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Hello. We at Blizzard Entertainment like to let the fans know
what's going on with our products. For this reason, we have decided
to release some StarCraft 2 information to some of our fans' sites.
We give you permission to post this information on your site.
First, there will be 4 races, Terran, Protoss, Zerg, and the Protoss/Zerg hybrid, called Vanix. Each race will have 5 new units,
2 new buildings, and new upgrades. For the Terrans, they will
have: Rocketeer (shoots rockets, has splash damage), Heavy Cruiser
(improved Battle Cruiser, used in heavy assault situations), Wraith
Bomber (it's a bomber), Wriath Kamikaze (like the Zerg's Scourge,
but has guns too), and Cannon (not like the Protoss cannon, but
more of a tactical strike cannon, immobile) The Protoss will have:
Mothership (improved carrier, holds 20 interceptors, more health,
more shields), Nomad (physically improved Zealot, with an energy
rifle), High Archon (a Dark Templar/High Templar meld, it will
be like a Dark Archon, can mind control, and attack), Walker (combination
of 5 Dragoons, slow, but very powerful), and Exploder (name may
change by release, it's just like an Observer, but can be sent
in to detonate inside an enemy base.) The Zerg will have: Hyperlisk
(Ult! ralisk's evolved stage, much quicker, and much more powerful,
can burrow), Acid Colony (attacks both ground and air with acid),
Creeper (does not attack, only moves underground, used for spying),
King (like a Queen, but can attack, and infest any building of
any race that produces soldiers, thus making things like Infested Siege Tanks that roll into areas and explode), and finally Bladeling
(a bigger version of a Zergling, stands upright, and wields blades
for arms.)
Second, here are some of the upgrades (some, not all, there
are many more than this). The Terrans will have: The ability to
make any building fly (including supply depots), Omega Ray (like
the Battle Cruiser's Yamato gun, the Heavy Cruiser's Omega Ray
will do much more damage), and (one of our favorites), the ability
to eject from a vehicle. Let's say a Siege Tank is about to be
destroyed, you can eject the person inside, and you'll be able
to run away, thus saving a person for later use. The people inside
the vehicles will be statistically better than Marines, they'll
have more health, do more damage, and have better range. Some Protoss upgrades include: Pylon mobility (yes, now you will be
able to move your Pylons. It will be wheel based, so it can't
travel over water.), Dragoon Cloak (you'll be able to cloak your
Dragoons with this, we're not sure if we will have this for Walkers
though), and Fortify (a High Archon ability, it channels the shields
of the High Archon into e! ither a building or another unit. Zerg
upgrades will include: Overlord bombing (you'll be able to pick
up bombs with overlords, and instead of just spying with them,
drop bombs on your enemies) Zergling Acidic Sac (will allow Zerglings
to spit acid), and Hyperlisk Trample (if a Hyperlisk encounters
a small unit like a Marine, it can simply walk all over him and kill him) There will be some added graphic effects too, if you
destroy a Battle Cruiser, it may either explode in the air (depending
on the force of the blow) or it may fall to the ground, causing
damage. Another cool effect we have planned, sometime when you
destroy a Siege Tank, you'll see the driver fly into the air,
then plummet to the ground. We also plan the following: If a machine
based unit is destroyed, it does damage to the units around it.
We do not have much information on the Vanix race, we have
just started working on them. We may even throw in a hidden mission
or two, or even a hidden race. The cheat codes will be changed,
and they will still be disabled on Battle.net. Speaking of
Battle.net,
it will be possible for 14 players to compete in a match, and
it will be possible to change settings (day/night, fog thickness,
etc.) Alliances will be chosen before the match starts, and cannot
be broken. You will be able to ally with the computer as well.
Kerrigan will get killed by Alexi Stukov
because of revenge and he will go on rampage killing everything in the
Koprulu sector while making a new homeworld opun braxis. there are six races
Terran, Zerg, Protoss, Xel'Naga, Dromanin (Nickname for Hybrid) and Varnix.
(The Varnix is basically a bit of every race combined).
