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Heart of the Swarm beta balance update improves Medivacs, nerfs Thors,...
Blizzard continue to roll out balance changes to their Heart of the Swarm multiplayer, which is due to release alongside the Zerg-centric campaign on March 12 next year. The latest update, Balance...
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Training mode coming to Heart of the Swarm: practice against learning AI
Blizzard’s Mike Morhaime has revealed in an interview with PCGamesN that a new training mode will be included in Heart of the Swarm, where an AI that analyses your play and offers you tips will...
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Blizzard reveals Heart of the Swarm opening movie, proves they’re still kings...
As somebody who is often more excited for the StarCraft II story than the multiplayer side, I’m always keen to gobble up Blizzard’s cinematics like so much gravy at Christmas — and today’s release of...
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Blizzard looking to make Heart of the Swarm multiplayer more welcoming for...
Although “accessibility” has sort of become a dirty word, there’s still a lot to be said for making something easier for new players to understand — and that is what Blizzard are hoping to do when...
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Heart of the Swarm’s UI changes to include ‘Players on my Network’ feature
Blizzard have released a video demonstrating the upcoming changes being made to the StarCraft II UI in Heart of the Swarm, due out on March 12. The video focuses on the way the company have streamlined...
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Blizzard details Heart of the Swarm launch events: Federation Square on March 11
Blizzard have released details of their global launch events for Heart of the Swarm, and the one of most particular interest to us here at GON is, of course, the Australian event. From 8PM AEDT on...
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Blizzard launch new ‘Project Blackstone’ ARG, Zerg dissected for study
Blizzard have rolled out a new ARG going by the name of ‘Project Blackstone’. You can hit up the site yourself and learn all about it — assuming you’re able to log in, that is. If you’re the sort who...
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Blizzard details the various ways you can play StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm
As we ramp up to Heart of the Swarm‘s launch next month, Blizzard are detailing the changes being made to not only the game itself but also the supporting modes around it. In this video, you can see...
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Sunday eSports: In the Heart of the Swarm
The wonderful advantage of Blizzard’s methodical approach towards their eSports baby, StarCraft 2, is that it never stays the same. Take the Heart of the Swarm beta, for example. To the uninformed the...
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Meanwhile, the Heart of the Swarm beta ends on March 1
Blizzard have announced that the beta test for StarCraft II‘s Heart of the Swarm expansion will end on March 1st — for members of the general public, anyway. “It is important to note that we will...
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Blizzard announces patch 2.0.4 for Wings of Liberty, clan support arrives
It’s time to get the clan back together – patch 2.0.4 for Heart of the Swarm is coming, and Blizzard are updating Wings of Liberty to include the clan support detailed last year. Also included in the...
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Blizzard demonstrates StarCraft II replay changes: group watching, resume...
As we head into March and the release of Heart of the Swarm, Blizzard have released a video showing how the new replay features will work — features that are available in the current Wings of Liberty...
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StarCraft II director Dustin Browder to make guest appearance at HotS launch
Blizzard have announced that Dustin Browder, the man behind StarCraft II as we know it, will be flying in to make a guest appearance at the Federation Square launch event for Heart of the Swarm. The...
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Heart of the Swarm’s ‘Vengeance’ trailer has Kerrigan, explosions, other...
The launch of StarCraft II‘s next expansion, Heart of the Swarm, is upon us in just 13 days — and this new launch trailer released today amps up the suspense for the single-player narrative. As...
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Heart of the Swarm has launched in Australia: get downloading now
Take advantage of the fact that our clocks are substantially ahead of our American brethren and get cracking on Heart of the Swarm, which is available to Australians right now. It’s a hefty download...
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“You don’t want to be a good gamer. You want to be a good person”: We speak...
One of Sean Plott’s earliest memories is of an early 1990s Chessmaster game. From a young age, he was fascinated with tactics, movement, mathematics. He remembers playing by himself, against the...
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Out and about: All the details from the 3000-strong Heart of the Swarm launch...
I was sitting next to a good friend a few hours into the launch. The developer Q&A had just finished, and I turned to survey the remnants of the crowd. “How many people do you reckon showed up?” I...
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StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm Multiplayer Review: A powerful evolution
Looking for a review of the single-player campaign? Click here for our video review. Perhaps the most telling observation one can make about Heart of the Swarm is that, despite it being their...
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StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm Campaign Review: Tasty gameplay, not enough...
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm is a huge beast, and that’s why we decided to pair up and take it on from all angles. In this single-player video review, we explore where Heart of the Swarm fits in...
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Heart of the Swarm zerg-rushes stores, sells 1.1 million copies in two days
Blizzard have very excitedly flooded the internet with zerglings to announce that Heart of the Swarm blitzed through 1.1 million sales in just 48 hours. Viewer numbers on their livestream events and...
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‘Maybe we’ll be able to get fifty guys to watch eSports’: Dustin Browder on...
Dustin Browder is an intense man. The iconic director for StarCraft 2 has a sizeable frame and a sharp eye, and when he greeted me for our interview after the Heart of the Swarm launch in Melbourne’s...
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“They should be trying a lot harder”: mOOnGlaDe on Australian eSports
It’s always a good day when I get to talk to Andrew “mOOnGlaDe” Pender, Australia’s and Queensland’s most recognised professional gamer around the world. He was in good spirits the morning after the...
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StarCraft 2.1 deployed, Arcade now open for free players
Blizzard send word that patch 2.1 for StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm is now available to download. 2.1 brings changes to the level of access available to free players, with Arcade mode, custom games,...
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StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm gets an update, and new ladder maps too
Apparently it’s mega-update week over at Blizzard, because Heart of the Swarm (you’ve gotta have StarCraft 2 in the headline; Blizzard were apparently OK rolling with clashing acronyms) has received a...
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StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm is now stand-alone
As you have probably inferred from the title of this article, you no longer need to own a copy of Wings of Liberty to experience Heart of the Swarm. The change was announced at the same time as the...
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