Zerg Rumors

Is the Zerg race going to be announced a week from today? A Team liquid forum post brings to our attention the fact that on March 10, in an official Blizzard event in South Korea, the Zerg race will be showcased to the world for the first time. Demo stations will be set up, allowing visitors to play StarCraft 2 with all three races. Frank Pearce, vice-president of Blizzard Entertainment, will also be attending the event.

It’s important to note that the source of this information are Korean gaming sites, and that Blizzard has not officially confirmed this yet.

STARCRAFT: I, MENGSK

A new book has been announced for the StarCraft universe: I, Mengsk. Written by Graham McNeill, who is also known for writing Warhammer books and codexes.

“I, Mengsk is a look at three generations of the Mengsk family from the inside out…what shaped Arcturus and the years of his life we haven’t seen yet: the relationship between his father and his son. It’s a novel about what it means to be a Mengsk, a story of fathers and sons, and looks at whether a man’s destiny is his own and how it is shaped by the generation before it.”

 

It’s been a busy couple of weeks here, with the Starcraft novel entering the final straits. I’ve begun the final third of the book and so far it’s going well, the pace is good, the vibe I’m getting from the characters is good, the plot’s moving forward at the right pace and, best of all, Blizzard seem to be liking it so far.

The book will join Christy Golden’s StarCraft 2 novels in stores on December 28, 2008.

Karunology

Karune, Blizzard’s RTS community manager, has answered a few gameplay related questions that were posted on Battle.net.

In response to a question about whether or not units are able to use abilities inside a Bunker that’s being salvaged, Karune says:

In the current build, when you initiate Salvage on a Terran Bunker, units inside the Bunker will no longer be able to use their abilities.

Much of the mechanics around Salvage are still to be balanced, though I don’t think it would be terribly hard, especially since the duration it takes to Salvage a building can be changed easily.

Karune also addresses a few questions about the recently announced Protoss Nullifier:

The Nullifier will be a mechanical unit and there has yet to be a screenshot. Hopefully, we will get one out to everyone shortly, with the new changes to the overall colors of StarCraft II as well.

 

One key thing to note about Nullifiers being ‘Mechanical’ is that it will not be affected by certain abilities, such as the Snipe ability from a Ghost. Certain casters will be more vulnerable to those biological focused abilities such as the High Templar.

Nullifiers are shaping up to becoming very powerful units that will be effective throughout any StarCraft 2 match. We will not be surprised to see them moved higher up in the tech tree – perhaps to the Robotics Facility, where Protoss mechanical units normally reside.

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10 Comments to “Karunology, Zerg Rumors and a New StarCraft Book”

1. SteelVelocity — March 3, 2008 @ 3:46 pm
   

   Zerg on March 10? You’re reputation depends on it–LOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!

2. Mike — March 3, 2008 @ 7:26 pm
   

   Wtf!!!!!!

3. JMM — March 3, 2008 @ 11:27 pm
   

   Bunkers can be salvaged with units inside? I didn’t know that before.

4. WayneInc — March 4, 2008 @ 7:20 am
   

   This would be an unexpected but the same way awesome birthday gift. (for me ;D)

5. §t4lk3r — March 4, 2008 @ 8:31 pm
   

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   JUST 5 MORE DAYS CAN’T WAIT ANYMOREEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

6. dustin — March 5, 2008 @ 6:14 pm
   

   about time the talk about the zerg. I only saw zerglings in the protoss demo I can’t wait for the game to come out it is going to be sweet. but dose anyone know when it is comeing out i have no clue?

7. Rob — March 6, 2008 @ 7:27 am
   

   a whole lot later, dustin.

   4 more days to go! i hope this rumor is true!

8. Dill — March 6, 2008 @ 10:32 am
   

   Part of the reason for the huge amount of time it took might be marketing, but there was an interview around blizzcon that says that the zerg were restarted around that time, so it would have taken longer to get them back to being complete enough to show off.

9. Per Ed — March 6, 2008 @ 2:44 pm
   

   Why did they “restart” the Zerg?

10. Dill — March 6, 2008 @ 8:38 pm
    

    They didn’t say in the interview.