Blizzard Releases StarCraft II Demo (Yes, demo)
Wanna check out what this StarCraft thing is all about? Now is your chance.
Not sure if this "StarCraft" thing is for you? Or were you a big fan of the original StarCraft but you're not so sure about this new game that uses such fancy things such as "polygons"? Well, you may be in luck.
Blizzard has released a playable demo for StarCraft II that contains the first three missions from the full game. Yes, it's been nearly half a year since the release of the retail game, but we're pretty sure that making a demo wasn't high on Blizzard's priority list when it already had millions of pre-orders.
Nevertheless, for those who were waiting for a chance to try it (but didn't have a friend who had a sharing code to give) can finally try StarCraft II for free.

2firebee1991
Xbox360 about 40 million consoles, 100 million games sold annually, HACKED FOR YEARS
PS3 about 40 million consoles, 100 million games sold annually, hacked only a couple of month ago
What "piracy" is someone fighting please?
I dont think I would have bought it if I werent able to download it for free first.
now i dont have to. thanks blizzard.
And which console is Starcraft 2 available for? Oh, yea, neither has the power to run it...
Yes, because there's nothing that motivates a thief to do the right thing like the loss of credibility. Most will simply switch to a new argument, like saving the rain forest by avoiding software packaging. But, I am glad to see a demo of this game.
I hope you understand what a lost cause that argument is......
My piracy day are over (well, at least for video games) and I wasn't sure to like SC2 enough to buy it. Maybe the demo will convince me!
True, best part is that its a "true" PC game that can take advantage of whatever you have in your rig and not a so called "pc game" with "Game & Watch" like gfx with poor controls made port!
The possibility in SC2 to scale performance/gfx from super-low-budget PC (almost as bad as a console(sorry console guys - the truth hurts)) to a super-high end game machine is simply put - staggering! WTB real DX11 support in it thoo =)
Uh, that's pretty much the point of having no lan setup, isn't it? So you can't share your game with 3 other people who then have no reason to buy the game for any reason since they have a full working copy.
I really don't think its gonna be anywhere close to $200 for the full set. The other 2 parts are EXPANSIONS, and it has been said already that as such, they will be PRICED as expansions, so they shouldn't be $60 each, but much more reasonable. Just play it and enjoy- its a great game, and well worth the $60.
No, it definitely isn't going to be $300. People like the person you replied to are simply obnoxious and ignorant. Basically their piss poor logic is that you basically shouldn't buy games since they might have expansions that cost money. Their tinfoil hat theory is that a business is trying to offer additional product to make money? Gosh, what a conspiracy. Now, there is a fine line, such as DLC which is viable to argue over.
You're guessing $40 for an expansion?? That's insane, but with demand high Blizzard can put a high price tag on it and the people will pay.