The new units for Terran are listed:
Plauge Runner
Berserker
Pyro
SCV Alpha
SCV Beta
The new units for Zerg are listed:
Horror
Walker
Tyrant
Infested Protoss
Retaken Dromanin
The new units for Protoss are listed:
Efinigy
Prayer
Spy
Juggernut
Units for the Xel'Naga Race are listed:
Miner
Eltopa
Yishnaw
Xel
Cromina
Spirit
Enraged Spirit
Abassyl
Miner Sacrifice
Mukmema
Scill
Gimbilosami
sorry thats all I know for the Xel'Naga
Units for the Dromanin Race are listed:
Spider
Remin-osla
Spitter
Ark-el
sorry thats all I know for the Dromanin
I only know of one unit in Varnix:
Gol-hal-mel -Sent in by UE~Hacker
My daddy is working on the game right now and
has brought home some early copies of it for me and my friends to test out.
I want to tell you it is awesome, I mean in there are 8 new races, as i
said, this is the early stages. The races are: Protoss, Zerg, Humans (they
changed their name) Predators, Hybrids, Xel' naga, And these two are not real sure if they will be in but they are the Hutoss(Human Protoss) and
Webster's sounds like a dictionary eh?(I am canadian) any way back to the
rumor, well not a rumor the TRUTH!!!!! in the game zerglings can hop on the
backs of marines and in no time you have lots of baby Infested Marines, They
are zerglings with guns. And there is one more cool unit. the Cumonator, It
shoots across the map, and is a one hit kill for any buildings, It is kind
of a cross between a Wraith and a marine, it may sound awesome but it has
only 1 hit point, and It costs 7000 minerals and 1 gas. oh yeah you can be
the leader of the humans he is called Roger Boomingtonunkil, he is a
powerful ghost hero that is all for now, i will tell you more when i get to
play the next test version cya's! -Sent in by neff_24
The race called Vishano that someone
mentioned seems to be copying a Magic: The Gathering? race called the Viashino, who also rely on pure physical ability. If you folks at M:TG are
reading this, please contact Blizzard?. M:TG ROCKS!!!
Also, if the Ultralisk does evolve, they should NOT make it be able to
burrow and attack like the lurker, but it should stand upright and chuck
it's Kaiser Blades like BOOMERANGS at enemies. Similar to the carrier's interceptor, the blades should be targetable, and if destroyed they should
be REGROWN at a cost of something like 50 mins and gas. Just thought that
Blizzard should do something like this.
Furthermore, Blizzard should NOT make any more mutations to the Mutalisk.
The Gaurdian was AWESOME, as it could take out turrets from a far, but the
Devourer BLOWS! On b.net, no one EVER uses the Devourer, unless the comp has
TONS of gaurdians or something. FURTHERmore, the Mutalisk should have
upgrades for its splash damage, because i was attacking 3 zealots and the splash only did 1 damage to the third zealots shield! Muta upgrades should
be as follows: more targets than 3, more range then 2 off of the last
target, and higher splash damage.
Another thought: since the Marines and Fbats have STIM, and the zerglings
AND hydras BOTH have speed grades and special attack grades, why not give
the DRAGOON a speed grade? Another upgrade for the dragoon should be that if
it's killed, it's remnants remain on the battlefield, and a high templar or
something can resurrect it into a spirit of a zealot with a special spell or
something. However, this would make the total special abilities at the temp.
archives 7! It could be 8 if the new spell was added and an additional energy upgrade to boost the high temps energy to 300. -Sent in by ~alex~
1) There definately is a Starcraft 2, as I
have actually seen the BETA version of it in motion (Its Hella cool)
2) Graphics 100x better
3) Makes Pentium III 500's go slow as....
4) Heaps more landscapes (Stars, Galaxies, Floating Bases etc...)
