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Wed, Aug 17, 2011 | 21:25 BST

Blizzard feels it failed with StarCraft II marketplace

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During the Blizzard gamescom press conference today, the firm’s co-founder Frank Pearce was asked by an attendee what he felt the developer had failed at during it’s years in the business, and Pearce said one thing was the planned StarCraft marketplace.

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Wed, Jun 01, 2011 | 05:49 BST

Heart of the Swarm gets first gameplay trailer

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And the blowout on StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm continues. This time, Blizzard’s released a trailer which mixes gameplay and story scenes from the game. Most of the story stuff you would have probably seen from the leaked teaser last week. Get the impressions that went live yesterday here, and watch the new video below (via EvAv).

Zerg-led Heart of the Swarm has no date, but a 2012 launch is likely.

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Tue, May 31, 2011 | 09:46 BST

Blizzard DotA aiming for Heart of the Swarm launch, says StarCraft boss

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StarCraft II lead producer Chris Sigaty has said that Blizzard DotA is still in development at the company.

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Tue, May 31, 2011 | 10:16 BST

First SCII: Heart of the Swarm previews go live

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The embargo on the first impressions of the second part of StarCraft II, Heart of the Swarm, has just lifted. The impressions follow a leak on the game last week with its first teaser and the first screens coming earlier this morning. You can get the previews below. Heart of the Swarm has no date yet, but a 2011 release is unlikely.

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Tue, May 31, 2011 | 06:14 BST

First Heart of the Swarm shots show Kerrigan, Zerg stuff

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Dutch site InsideGamer‘s gone live with the first screenshots of the second StarCraft II story chapter Heart of the Swarm, following a leak of its first teaser last week. You can get more of them from the link, but it’s not exactly the biggest surprise in the world to hear they feature Kerrigan and Zerg-based things. Heart of the Swarm, which follows Wings of Liberty and comes before Protoss-based Legacy of the Void, has no release date yet.

Thanks, GAF.

Sat, May 28, 2011 | 13:37 BST

First SCII: Heart of the Swarm teaser hunts for Kerrigan

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Boom! Right out of left-field, the first teaser trailer for the second part of the StarCraft II story arc, Zerg-based Heart of the Swarm, has been posted online.

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Fri, Apr 22, 2011 | 08:04 BST

Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm to be shown next month

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Kotaku’s been invited to take a look at the second part of the Starcraft trilogy, Heart of the Swarm, next month. Apparently this is going to be a quick look at the campaign, and we not going to see anything of any multiplayer changes as yet. There are no other details on this at the moment, and it’s unlikely we’re going to see the product this year. We should know more for definite at Blizzcon 2011, which takes place in October.

Mon, Aug 23, 2010 | 20:33 BST

Heart of the Swarm: “Hardcore art and programming” is go, says Pardo

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Development of StarCraft II’s second part is swinging into proper action, Blizzard design boss Rob Pardo’s told MTV, now Wings of Liberty has gone to seed.

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Tue, Apr 27, 2010 | 07:50 BST

StarCraft II expansion Collector’s Editions possible if “fan excitement” is there

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Having already announced a very pretty Collector’s Edition for the first part of the StarCraft II trilogy, Chris Metzen, Blizzard’s VP of creative development, has said bumper SKUs for the next two bits are all down to the fans.

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