Blizzard Announced StarCraft II, Koreans Find New National Sport

At 1am in these parts, Blizzard announced the development of StarCraft II. No release date or pricing has been specified, since its still very early in development, but the gameplay screenshots and trailer video look superb already. Also of interest was the FAQs section (yeah, that's how I roll), where Blizzard stated that there were no plans (current or otherwise) to release StarCraft II on any gaming consoles, but that in true Blizzard fashion, the game would see a simultaneous release for Windows and Macintosh computers. The Windows side of things will fully support Vista and XP, will utilize DirectX 10, and may feature DirectX 10-exclusive graphic effects. The usual fare is to be expected: single- and multi-player gameplay, new units and a return of some older ones, amazing graphics, a new super-engine that apparently will allow for the rendering of much larger units as well as much larger armies (no more 250-unit caps), and more.

So go, check out the glory that will be the new StarCraft. And dammit, if Blizzard pulls a Ghost on us and cancels this project, there's a country out there that will probably find a new national passtime. Like crochet.

StarCraft II Official Site

P.S. At the same time Blizzard was making waves in Seoul, Spike TV's GameHead released info confirming a new Chronicles of Riddick game. This had much less effect on the gaming populace, due largely to the fact that the entire world experienced a massive mutual orgasm while looking the other way. Sorry, Riddick; its not you, its us.