5) If the Diablo 2 release date applys to Starcraft 2, its gonna come out
about 3 years late :) -Sent in by iNDiGO2k
I heard, from a specific individual currently
working at Blizzard Co. that there willl be only 5 races. Terran/Zerg/Protoss/Xel'Naga(they're unplayable so far, kind of like the
dark templar in the first Starcraft) and the Zerg/Protoss hybrid. He said
there might be a sixth race, that is the physical equivalent of the protoss,
but that is so far unsure. -Sent in by Eon-001
I just wanted to say that I've heard rumors
that in the next StarCraft,Kerrigan will be killed by the Xel'Naga. Then the Xel'Naga will aid the protoss in recovering their homeworld of Aiur from the
scattered Zerg Broods.Then,the bold Xel'Naga will try to experiment on the
Terrans, so Jim Raynor,with the help of Zeratul and the Dark Templar, will
attempt to destroy them. The game will follow this story line, with the Zerg trying to survive the Xel'Naga's attacks, The Terrans and Protoss trying to
regain Aiur and then destroying the experimenting Xel'Naga, and the Xel'Naga
helping the Protoss and then trying to modify the Terrans through experimentation. -Sent in by XxDiablo182xX
A couple of days ago, i was searching up
possible sites for starcraft 2 and all. I wnet to blizzard.com and blizzard network.com and all. well, i found out some suprising things. if you read
the homepage of blizzard.com. You'll notice a patern, fisrt time puzzle
solvers won't see it at first. But in each line there is a letter that
coresponds with another. it spelled out this URL. www.starcraft2.net I went here but i noticed how it didn't load. So the page wsn't finished. If you
look at the bottom it's a direct link to blizzardnetwork.com, and when i
finally got there after hours of trying, it was a registered subdomain. And
it was registered under blizzard. Starcraft 2 is real! i ahve proof of the
next 3 races that will be added to the origional 3. There names are Vanix,
X'el Naga and Zarab(zerg/protoss hybird). The vanix are the protosses
ancestors, and relative to the protoss they oppose no threat. The X'elNaga
are a hidden and dead outcst race of a new generation, there powers eceed
both terran and protoss. The Zarab are the powerfullest enemy, and rumor has
it that there like terran and zerg, making the cc/hatchery building 600
mineral and 10 gas. What's going on here you ask? How did i find this out. I
will never tell you until i have mor eproof. But here is the beginign storyline, or the brief version of it.
Duran fully expsoes the Zarab, when each one awakens, they become aware of
their existance, they begin to wander each planet, searching for other
beings other than itself. They detect a lost Admitter different form the Psi
Asdmitter form starcraft and broodwar. This new admitter was placed there by
someone. I don't know who. But it is very powerfull, then duran returns and
claims all 13 of the Hybirds, and teaches them to create an army of an
invinicble cause to the generation. there forces and balance forever changed the universe. Almost wiping out the terrans copletly. Kerrigan dies in
starcraft 2 by some new character who takes over from the hybird swarm. -Sent
in by Joneba
The protoss levels will cover the retaking of
Aiur. The terran levels will pretty much be about Megnesk alling w/ Kel-Morian Combine. The Zerg is Kerrigan destroying daggoth and becoming the
ultimate ruler of the Zerg. I don't know if these are all true but this is
what i heard. Lastly, the Xelnaga levels are all back in time. creation of
the protoss, zerg etc. Then for the hybrids, they kill duran and try to
well, kill everything. -The Sender wished to remain Anonymous
1) There are indeed 5 races,
Zerg;Humans;Protoss;Xel Naga;Vishano.
2) When they say humans, they don't mean Terran. The terrans are soon killed
by the Zerg in the opening of Starcraft II. The game is revolved in the
Solar System, where the zerg go to destroy the Terran's acedants, humans.
The protoss, now allied with Earth, chase after the Zerg. The Xel Naga have
intent to destroy their failure race, the zerg, and creat a race called the
Vishano (Zerg/Protoss hybrid). However, these soon rebel on them (Xel Nagas
have that uncanny ability to make rebels, dont they?) as well, and have
intent to destroy their creators, following them to the Solar System.
3) Although you won't hear this from them, Blizzard is negotiating with
Monolith Productions (makers of Rages of Mages) and MAY team up with them in
help of making this game.
4) The leader of the Zerg is not Sarah Kerrigan. In the opening cinema,
Samir Duran kills her, causing the zerg to go array without a leader.
However, Alexi Stukov, now infested, takes control of the Zerg. Samir Duran
was NOT a zerg, he was acting to kill the Zerg leader. Samir Duran was the
main warrior of the Vishano. This was before they rebelled against the Xel'
Naga. He then became the leader of the Vishano. The Xel' Naga are led by the
mystical archon Xelxephin. The humans are led by General Barret Mcduvon, a
young, skilled former spy. The protoss are led by Artanis.
