#STARCRAFT 2 BETA UPDATE#
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William Ding, Chief Executive Officer of NetEase said, вЂњOver the past several months, we have been working closely with Blizzard Entertainment to finish our preparations for the launch of StarCraft II in China. вЂњWeвЂ™re confident that Chinese players will have a great time playing StarCraft II, and we look forward to hearing what they think.вЂќ вЂњWeвЂ™ve worked hard to make StarCraft II the ultimate competitive real-time strategy game, and we're excited that players in mainland China are now able to experience it for themselves, along with 's advanced matchmaking and social features,вЂќ said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment.

#STARCRAFT 2 BETA FULL#

Players will be able to purchase game time in 30-day increments for a suggested retail price of RMB20, which provides full access to the game's unparalleled multiplayer play and epic single-player campaign through, the premier community destination and online-gaming platform for players of Blizzard games. The open beta test for StarCraft II is scheduled to end on Apat 00:00 (Beijing time), at which time commercial operation of StarCraft II will begin.

#STARCRAFT 2 BETA UPDATE#

Gamers who would like to participate and who haven't already created a В® account or downloaded the StarCraft II client can do so by visiting the official website ( Once the game is installed, players can run the client to automatically update to the latest version of the game and begin playing. During the open beta test, players will be able to experience the intense strategic gameplay of StarCraft II's multiplayer modes for free. (NASDAQ: NTES) announced today that the open beta test for Blizzard Entertainment's StarCraftВ® II has begun in mainland China.

SHANGHAI, China - Ma- Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. OPEN BETA TESTING FOR STARCRAFTВ® II BEGINS IN MAINLAND CHINA StarCraft 2 is in beta at the moment, but itвЂ™s still set for a release in mid 2010 on PC, where it will be published by Activision.20110329_Open Beta Testing For Starcraft II Begins in Mainland China.pdf 327.6 KB ThereвЂ™s plenty to be disappointed about in that, but itвЂ™s important to remember that all weвЂ™ve got to survey at the moment is the multiplayer beta вЂ“ and that that alone presents plenty for established StarCraft fans to get excited about.

Instead, StarCraft 2вЂ™s multiplayer seems to be more about refining and glamming up the systems of the original game, rather than pushing things to a new level. At the same time though, itвЂ™s clear even to the uninitiated that the game (or the beta, at least) isnвЂ™t doing anything wholly new or revolutionary. ItвЂ™ll blow the top off the sales chart and net Blizzard another couple of billion, easy. ThereвЂ™s no denying that StarCraft 2 is going to be an absolute monster of a game in terms of both quality and success. ItвЂ™s something weвЂ™re sure weвЂ™ll adjust too and really isnвЂ™t something worth worrying about too much. That honour probably goes to Resident Evil on the PlayStation. StarCraft 2 wonвЂ™t be the first game to prove that gamers will cope with the most atrocious excesses of perspective as long as the game itself is interesting though. Blizzard clearly knows what it is doing when it comes to the positioning of even the lowliest sprites.

Even the revamped system which underpins the whole experience is brilliantly realised (even if it does take uncomfortably long to find matches sometimes, which is likely due to low player numbers right now).ДЄs we said before a lot of the interface is unchanged from the first game, but even the few tweaks and adjustments which have been implemented have obviously been well thought out and justified. Then again, considering how much work Blizzard is putting into the game thatвЂ™s something which should go without saying. If youвЂ™re confident that this type of strategy game, with such a heavy focus on competitive gameplay and in-depth planning, is something youвЂ™d like then I can assure you that itвЂ™s shaping up to be a corker. StarCraft 2Still, thatвЂ™s no reason to end on a downer because thereвЂ™s still a significant part of me thatвЂ™s desperate to tell you how good StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty is вЂ“ and it really is very good indeed.

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