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The worgen are a race of feral wolf-beasts whose very name inspires fear. Theories regarding their history abound, yet the worgen's origins remain steeped in mystery. Records indicate that the worgen existed for a time in Kalimdor. In fact, more recent evidence suggests that their true origin might have a connection to the night elves and a secretive druidic order from Kalimdor's distant past. Yet until new evidence comes to light, this information remains speculative.

Originally the slaves of jungle trolls on the Isle of Kezan, the goblin race was forced to mine kaja'mite ore out of the volcanic bowels of Mount Kajaro.

An island off the coast of the Eastern Kingdoms, Tol Barad is a historic land now sought-after by the leaders of the Horde and the Alliance. Its strategic, isolated location makes it an ideal stronghold from which to conduct military strikes. In World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, a battle will be waged to seize control of this prized territory. Should you triumph, unique rewards await you. Read more about this all-new world PvP and questing zone here.

Great demonic wings fan out behind the horned, malefic figure. Standing nearly 7 112 feet tall, the creature’s night elf heritage is evident in its violet skin, longears, and flowingbluehair. It wears tattered cloth pants that do little to conceal its cloven hooves. Jagged tattoos cover its bare chest and arms. It wears a ragged bandage around its head that covers its eyes. It carries two massive warglaives - each etched with demonic runes of power.

For our ongoing coverage of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, we recently sat down with game designers Dave Kosak and Roman Marotte to ask them about the work they've done on the Southern Barrens, a once-familiar place drastically altered by Deathwing's return and the continuing struggle between the Horde and the Alliance.

Game designers Luis Barriga and Craig Amai sat down with us to discuss upcoming changes to Darkshore's landscape, the fate of Auberdine, and the challenges of redesigning an old-world zone from the ground up in this World of Warcraft: Cataclysm content preview.

Delve into the mysteries of Azshara with game designers Craig Amai and Dave Kosak, who talked with us about the Horde's northward expansion and the rise of the Bilgewater Cartel as part of our ongoing coverage of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. Adventure, conflict, and, of course, profit await those who enter the newly re-imagined Azshara!

Today we're covering the changes being made to Ashenvale in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm as the Warsong Outriders and the Silverwing Sentinels continue to vie for domination of the region. Quest designers Eric Maloof and Steve Burke sat down with us to discuss what it's been like iterating on a familiar yet evolving Kalimdor territory.

Here is where you can find WoW Cataclysm Wallpapers, and WoW Cataclysm Photos. Deathwing 1024 x 768 1152 x 864 1280 x 800 1280 x 1024 1440 x 900 1600 x 1200 1680 x 1050 1920 x 1200

What is the story of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm ? While the attention of the Horde and Alliance remained fixed upon Northrend, an ancient evil has been lying dormant within Deepholm, the domain of earth in the Elemental Plane. Hidden away in a secluded sanctuary, the corrupted Dragon Aspect Deathwing has waited, recovering from the wounds of his last battle against Azeroth, nursing his hatred for the inferior creatures that infest the surface realm...and biding his time until he can reforge the world in molten fire.

Two New Playable Races Adventure as one of two new races--the cursed worgen with the Alliance or the resourceful goblins with the Horde. Level Cap Increased to 85 Earn new abilities, tap into new talents, and progress through the path system, a new way for players to improve characters. Classic Zones Remade Familiar zones across the original continents of Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms have been altered forever and updated with new content, from the devastated Badlands to the broken Barrens, which has been sundered in two.

An ancient evil lies dormant within Deepholm, the domain of earth in the Elemental Plane. Hidden away in a secluded sanctuary, the corrupted Dragon Aspect Deathwing has waited, recovering from the wounds of his last battle against Azeroth and biding his time until he can reforge the world in molten fire. Soon, Deathwing the Destroyer will return to Azeroth, and his eruption from Deepholm will sunder the world, leaving a festering wound across the continents. As the Horde and Alliance race to the epicenter of the cataclysm, the kingdoms of Azeroth will witness seismic shifts in power, the kindling of a war of the elements, and the emergence of unlikely heroes who will rise up to protect their scarred and broken world from utter devastation.

If you or a friend are currently playing Wrath of the Lich King and haven't yet experienced the content Cataclysm has to offer, you can sign up now to play a 10-day free trial version of this latest expansion for World of Warcraft.