5) Each of the original races gets five new units, two new buildings, and
have two units taken away from their old ones. None of the new units have
been revealed except one, the Xel' Naga leader Xelxephin. He is yet another
kind of Archon called the Ki Archon. They currently can fly, but can only
attack ground units. For air, they have a spell called Ki Missle, which
fires energy missles that look alot like Valkrie shots. They also have a
spell called Explosion, which is like a Nuke, except it is much more
powerful, but with a much smaller radius.
6) You now do not have the choice of skipping the story, you must go through
each race in order (after beating each one, you get a password). Upon
completeing the final race, you get to view one of twelve (yes, twelve,
thats the word so far) final endings, depending on how you completed final missions (each final mission has two different ways to win) and four hidden
missions which are going to be VERY hard.
7) The game is in development, and may not even be finished depending on
Diablo II and Warcraft hype, because they may have better use of the games
they work on. They say they probably will go ahead, and may be finished by Summer-Fall 2002, due to the work on Warcraft III and D2 Expansion. The work
won't be officialized until Early Summer 2001. -Sent in by Brobert2
the Zerg Ultralisk will be able to evolve in
to a Zerg Beserker (not like Warcraft ok) the zerg beserker can burrow and does 35 damage with spines and kaiser blades it shots out spines from its
back at least i think its, its back?? but i can guarentee you that but it is
also a rumor so who knows if its tru secondly the zerg will be able to take
over the terran starport the starport will have an egg on the top of it when you are bringing a ship in and you will be able to recieve the Infested
Battle Ship which is kinda stupid lookin, and infested wraith which cannot
cloak but travels faster than the upgrade scout. (but for the record these
are rummors), plus most of the rumors are kinda true one thing is that Duran
is mixed he isn't zerg, he is xel'naga mixed with terran, NOT ZERG!!! he
took kerrigan's side but he was never a zerg if you would notice he doesn't
have any zerg traits only terran just because he has carapace doesn't mean
that he is zerg, thats just his armor. plus the xel'naga are commin in this
game but not as you think they only come to destroy the zerg since they are
unhappy of what there 1st creation is doing to their best
creation<----(that right there is true)!!! Secondly Fenix is returning
since his old friend Raynor goes to some lengths to get him back with the
help of the protoss Dark Templar leader Zeratul Raynor steals a special
krystal don't remember what the name was, but Raynor steals it and wishes
fenix's body be reconstructed with this and thsu bring back the fenix<--rumor that i read off a site all of this acuatlly comes from
campaign creations -Sent in by <-+NiNjA+->
I heard that Valkyries would be able to hook
onto battlecruisers and speed up the battlecruisers, and will have both
weapons (valkyrie, and bcruiser weapons) but there are some downsides. The
valkyries DO speed up the battlecruisers, but the battlecruisers slow down
the valkyries. Also it will cost a certain fee (i hard something like 200
minerals, 100 gas) to be able to dock, and you can only fire one weapon at
once (Yamato, Valkyrie, or Bcruiser Laser) also, a science vessel dock
option that would let you detect, nuke, and speed up your bcruiser, plus the
science vessel abilities. this will cost more than the valkyrie dock, but i
dont know how much. Also these will be PERMANENT, you can not
"un-dock" your units. This would be the sort of "Space
Station" ability mentioned earlier by Jade... But i'm not sure if it
will be a separate space station unit, it may be and you may have to dock in
a battlecruier or something for it to move, but i dont know that much. -Sent in by ICE
I got some info on the game. First of all
there will be many new sayings. The reason for this is because it would be boring if they didn't. Also they are thinking about 5 Races but they might
only do 4 because they wanna make an expansion with an entirely new race to
ensure that people by them both. Xel'Naga is one of the races and I dont
know about thr 5th one yet. Also I also heard about the 2 CDs. It will be
out around July 2001 but since we all know that games get backed up im
guessing around Oct. or Nov. 2001. There will be many new units including
water and perhaps space but i dont know if that is true or not. It will be called Starcraft 2: The Return. Also they will have a new pic on the
beginning and a new font (when you start up the game and it has the three
faces and the starcraft font above. They will have a new pic cuz there will
be either 4 or 5 Races). More buildings will be able to fly and wraiths wil have bombing capabilities kinda like nukes but weaker and you wil have to
get them built at the starport. thats all I have now but expect some fixes
and extra info as things progress. -Sent in by SecretAjzenMan
sc2 will combine xelnaga, and the protoss
