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Eurogamer.net has a hands on article about StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, with their thoughts on the single player experience.

Meanwhile, Gamesindustry.biz has put up an interview with the exec VP and int. PR manager of Blizzard, with thoughts on the dev process, social network websites, achievements and the game's changed age rating in South Korea.

You can read Pearce's individual comments on how micro-transactions won't work for SC2 here.

Please note that you have to register to read the Gamesindustry articles. Nothing's free, mate.

- M

Samods needs a webmaster!

I'm currently looking for an individual to help out reboot the site - either as it is now but with a fresh layout, or as a completely new entity entirely.

Knowledge of HTML, CSS, PHP, and Drupal is essential, while experience with SMF or graphic editing would be welcome but not necessary. Please mail me (ben.brown@talk21.com) or message me over the Samods forum to apply.

It's been a long time since I started my commentary series on StarCraft, almost a year and a half in fact which is quite scary, but: it is done. My commentary on the zerg campaign in Brood War is finally available - check it out so you don't miss out!

Just how powerful is the Queen of Blades? How far can she pull the strings of the faction leaders in the Koprulu Sector? Where are things heading for StarCraft 2? Hopefully my commentary reveals some answers, or at least some intriguing new questions, as well as wrapping up the original storyline arc that Blizzard created so long ago and are soon to renew.

If you missed my commentary on the original StarCraft then you can check it out here. Feel free post your thoughts on the Samods forum.

- Magic

To summarise as initially reported by Gamasutra, Blizzard recently sued six people for hacking StarCraft 2 in a bid to run the game on emulated servers. Apparently the group were working to modify the AI to create more of a challenge. The suit has been since dropped, while Blizzard has gone on to tell Gamasutra that they are willing to take legal action as necessary.

The original complaint alleged that the "SC2 Pirate Community is working in concert, largely over the internet, to obtain and access unauthorized or 'cracked' game clients and develop an unauthorized, pirated version of Battle.net, with the goal of enabling members of this community to benefit from Blizzard's development of SC2 without paying for it."

Linaze's WarCraft 3 campaign entitled Scars of Conflict has a subforum in the WarCraft Projects of the forum. It's set in the WarCraft 2 era and is hiring. See the FAQ or screenshots threads for more information.