Who is eligible to try the Cataclysm 10-day free trial edition ? Anyone who has a current subscription or has ever had a subscription to World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King can play the Cataclysm trial. There is a limit of one free trial per account. World of Warcraft "classic" trial accounts, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade trial accounts, and World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King trial accounts are not eligible for the Cataclysm 10-day free trial.

Not surprisingly, the latest World of Warcraft update, Cataclysm has broken Blizzard sales. The game has sold 3.3 million copies within 24 hours breaking the record of 2.8 million sales by the previous WoW update, Wrath of the Lich king. Cataclysm’s day one says even beat Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty, according to senior vice president of merchandising of GameStop, Bob Mckenzie.

This is a statement from Blizzard. You’ve already discovered some of the cheat codes hidden within StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, but you haven’t found them all. We thought it was time to lift the veil and reveal all of the official codes available in the single-player mode.  Cheat codes can only be used in single-player mode by pressing the enter key within the game and typing in the codes as shown below within the console. Caution: Before using cheat codes it’s important to understand that using them will prevent additional achievement gains you might have earned through normal play until either a new campaign is started or a prior save is loaded (one from before the use of the first cheat).

Ever wondered how each race performs against each other in SC2? Here's a statistics released by Blizzard that may serve as a guide. Blizzard says, Now that you might have a clearer idea regarding what they are, we'd like to share some recent adjusted win percentages from November 11th for several regions around the world. Before you review these numbers, we'd like to prevent some common misconceptions. First, these numbers shift fairly rapidly as newly discovered strategies spread through the community and they're changing all the time.

All StarCraft II accounts have been granted one free name change. If you’d like to change your character name, log in to Account Management and choose your StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty game license. On your game license screen a "Character Name Change" button at the bottom will initiate the request. After confirming that you’d like to change your character name, simply log in to StarCraft II and you’ll be prompted to select a new one. Please be sure to use this name change wisely.

ever wanted to play Starcraft 2 for free? Here's your chance to join Starcraft 2 Free Play Weekend where players may able to play starcarft 2 for free for 72 hours starting November 19 up to 21. Read the announcement here Starcraft 2 Free Play Weekend Q: What is a free-play weekend? A: Eligible players in Southeast Asia will receive free access to the single-player and multiplayer modes of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty for a 72-hour period starting at 12:01 a.m. (Singapore time) on Friday, November 19 and ending at 11:59 p.m. (Singapore time) on Sunday, November 21.

Blizzard Entertainment recently announced that they will be having the first ever Free Play Weekend for the SEA/ANZ servers will take place November 19-21. Here is their announcement We’re happy to announce an upcoming free play weekend for the Southeast Asian edition of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. The free play weekend kicks off at 00:00 on November 19 (GMT +8) and ends at 23:59 on November 21. We wanted to give the community this opportunity to invite their friends to try out StarCraft II's award-winning single-player and multiplayer gameplay over Battle.net free of charge.

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Build your Own StarCraft 2 Custom Maps Using Editor Panel - Learn how to create custom maps for Starcraft 2 using three approach: Find the “fun factor.” , Make sure the map is easy to learn. , and Actively seek and encourage feedback. . The StarCraft II Custom Maps and Editor panel, new this year to BlizzCon, proved to be a treasure trove of information for aspiring mapmakers and anyone interested in the StarCraft II custom map scene. Lead Level Designer Matt Morris, Senior Level Designer Richard Khoo, Level Designer Jason Huck, Level Designer Matt Gotcher, and Data Specialist Justin Klinchuch discussed a variety of topics with the audience, including their design philosophy, mapmaking tips and suggestions, official custom map previews, and a critical look at the StarCraft II Editor.

Blizzard has Four New Custom Maps to be Featured at BlizzCon 2010 - Yes that's right and they are including Dota map. This will be available for free via Battle.net in the future. :) Four all-new Blizzard-crafted StarCraft II custom maps are making their debut at BlizzCon 2010: Aiur Chef , Left 2 Die , StarJeweled , and Blizzard DOTA !

In the six years since its 2004 launch, online role-playing game World of Warcraft has reigned unopposed as the king of the massively-multiplayer market -- but there’s one thing that’ll kill a long-running game quicker than anything else: boredom.

This is some quick guide. For a Newbie player who cant get out Bronze league. Im not a diamond myself, but for most people they just love this game but can't be a decent player. if you want to get silver or gold try some of these guide its from my own exprience. now sit back and relax my friend.

