Tag Archives: StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm

StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm has sold through 1.1 million units in just two days of availability, Blizzard has announced.

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Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm may have released on March 12, but many outlets have taken extra time and care with their reviews. Now that there are more out in the wild, we’ve corralled them all here for your reading pleasure.

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Blizzard is keeping a close eye on StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm for any potential balancing issues, but says, as yet, players haven’t fully explored the game’s new units.

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Blizzard’s Chris Metzen has said that StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm is the darkest chapter in the trilogy.

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StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm launches worldwide today, with servers unlocking in a rolling pattern around the globe. Details of when you can finally get back to Kerrigan’s adventures within.

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StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm releases next week, and to help plan your play session, Blizzard has released a list of approximate launch times for each region and common time zones.The launch times are estimates and “subject to change,” according to the firm, and when the game launches, don’t forget to close and restart the game in order to get patched to the latest version. You can check out the list through Battle.net. StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm launches March 12.

Bizzard is already working on Legacy of The Void, the third instalment of StarCraft 2, even as the clock ticks down towards the second episode’s release.

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As promised, the new StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm trailer has been released by Blizzard. It’s below, and features Sarah Kerrigan embarking on her path of angry vengeance as she tries to reclaim her empire. SC2: HotS releases March 12.
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StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm developer Blizzard has announced worldwide launch events for its standalone expansion. The streamed events will also feature a “King of the Beta” pro-tournament.

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StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm has received a patch preview trailer from Blizzard, in which community manager Cloaken talks about the studiosview on the evolving eSports scene and the expansion’s multiplayer component. The studio has also sent us a recap of Wings of Liberty patch 2.0.4 in full.

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Razer is re-releasing its range of StarCraft 2 branded accessories to celebrate the launch of Heart of the Swarm.

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StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty will receive a major patch just before Heart of the Swarm releases, adding a pile of new features and content from the expansion.

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StarCraft 2′s incoming 2.0.4 patch has been confirmed as rather large by Blizzard, and could contain a new replay feature, GUI enhancements and more.

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ESET has today announced season 1 of the 2013 ESET UK Masters, a tournament that will see StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm players battling out over a £10,000 prize pool. The competition begins tonight, and the season one final takes place at Telford-based eSports event Insomnia48, taking place 22nd – 25th March.

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StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm is designed to offer accessibility to players attampting to mount the RTS’s daunting learning curve, while at the complete opposite end of the spectrum, offer more options for high-level pros. It’s a big ask, but this video shows Blizzard’s solutions.

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StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm is nearly upon us at long, long last, and Blizzard wants to help make your inevitale celebration of this event as easy as possible.

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Blizzard has released the first video in a new preview series for StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm. In the series’ inaugural episode, community manager Kevin “Cloaken” Johnson provides a look at some of the features coming in the expansion which will “strengthen and support the community, relationships, and communication between players.” Heart of the Swarm releases on March 12.

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StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm will be featured in the MLG Winter Season, through two invite-only competitions, it has been announced.

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StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm is inching ever-closer to release, but Blizzard has decided to tease the masses with a look at the standalone expansion’s opening cinematic. It’s full of soldiers, combat, savage beasts and even one instance of a Wilhelm Scream. See if you can spot it through the cut.

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StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm beta play started as a closed affair, but now pre-purchase customers are being invited into the fold. Find out if you’re eligible after the cut.

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