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StarCraft System Requirements Revealed

StarCraft: IncGamers, a StarCraft 2 fan site, reports that the system requirements for StarCraft 2 was found at Blizzard HQ by a Spanish magazine called Micromania. Some might find the internet connection speed requirement to be somewhat steep...

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Leord6566d ago

1 Mb just to PLAY it? Recommended is even worse!

SCFreelancer6565d ago

I am not sure what the average users internet bandwidth is these days but I assume most do have at least 1Mbit.

Wuushu6565d ago

SCFreelancer,

Yes, but many people at least here in the UK has limited bandwidth/month.

That means if a full 1mbit is utilized while playing (doubt it hence why i think these are fake), playing 6 hours a day for the first month would land me on around 70-80Gb, which wouldnt be very good for my ISP subscription! (lol),

Im guessing the real reqs are going to be around 100kbit.

Bloodwar6565d ago

I bought my computer 1.5 months ago and it passes on everything except the graphics card. It comes with the GeForce 6150.. gonna have to pick up a 9000er for, I believe I've seen em, around just under 400 bucks before the gas prices went up, yet again! lol

Maticus6566d ago

I'm not surprised it needs this much bandwidth to play considering the amount of micro management that goes on in it, but it will make the game unplayable for a lot of people.

ice_prophecy6566d ago

At this rate, PC gaming is going to send me broke.

The games I am looking forward to on PC is SCII and Diablo3...

Why must developers punish me so... My computer used to be top stuff back in the day... *tears*

predator6566d ago

i think my quad core 2.4, 4GB Ram, GeForce 8800 could handle that

v1c1ous6566d ago

all i got is a 2005 craptop

ice_prophecy6566d ago (Edited 6566d ago )

*prods his C2D6600 2.4@3.6ghz Radeon X1950Pro 4GB computer*

______"you used to be sexy dammit"

jadenkorri6566d ago

i think my intel quad 2.4, dual ati radeon 3870s hd 512 ram each, 4 gigs of ram will play it

Marceles6565d ago (Edited 6565d ago )

I think my 1.4 ghz centrino, Radeon 9600 Pro 128 MB can handle it easily...

(Reality sets in, tear comes out of my eye...)

xsteinbachx6565d ago

What happen to your Tri core? or was that blood mask?

We have the same specs.

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Regret6566d ago

3mbit wtf? I played WC3 on darn dial-up :/

xsteinbachx6565d ago

Welcome to 4 years ago hahaha.

SCFreelancer6565d ago

Remember that the number of units in Warcraft III was relatively low. Starcraft II has unit numbers that by far exceed those of Warcraft III and thus requires more bandwidth for an optimal experience.

Its probably not impossible to use a dailup connection but you might have issues with lag, and high latency.

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'StarCraft: Remastered', 'StarCraft II' Now Available on PC Game Pass

This week, Blizzard Entertainment dropped both 'StarCraft: Remastered' and 'StarCraft II Campaign Collection' into PC Game Pass.

meganick551d ago

Hopefully these get released on Switch and Playstation, along with Age of Empires. There’s a severe lack of good RTS games on both those platforms.

waytoobad550d ago

if only they didn't raise the price 500% last year.

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Coming to Game Pass: Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, StarCraft & StarCraft II, and More

Happy spooky season to those who celebrate! We have a collection of scary games for you to enjoy with Game Pass, while hiding under the blankets (or maybe that’s just how I play). And if you want to do something slightly less scary, we have a whole list of games for you to start pre-installing including more day one additions like Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and more! Let’s get to the games.

• South Park: The Fractured but Whole (Cloud, Console, and PC) – October 16
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – October 25
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (Cloud) – October 25
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• Call of Duty: Warzone (Cloud) – October 25
Game Pass Ultimate
• Ashen (Cloud, Console, and PC) – October 29
• Dead Island 2 (PC) – October 31
• StarCraft: Remastered (PC) – November 5
• StarCraft II: Campaign Collection (PC) – November 5

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crazyCoconuts575d ago

Let the COD on GamePass experiment begin!
I would think their quarterly revenue will take a hit compared to a year ago, but will maybe make up for it throughout the year as the monthly GP subs keep coming in

pwnmaster3000575d ago

Was up with call of duty man?
I downloaded cod on gamepass and for some reason I cannot access the game.

darthv72575d ago

just curious what version? There are some that you can pre-load, but they wont work until their release date later this month.

pwnmaster3000575d ago

I have to redownload it again for the 3rd time to check.
I ended up just deleting it to make room for other games after the second time.

It was on Xbox game pass, I didn’t know there was other versions. I just downloaded everything, but sadly I couldn’t even access the game. Maybe 3rd time the charm. I’ll download it again.

SPEAKxTHExTRUTH575d ago

It’s not out yet man unless you’re talking about MW3.

pwnmaster3000575d ago

I’m talking about mw3. For some reason I could not get it to work.

just_looken575d ago

On xbox there is the last gen/current gen versions pc though you could also get a xbox version.

When that new forza first came out for one day they had the xbox version on the pc store i was like ? what it was odd.

On xbox you can easily download the one version of a game instead of the series version so you run into issues on your series console.

pwnmaster3000574d ago

Because a game won’t run after I download it??
Man your kids must hate your @ss if that’s how you think.

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dveio575d ago

It's going to be very interesting to follow up on how the new entry of CoD will perform at the box office, player numbers and distribution of Xbox, PC and PS versions this year.

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DivineHand125575d ago

I got excited thinking they ported StarCraft to consoles but it's just the PC version. Also, I thought Starcraft 2 was already free to play.

TheColbertinator575d ago

I'm certain it is going to be the Campaign Collection version.

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$15 horse for WoW made more money than StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty

Jason Hall, currently an indie developer and former Blizzard employee, has been sharing some really interesting stories from his long career in the industry for a while now. Some of them are truly insightful, while others may seem depressing.

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Sciurus_vulgaris911d ago

I’m a little shocked that StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty sold only around 6 million copies. The original StarCraft did over 11 million. Maybe Blizzard was too leisurely in releasing StarCraft 2? Starcraft 2 came out 12 years after it’s predecessor.

Plague-Doctor27910d ago (Edited 910d ago )

Im surprised too. Starcraft was still a huge name in 2010. It was kinda the only new RTS around and other genres like MOBAs hadn't really kicked off yet. I do remember at the time sentiment around the game was
pretty angry the game was being split into 3 but I doubt that would have impacted sales to that degree

Sciurus_vulgaris910d ago

For a long time I believed StarCraft II sold on par or better than its predecessor. There was so much hype for the game. Plus it had a pretty strong E-Sports scene for a few years.

Myself and half a dozen friends all bought StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty and played it religiously for a full year. While I bought the expansions, most of my friends did not. RPGs seem to be a generally low selling genre.

Nerdmaster910d ago

I'm not shocked at all. This was an early example of Blizzard being greedy. Instead of releasing a complete experience, splitting Starcraft 2 in 3 parts so it could make us purchase it 3 times if we wanted to know the whole story and play story mode with the other races.

Sciurus_vulgaris910d ago

I originally had that stance. However, Wings of Liberty, was just as long, if not longer than StarCraft 1. The expansions were of decent length too and added a good amount of additional content.

il-JumperMT910d ago

and people wonder why we are having mtx in everything. i blame the people who actual buy them.

Nerdmaster910d ago

It's interesting he used Brazil as an example of the importance of regional pricing. Nowadays many companies on Steam are setting their prices in Brazil as high as, if not more than, their price in USA. I simply refused to buy a few games when I noticed that's the case.

Extermin8or3_910d ago

This right here is the fucking problem.

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