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty patch 1.1.2 is now live! This patch features adjustments to protoss, terran, and zerg balance and several bug fixes. Be sure to check out the full patch notes below to learn all about the latest changes. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty - Patch 1.1.2 General • Players will no longer receive achievement toasts while their status is set to "Busy." • The messaging when attempting to load a saved game or replay from a previous version has been clarified. • Adjusted the amount of points earned and lost by random team participants to properly reflect the strength of a player's teammates. Balance • PROTOSS o Buildings • Nexus life and shields increased from 750/750 to 1000/1000. o Void Ray • Damage level 1 increased from 5 to 6 (+4 armored). • Damage level 2 decreased from 10 (+15 armored) to 8 (+8 armored). • Flux Vanes speed upgrade bonus decreased from 1.125 to 0.703. • TERRAN o Buildings • Barracks requirement changed fro

A tightly done build order vs. Terran and Harrasment Part 2 Okey so I'm not blind, I've seen the threads on the forum about Terran being OP and so forth. What those threads lack is ANY discussion to what to do against a Terran, its just rubbish trash talk to each other which might strengthen your internet peen a bit but does not help anyone being better at beating Terran. I won't take a discussion in this thread about whether Terran is OP or not, I don't want you to start flaming about this either in here. Now I have a good friend who play Terran and we have practice a lot against each other over the last weeks and days just to see how OP Terran is. I'd say we are both at the same level, so it isn't Diamond Protoss against Bronze Terran.

For this part i will talk about four things, that might not be so basic and actually is kind of a intermediate level of play but still touches everyone in almost all games and match ups. The first thing i want to write about is: First and Early aggressions We have all been here, we have built up a force and thinking "okey, okey... i got this army.... what do I do?"

After seeing a lot of thread here on the forum that surely are related to basics about RTS I feel that I want to write this posts and I really hope that this thread will help alot of strugeling protoss that feel that they are lacking in some games but can't pin-point what they are lacking in. So when you are reading this thread I assume you have chosen protoss (or atleast is strugeling with protoss when you play random and get that race) so... Ye won't write about any other race, but almost all of what I will write here will fit into both the other races too.

I was giving a lot of thought into it lately, and I couldn't find a satisfying answer as to why the Zerg have to choose well-balanced armies and a variety of units to beat even their "hard counters". (examples: It is way better to go Roaches/Hydras than mass Hydras against mass Stalkers, even though Roaches aren't the optimal counter. Also, The popular build of Slings/Blings/Mutas works a LOT better than pure Slings/Blings even if your enemy is going mass marines and marines alone, which doesn't make sense. You'll still win with banelings alone, but with mutas it seems to work even better). Why does this happen? Zerg units don't have forced synergies, like MMM (anti air/light + anti armor/building + heals). And many will say that in some builds Roaches and Lings are used as meatwalls, but why the heck does Infestor/Lings/Hydras/Roaches/Ultras work soooo much better against Mass Stalkers than lets say pure Infestor/Ultras?? On paper, it is the optimal count

Since the release of Wings of Liberty, the StarCraft II balance team has been diligently studying how the game is being played, playing it ourselves, and seeing how evenly the three races match up on the battlefield. While we regularly examine Battle.net player data and statistics from all regions, the information we're examining in this blog was pulled exclusively from the North American region for simplicity's sake.

To help keep Battle.net accounts as secure as possible, we've recently changed how Battle.net authenticators can be used. Going forward, Battle.net authenticators can now only be associated with one Battle.net account at a time. No changes are being made to how many game licenses a single Battle.net account can support. You can still have multiple World of Warcraft accounts under a single Battle.net account, for instance, and all game licenses linked with a Battle.net account will still be protected if an authenticator is in use.

Now before my computer was corrupted by a Virus I came up with an idea of a tournament you can do yourself or with with a friend, it's verses AI and Recommend it in Custom games, now it consists of 22 games were they gradually increment in difficulty as well their is a story melded into it as I will explain the guide lines and verses so I appreciate if you'd hear me out, I"ll explain this as if it was 1 Player but a 2nd player could take the place of you AI Partner, make sure they use the same Race the AI was chosen.

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Hello everyone, I have notice a lot of the newer players finding some difficulty in their match ups and engagements when it comes to playing in the multiplayer match up or even facing a computer AI. I'm not a top top player but i have my fair share of beta and starcraft 2 knowledge. I only play Protoss in 1v1s so it may or may not apply to you. I would be regularly updating this thrend so please check back for updates.

