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StarCraft II website inundated with info

Story and multiplayer previews and more.

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News by Oli Welsh Former Editor-in-Chief
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Blizzard has let its StarCraft II community know that there is a ton of new content on first release Wings of Liberty on the official website to distract you from the fact you're not even in the beta yet.

The articles on single-player storytelling and multiplayer map design are well worth a read for some hard science from Blizzard's developers. The single-player article discusses how even outlying missions in the game's branching structure are crafted for storytelling, while the map design piece discusses the considerations in building a 1v1 map for serious competitive play.

There's also a short story, new character bios and new screens and art, and video absolutely everywhere.

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is due for release in spring 2010 with a preceding beta test earlier in the year.

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