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Starcraft II Beta Invite Emails sent to Media

Starcraft II Beta Invite Emails sent to Media 

StarcraftWire.net has received word that Blizzard has sent out Starcraft II Beta invite emails to select websites such as Kotaku and Cnet. The recipients were instructed to send Blizzard their Battle.net account names by June 19th. This coincides with Mike Morhaime’s comment during the Activision Blizzard conference call last month.

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StarCraft II Q&A Batch 51 Posted!

StarCraft II Q&A Batch 51 Posted! 

Blizzard’s Starcraft II Community Manager, Karune, has posted another batch of Q&As for us to enjoy along with a video showing off the new death animations, such as burning hydras to a crisp.

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Diablo III Bestiary Update: The Fallen Ones

Diablo III Bestiary Update: The Fallen Ones 

Yup they’re back, The Fallen Ones are the latest addition to the official Diablo III bestiary. I still remember these guys from Diablo II, for the most part they were harmless, but when they had lightning enchant on them they were down right lethal. It’s good to see Blizzard bring back this goofy class of demons, it helps build contrast for the more grotesque demons found in the later stages of Diablo III.

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Blizzcon 2009 Ticket Sales Reminder

Blizzcon 2009 Ticket Sales Reminder 

I just wanted to remind everyone that Blizzcon 2009 ticket sales will start tomorrow, the convention will be held in Anaheim and each ticket will cost $125. There will be a queue system setup so no need to constantly refresh the webpage, thank goodness.

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Starcraft II Beta set for Summer!

Starcraft II Beta set for Summer! 

President and co-founder of Blizzard, Mike Morhaime, dropped some big news in regards to Starcraft II Beta during the Activision Blizzard conference call. This summer we will be opening up external beta testing, and while we haven’t announced a release date yet, this phase will also signal the final stretch…

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Opt-in for Blizzard’s upcoming Starcraft II Beta

Opt-in for Blizzard’s upcoming Starcraft II Beta 

The SystemCheck application will scan your hardware and report your system specs to Blizzard, this will ensure that a wide range of hardware configurations are tested in Beta. For additional information regarding the Beta Opt-in check out Bashiok’s post.

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