en-us http://www.productwiki.com/manufacturer--activision-blizzard_video-games/ Featured content from ProductWiki. Hottest products, active discussions, recent articles, and hot links. http://www.productwiki.com/starcraft-ii-wings-of-liberty/ <img src="http://images.productwiki.com/upload/images/starcraft_ii_wings_of_liberty-100-100.jpg" border=0 style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;"/><p>StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is the first part of the StarCraft II trilogy. It contains full multiplayer capability and the Terran campaign. The Zerg and Protoss campaigns will be released as expansions, entitled <em>Heart of the Swarm</em> and <em>Legacy of the Void</em>, respectively. Each campaign has 27-30 missions, meaning that the entire StarCraft II trilogy will have almost three times the number of missions in Brood War.</p> <p>The long awaited sequel comes over a decade since the release of the original <a class="wiki" href="/starcraft/">StarCraft</a>, a landmark game in the <a class="wiki" href="/genre--real-time/">real-time</a> <a class="wiki" href="/genre--strategy/">strategy</a> genre. Announced at a world wide invitational press conference on May 19, StarCraft II continues the legacy set down by its predecessor and continues the story of the war between the Protoss, Zerg and Terran races. Full 3D graphics, new units, and new abilities are all introduced for this second installment.</p> <p>A several month long beta started in eary 2010, and a two-week final release candidate beta took place in early July 2010. The game was released on July 23rd, 2010. Digital downloads from Blizzard had been available since the previous week, however the game could not be installed until the release date.</p> <h2>Announcement Trailer</h2> <p>&nbsp;<object width="640" height="385"> <param value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ELhtXtnV3pg&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1" name="movie" /> <param value="true" name="allowFullScreen" /> <param value="always" name="allowscriptaccess" /><embed width="640" height="385" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ELhtXtnV3pg&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed></object></p> <h2>Controversy</h2> <p>The strict DRM that Blizzard uses to control cheating, piracy and unauthorized copying has come under much attack, ever since Blizzard announced that the game would not include LAN and the only way to legally play multiplayer was through their Battle.net service. An internet connection is required for install, and the game can only be played offline for a month until the user must log in again to reactivate the game. Each game is tied to a single Battle.net account, and is region locked. Rumor has it that much of the DRM was pushed onto Blizzard by Activision, although nothing has been confirmed.</p><div style="clear: both;">&nbsp;</div> Sat, 19 May 2007 11:05:42 -0400 http://www.productwiki.com/starcraft-ii-wings-of-liberty/ http://www.productwiki.com/world-of-warcraft-wrath-of-the-lich-king-expansion/ <img src="http://images.productwiki.com/upload/images/world_of_warcraft_wrath_of_the_lich_king_expansion-100-100.jpg" border=0 style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;"/><p><i><b>World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King</b></i> is the second expansion set (following <i>The Burning Crusade)</i> for the massively multiplayer online role-playing game <i>World of Warcraft</i>. It adds a substantial amount of content to the game world, including the continent of Northrend.</p><div style="clear: both;">&nbsp;</div> Fri, 16 May 2008 17:23:14 -0400 http://www.productwiki.com/world-of-warcraft-wrath-of-the-lich-king-expansion/