Ensabanur is pretty much right on with what you want to do for the most part, however there are even more options, I'll detail a few: Against m&m: If it's more 'rauder heavy, zealots and sentries work fantastically early on as forcefield allows zealots to get in range and do damage. Void rays are another option to delay the Terran push and keep him in his base while you build up a force/expand

At start, salvage that 2 bunkers at the bridge, you're going to hold your defense at the your base ramp Spam m&m, I went 4 barracks, 2 with reactor, don't need to build any bunker / turret. At 11-10 minutes mark, gather all your troops push through the left exit and go all the way up straight to the top, you'll find 2 hatchery there, kill it, then retreat your troops back to your base, I did it with about 50 m&m, but I didn't make it out alive all the way back to my base. At 3 minutes mark, gather all your troops again, and push through the extact same location, they should rebuild the hatchery already, kill it, done, even if you fail the mission, you still get the achievement, you can float your CC and fly away and win like a coward.

I found this in the US forum. I don't know if it's legal or not, but credit goes to MrMrCmmndsU for this guide: This guide will also count on your opponent being the general high-division Terran player--the one that does the predictable build orders of TvZ and A-moves his deathball into your base and expects to win because of the supposed cost-effectiveness of Terran units. In short, your average Terran player is not always going to be pro-level. He will be stupid. And we will take advantage of that. I will also be assuming you know how to handle your macro (spawn larva, spread creep). But even if it's not perfect, you should still do fine--your opponent is not perfect either.

This guide is for those who are currenty tearing their hair out trying to complete this achievement. After countless retries I finally found a build that works after reading through various forums etc. Although getting the achievement seems very difficult, it is deceptively very easy to get. This guide assumes you are just going for the achievement and nothing else. This is my first guide and I'll explain what I did as best as I can.

ok so basically i played around with the inbase hatch late expo and found that it was working amazing, however something was missing. It allowed fast saturation of the main and high unit production. I believe MadFrog has found the build we have been praying for and im going to share this with everyone

Do you think this will work for you? If you're a Zerg or Terran player, share your thoughts/opinion here.

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Here's a great list of Starcraft 2 Cheats Dance Party Select units and press Enter, then type the command /dance to make them dance. Currently this only seems to work with ground units. The list is:

Any StarCraft II veteran will know that a couple of High Templars can completely turn the tide of battle. It's also important to learn when you can't win. Protoss players ought to overlap their pylon fields where they are being used to power structures. Zerg players ought to simply center their defenses around their hatchery and resources.

A patch released by Blizzard today brings 3D support to StarCraft II, meaning now those banshees will totally pop off the screen. The patch, the first major one since StarCraft II's release in July, also brings some changes to the game's all-important balance.

These are some powerful Terran counters against Zerg opponents that will teach you how to deal with Zergs using your favorite units in group Terran and how to counter Zerg Mutalisks, Zergling Rush, and Roaches. Know some of the Starcraft II different strategies so you can be a successful Starcraft multi player with great understanding on how to use all the different units. Be successful by learning what units to make when an army of Void Rays is rushing your base and learn how to counter most popular builds and you will surely win more often.

This Starcraft 2 guide will focus on how to use a Dark Templar rush against a Terran player. The majority of people out there who know about the Dark Templar rush think that it’s a waste of time to try it against a Terran opponent as they can crush the rush with a simple Scanner Sweep. Even though most Terran players are likely to have Scanner Sweeps, it does not imply that the Dark Templars you build will be ineffective. The truth does not come even close to this.

There are certain rules you need to observe and follow on using Dark Templars rush to win against Zergs. Destroy the Hatchery so as not to let them create an Overseer Use at least 3 or more Dark Templars to overcome Lair before an Overseer exists. Overseer detects Dark Templars, so using them alone may not overthrow Zergs. Conduct a surprise attack and kill as many Drones as you can and destroy the Hatchery. Dark Templars need assistance from your regular units, they will certainly adds up to bring down Zergs economy.

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty patch 1.1.0 is now live! This patch features adjustments to protoss, terran, and zerg balance, notable StarCraft II Editor improvements, several bug fixes and access to the North America region. Be sure to check out the full patch notes below to learn all about the latest changes.

Below is a video detailing a rush tactic for players using Protoss, Dark Templar Rush. Build Order: probes till 10supply 10 supply: Pylon Gateway assimilator once pylon is completed queue 3 probes with chrono boost