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BlizzCon is Back and Ticket Sales Are Soon

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BlizzCon is back this year and soon you will get a chance to buy tickets to attend the event in person at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim California November 8th and 9th.

Tickets for the 2013 event go on sale Wednesday, April 24 at 7 p.m. PDT and Saturday, April 27 at 10 a.m. PDT. Benefit Dinner Tickets go on sale Wednesday, May 1 at 7 p.m. Pacific Time. You can purchase tickets directly from the official BlizzCon website.

You can also watch BlizzCon live from home by purchasing a virtual ticket. Information on how to obtain virtual tickets will become available later. Pricing and other ticket info can be found on the BlizzCon ticket page.

 

 

Blizzard Celebrates 15 Years of StarCraft

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It’s hard to believe that it’s been 15 years since March 31, 1998, when StarCraft first captured our imaginations and for some of us, became a solid part of our childhood. StarCraft has also greatly contributed to the online competitive gaming world, even though at the time we couldn’t have known how much it would grow.

So, what’s the best part about all of this? Well, we’ve got many years of StarCraft ahead of us!

Blizzard is offering up a feat of strength for StarCraft players that will allow you to unlock 3 new portraits that pay homage to classic StarCraft along with getting a special achievement “15 Years of StarCraft” .

So how do you get the achievement?

Just play one game of StarCraft II in any online mode before 11:59 p.m. PDT on April 17.

Beginning March 31, play one Arcade, Custom, Ranked, Training, Unranked, or Versus A.I. game to earn the StarCraft 15-Year Anniversary Feat of Strength achievement. As soon as you’ve received the achievement, all three portraits will be permanently unlocked in your StarCraft II character profile.

You get see Blizzard’s official post about the anniversary on battle.net.

 

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BlizzCon 2013 Official Date Set

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In case you missed it, BlizzCon is back and will be held at the Anaheim Convention Center Friday, November 8 and Saturday, November 9, 2013 in Anaheim, California. Hopefully you will be able to get tickets to go as they usually sell out in seconds. If you can’t be there you can always watch online for a small fee, something that I’m sure will be available this year as well.

The last BlizzCon (2011) was pretty awesome and they even closed out the show with the Foo Fighters! Can they top that this year? Who knows, but I’m hoping to hear more about project “Titan” and I’m  always just generally curious as to what Blizzard is going to be doing next. You know what would be really strange? A Blizzard FPS style game. That would be interesting; even more interesting would be if it was also brought to consoles. You can read the official press release for more details.

Blizzard Reveals StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm Opening Cinematic

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Blizzard Entertainment has just revealed the opening cinematic for StarCraft: II Heart of the Swarm and it’s nothing short of spectactuar. The cinematic team at Blizzard always has something amazing for us and this cinematic is no different, they really set the bar high for the industry and I wish they would do feature length cinematics. This opener really helps build anticipation and set the tone for this upcoming expansion.

StarCraft II Heart of The Swarm Will Help You Play Better

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There’s a lot going on behind the doors at Blizzard Entertainment and StarCraft II Heart of the Swarm is the main focus as the company gets closer to the game’s launch date of 3/12/2013. During a conversation with PCgamesN, Mike Morhaime mentioned that they are working on a “training area” that will allow players to get better by playing out scenarios against the computer that will teach you how to create and use a few basic builds. The computer will also offer up tips that will help you improve your gameplay. The difficulty will slowly increase as you progress in this new “training mode”.

There are some concerns from the gaming community surrounding the lack of  in-game support for learning how to play in multiplayer matches. Often, players new to playing against real “human” opponents will struggle early on and this has caused many players to become discouraged and to give up playing online altogether. This is obviously not something Blizzard wants happening. Although there has been some improvement with the addition of unranked gameplay, it looks like we will see even further support for the community by introducing this new training mode.

If you fall into this category of new players and you really love the game, don’t give up! There are already a ton of resources out there to help you become a better StarCraft player. One great place to start is by heading to Day[9]TV, a website created by Sean Plott, a professional StarCraft player. He offers up a TON of advice and honestly I can’t think of a better place to get started.

I am always looking for ways to become a better StarCraft player and even if you have a bit of experience already, it would still be nice to run through some type of “training mode”, you never know what you might learn.