hybrid. The end result for the hybrid? Imagine Infested command centers... that is what the Zerg/Protoss buildings will look like. Same thing with the
troops. And for a little twist, the hybrid also carries zerg health
regeneration and protoss sheilds. Pretty much, imagine the Borg form Star
Trek; man and machine combined. -The Sender wished to remain Anonymous
i saw some of the new units one was a large
bomber i dont know what it was called but i know for sure is a new unit i aso saw a unit with 4 wings it was small and fast -Sent in by
STARCRAFT10000
In brood war on the zerg campaign, if u beat
level 9 before 30 mins is up u get a secret level, on that secret level Zeratul looks for artanis but it turns out he spots a protoss unit in a
stasis cell. the protoss unit dies then zeratul is confused.. he continues
and runs into another cell with yet another protoss, the computer thing or
whatever in the picture frame says a bunch of data then they continue.. The next cell is a zerg and this time after recieving from the computer which
says something like this.. "Data #27 blah blah blah and Data #29 DNA
merged" (probally nothing to what it says lol) then Zeratul is like
stunned by what he heard and says sumthin like "ohh no, S**T! this cant
be happening!!!!!!" he continues and finds a hybrid which DNA is zerg
and protoss merged, Duran talks to him and says hes a hybrid and says that
there are tons of these cells and they will soon awake to make chaos and be
more powerful than any race.. Zeratul returns unable to tell anything and is crushed thinking about what will happen in the future...
BOOM!!! *cough* sc2 race there *cough* -Sent
in by ZoDiaC
i heard that there will be 5 races ZERG/PROTOSS/HYBRID/XEL'NAGA. There will be new addons for everybuilding and
many will deal with biological warfare{Cold war all over again}!!! -Sent
in by shredda
I heard rumors spreading around that there
will infact be a StarCraft2: The Return. I have a friend who's uncle works
at Blizzard, and his uncle is a game designer for Brood War. He says he
isn't on the project, but there will be a StarCraft 2! He said that my
friend and me would be one of the firsts to get it, since both our birthdays
are right after the scheduled release of September 28, 2001. I mght also add that their will be 5, not 7, but 5 races. Xel'Naga, some wacked out Hybrid
race (no one knows the name yet:( ), Terran, Protoss, Zerg. The only
drawback is that there will be 2 CD's, not to mention a program that is
nearly twice the size! When I heard about it I was psyched! I'll have Some info on it later for you. -Sent in by (+)ChariotBombr
Sam sent an E-mail to Blizzard inquiring
about Starcraft 2, here was their response:
Sir, we are not releasing information to the
general public at this time. We will give you the information only if you
agree to not publish any of the following on any website.
I responded to that email, of course, by
saying I wouldn't post a thing on my website.
Here's the info packet I guess a lot of the
press are receiving.
"StarCraft: The Xel'Naga Chapters is the
long-awaited second expansion to StarCraft, and it will be our last. The game will feature subtle changes, such as more units, abilities, and a new
race, the Xel'Naga which will be a non-playable race. However, we are
currently devolving a new game, StarCraft II. Much like Diablo II, StarCraft
II will feature new races, storylines and central characters. Contrary to
popular Internet rumors, the game will not feature the "Orcs" as a
race. It will feature the Xel'Naga as well as a yet-unnamed creation of the
Xel'Naga, a "twin" race of the Protoss that focuses on pure
physical strength rather than psychic abilities. We are targeting a June
2000 release for StarCraft: The Xel'Naga Chapters and a November 2001
release for StarCraft II. We will allow magazines and websites to publish
information beginning January or February of 2001, and will have an
advertising campaign beginning around May 2001. We are not looking at a
console release at this point, and are currently publishing only for the
PC." -Sent in by Sam
It was said that it will have a new race and
was mixed with zerg and protoss DNA. Duran will probably lead them because
obviously he created them. -Sent in by Alert9000
I wanted to tell you that my friend thatknows
some peeps atblizzard says the lurks will be able to shoot out 8 diff directions, and xel naga race entirely cloaked -Sent in by (VV)firehawk
I heard they arent gonnna make a sc 2 but
they will make a new game called starablo and you are supposed to be terran
or any other race and you can also be a person from diablo 2 and you kill
the forces of evil just like on diabo and dibalo 2 -Sent in by Jord2k_G_D
I know a few people that work for Blizzard
and they have told me a few details on Starcraft 2. There will be 5
different races in it. There will be the Terrans led by Raynor. The zerg
with Kerrigan as their leader.The Protoss with Zeratul and Artanis leading
them. Then there will be a new race, the Xel Naga. I'm not sure who will
lead them but I know that Duran is a Xel Naga.Then there will be the hybrid
race that the Xel Naga created. They will go crazy and rebel against the Xel
Naga just like the Zerg.I dont know who will lead them.
