4v4 ladder map pools
Looking at the statistics, we’re seeing that the higher level players rarely play these formats. Therefore, we’ve decided to go with a bit more of a casual-player-friendly selection of formats. We want to provide a good mix of fortress style maps, as well as rush maps, to cater to the broad player base here. Our goal for these two formats is for players to be able to enjoy variety in the gameplay, rather than trying to provide an eSports level of game balance.
If you notice from the site all of the maps are called test. Do play them and give Blizz your feedback!
The last time we had news about Heart of the Swarm was when there was a mysterious video proof of what seemed to be a leaked ending of heart of the swarm chocked full with spoilers. Needless to say, don’t watch it if you don’t want to be spoiled. What we have now though is real official trailers from Blizzard for their next expansion!
It might take you a while to stream from the official blizzard servers and the websites though, so you might want to use youtube links at the bottom if the blizzard stream is too slow for you. The links to youtube are provided below
The two trailers that blizzard has released deals with different aspects; one is a cinematic style teaser trailer showing you high definition footages, the other is a gameplay trailer showing you what has changed and what hasn’t from the first game.
For the movie like trailer, what you see at the start is ghost and more ghosts chasing after another ghost. Nova which you would have seen from Starcraft 2 and heard from the abandoned game project, is likely under orders from arcturus mengsk to chase down the new now human form once ghost Sarah Kerrigan.
Naturally Jim Raynor is not too far from the action and once again you see his trademark yelling after kerrigan scenes. In my humble opinion however kerrigan looked much better before she was zergified. Her converted form has zerg tendril-like hair.
As for the other trailer that deals with the gameplay, it really is pretty much the same old with some new cosmetic changes. Instead of being onboard Jim’s Battlecruiser in Starcraft 2, the expansion has you joining Kerrigan on her journey to regain her powers and retake control of the zerg horde. So instead of the researcher to guide you down the tech tree or the mechanic at the forge, you have two unique zerg creatures taking over those roles. From the trailer it looks like you can also give Sarah Kerrigan herself upgrades, and it appears she takes a more active role in the individual campaign missions than Jim Raynor did in the first game. While there will be new units, new tech and new abilities the expansion looks pretty much the same in terms of game mechanics as the old!
The Trailers here:
Teaser
Gameplay