StarCraft II Special Edition to be Packed at $100
Will you pay the extra $40 for the extras?
StarCraft II will undoubtedly be one of the most highly anticipated PC releases this year, and today Blizzard announces that there will be two editions of it at retail.
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, will be available both in a standard edition and in a limited-release Collector's Edition packed with exclusive bonus materials. Both will include a DVD-ROM for Windows XP/Vista/7 and Macintosh. The standard edition will sell for a suggested retail price of $59.99 and will also be available shortly after release as a download through the online Blizzard Store. The special Collector’s Edition package, which is priced at $99.99 and will only be available at retail stores, will include the following bonus items in addition to the game disc:
* The Art of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, a 176-page book featuring artwork from the game
* An exclusive 2GB USB flash drive replica of Jim Raynor's dog tag, which comes preloaded with the original StarCraft and the StarCraft: Brood War expansion set
* A behind-the-scenes DVD containing over an hour of developer interviews, cinematics with director’s commentary, and more
* The official StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty soundtrack CD, containing 14 epic tracks from the game along with exclusive bonus tracks
* StarCraft comic book issue #0, a prequel to the comic series
* A World of Warcraft mini Thor in-game pet that can be applied to all World of Warcraft characters on a single Battle.net account
* Exclusive Battle.net downloadable content, including special portraits for your Battle.net profile, decals to customize your units in-game, and a visually unique version of the terran Thor unit
"We've been looking forward to revisiting the StarCraft universe with our players for over 10 years, and we wanted to offer an epic collector's edition that commemorated the occasion," said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. "This special version of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty -- easily our biggest collector's edition to date -- does just that, and we think StarCraft II gamers will really enjoy all of the exclusive contents."
Blizzard said that the release date will be announced in the coming weeks, so stay tuned!
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Yes, $100 is the usual special edition price
So does that mean Starcraft + Brood War work on Windows 7 Pro??
I'll buy the collectors edition no questions asked!
So does that mean Starcraft + Brood War work on Windows 7 Pro??
Sure, I play often SC and SC:BW on my Win7 Ultimate 64bits with no issue, except the fact that I need to open Display Settings if I don't want all purplish colors...
Or the torrent version costs $0. I'm not paying $50 extra for a games that are overpriced.
Or the torrent version costs $0. I'm not paying $50 extra for a games that are overpriced.
The normal game is $60 not $50
So does that mean Starcraft + Brood War work on Windows 7 Pro??Sure, I play often SC and SC:BW on my Win7 Ultimate 64bits with no issue, except the fact that I need to open Display Settings if I don't want all purplish colors...
Wow, That is awesome. I may just install the original then! I had to install True Motion 2.0 separately to play FF7, didn't image SC would play on it too.
you folks that torrent games from the good developers are what is making drm a reality.
i will be buying the collectors edition
A brood lord pet would've been cooler as an in-game WoW pet. Maybe they should have that for horde characters...
PC games go for $49 new so besides trying to milk PC gamers by releasing Starcraft II in three parts they now want to charge us kiddie console prices of $59. Not this guy. One day when I can pick up the whole game (all 3 parts) in one box then I will buy it. Until then Blizzard can kiss my arse.
The normal game is $60 not $50
When is the last time you bought a PC game, they go for $49.95, aka $50 bucks.
I'll buy it when the game is balanced and costs $49.99.
SCII will be $60
am i reading this right? and if it really supports mac then OMG! I CANT WAIT!!!!
The amazon pre-order actually was 49.99 with free shipping.
Furthermore, this one game that actually has enough content to be worth the full pricetag.
As far as the three episode gimmick, they're massive content packs with new single player story line and multiplayer overhaul as well, not just 2 new multiplayer maps.
Just checked pre-order price at amazon and it has gone up from $49.99 to $59.99. Guess I missed the boat on that one. Hopefully they release a demo of the game that I can get by on until the price drops. $60 is a no go point for me even for a game that I've been waiting for for so long.
i wish they would just release the damn thing already... its been 10 years.. common...
Wait... I thought Activision-Blizzard said they were not splitting the game up in 3 parts just to make more money. This seems that they are trying to make a lot more money...
well, its not like a new starcraft game comes out every second week... I guess I'll go for the collectors edition.
am i reading this right? and if it really supports mac then OMG! I CANT WAIT!!!!
really? blizzard have released ALL their games on Mac... at the same time they release on PC... this is not new...
So does that mean Starcraft + Brood War work on Windows 7 Pro??
yes! i play it on Home Premium 64 with no problem... except the color issue, but you have to open the display panel and thats it... you can also play Warcraft II & III, diablo II and Half life 1 and even Total Annihilation!!! cool huh?
im strange and i like to collect boxes, i so want this one (with the game of course) but i dont know if i want to spend that much more for it... ridiculous... its soo pretty though... conflict rising....
Or the torrent version costs $0. I'm not paying $50 extra for a games that are overpriced.
Then don't play it. If you can't pay for it, don't buy it. I'm all for the death of DRM,etc, but pirating does cause problems for the legit users. The ONLY reason to get a pirated game is to get rid of the DRM. Then again, you can use Steam, which is much less restrictive than the other DRM cr@p.
They can call it a trilogy if they want, but they'll loose a lot of credibility if they try to charge the same $60 for some campaign expansion packs.
Possibly they just need to come back to the reality of non-subscription based profit margins.
any word on LAN Support?
yes! i play it on Home Premium 64 with no problem... except the color issue, but you have to open the display panel and thats it... you can also play Warcraft II & III, diablo II and Half life 1 and even Total Annihilation!!! cool huh?
For some odd reason that trick didn't work for me at all (might be an ATI driver thing?) but I did how ever find a little batch file/hack that did the trick and it plays perfectly. The file is called "Starcraftfix" and it works for those who the display properties thing doesn't.
http://gadgetpure.info/starcraftfi [...] nload.html
Put that in your SC/BW directory and make a shortcut to it, then click to play (its all in chinese... but it works) Also don't alt tab out till your done playing you can't get back in
As for buying this collectors edition... hmmm if I won the lotto or had a ton of disposable income. At 100$ for a video game it becomes a luxury item (heck at $60 its getting kinda close....) And I DO want this collectors edition if Blizzard gave it to me I would keep it and treasure it always lol
I'm so tired of this 59.99 trend for PC games. Why do they feel the need to make it like this all of a sudden? Thanks MW2, now everyone knows they can get away with it and every major company will start making their games this price.
They have the price... but still no word on the release date? =(
They have the price... but still no word on the release date? =(
of course, finding out how much they will milk the consumer is #1 priority
Or the torrent version costs $0. I'm not paying $50 extra for a games that are overpriced.
There is no such thing as an overpriced Blizzard game, you commie.
The God of War III Collector's Edition was only available through preorder in my city at EBGames. I imagine that's the only way anyone around here can get one of the Starcraft Collector's Editions without driving for hours. So, I *would* preorder it, but I'm still not convinced that it's going to be out this year.
I don't see why people complaining about the Special Edition price..$100 is pretty standard. Having a cool pendrive ($15) with sc1 ($20), 180pages artbook ($5), a comic book ($2), an OST cd ($5) = $47 + sc2 game ($60) = TOTAL $107. Correct me if i'm wrong but what im seeing here is some pretty good deal. However, the game itself for $60 is pretty overpriced..