It will let you build more units in it and they have fixed the size of units
and buildings so it is more realistic. WHen a unit is dead it wont always
blow up, they can crash and when they are damaged bad sometimes they cant
move.For Terran and Protoss they will have a building that repairs serious
damage to a unit and scvs and probes will repair minor damage. The zerg can
slowly regenerate. The Terrans will also have biological weapons that are
similar to a nuke. Terrans will also have new infantry units. Each race will
have a few units that can go on the water. There will also be bad weather
that can hurt you. -Sent in by Aiel
I found some good rumors about StarCraft 2
and im pretty sure they arent rumors because they make alot of sense. Ok
well the name of SC2 is Starcraft 2 The Return.
It will start off where Brood War left off. The Xel'naga will return to
finish their creation. The Humans launch a rescue mission for their long
lost Supercarriers with the terrans. The terrans refuse and attack them
creating more conflict.
There are 5 races in SC2 including Protoss, Terran, and the Zerg. The 2 new
races are Xel'naga and Hybrid race. In the brood war the secret mission on
the zerg campaign explains some stuff about these Zerg/Protoss Hybrids which are extremely powerful.
Kerrigan leads the zerg, Artanis and Zeratul lead the Protoss, Duran which
is neither Zerg or Terran and leads the hybrids and he is thought to be a
Xel'naga, UED and Jim Raynor will return and play a part in this game. It is unknown who the terran leader is and the Xel'naga leader since they are so
unknown. 5 campaigns and free internet play with 5 races that are equally
balanced will make this a top selling game for sure. I know im getting one
:)
I also heard the release date is set for Summer 2001 and Blizzard will
announce this project by the end of this year. The reason blizzard hasn't
said anything about this game is so its a major sellout because they wanna
make lots of money. -Sent in by OSM^KillerPTZ
I send Blizzard an email saying "Will
there be a Starcraft II". They responded "We have not yet been
able to announce its due date, but there will be a starcraft II by December
of 2001. Thanks you for your email. Blizzard. -Sent in by Fonzykid
Alright here's what i know about starcraft 2
, directely from the sources ,it will feature 7 different races and have the return of Zel'Naga the grafix will be more real and gameplay will be great 1
new race is the Vanix , a creation of the Terran -Sent in by toothpik!
Dark Archons will have the same attack as an
archon so they can do SOME damage. There will be units the travel via water
(so no more gay island maps stopping us from rushing um!) Cannons will be
able to lift off and travel elsewhere and land anywhere including water,
along with pylons of course :o). SCVs will be able to lift off as well called "Jet Packs" that you'll be able to upgrade (So when your
scv gets stuck it can get out of the supply depot cage) I also heard that
the wraiths will drop explosives aswell.. Observers will be able to self
destruct (expensive upgrade that works like a nuclear weapon). This is an
obvious change that will be made but all the units will have different sayings , like instead of the firebat saying "Need a light?" He'll
say "Lets burn him to hell!" (The bat saying that is also a rumor
but I'm almost 100% sure about the different sayings) The Zerg Hatchery will
yet again will raise in price from 300 minerals to 400! All because people
were complaining it was to easy to expand with zerg!!!!. There will be alot
of new units for each race but I'm not sure what they are... -Sent in by
DoomZ
What I figure is gunna happen is the terrans
will be experimenting with protoss technoligy and and you'lll the next
elvolution of the terran ghost and other units. -Sent in by tangoblu7
I heard that they arent even making another
starcraft game they are gonna make a game totally new in the starcraft/warcraft series i cant tell were i heard this but watch out for a
game with the name ????craft -Sent in by Superman13811
Albitrose. I hear that they are like the
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