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created. To date, the series has sold more than 9.5 million copies worldwide.* StarCraft’s gritty sci-fi universe has also spawned numerous complementary products, including
several novels and action figures, as well as a pen-and-paper role-playing game.
Blizzard had supplied more than 4 million game boxes to retailers worldwide, and more than 5,000 stores throughout world of
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Day-one sales totals on both continents were similar, with an estimated total of nearly 1.2 million copies sold on the first day in North America and an estimated total of more
than 1.1 million copies sold in Europe within the first 24 hours of launch.* By the end of the first day of availability on both continents, a total of more than 1.7 million
players had already logged in and upgraded World of Warcraft to play The Burning Crusade.
“With StarCraft II, we’ll be able to do everything we wanted to do with the original StarCraft and more,” wow gold for sale stated Mike
Morhaime, president and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. “We recognize that expectations are high following the long-running popularity of the original game
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and strategy gamers worldwide will enjoy.”
StarCraft II will include a unique single-player campaign, as well as fast-paced online play through an upgraded version of Blizzard’s renowned online gaming service,
Battle.net?. In addition, the game will come with a powerful, full-featured map editor that will put the same tools used by Blizzard’s designers into the hands of players.
Blizzard is developing StarCraft II for simultaneous release on the Windows? and Macintosh? PC platforms. wow gold Further information
about the game, including details on the single-player, multiplayer, and map-editor features, as well as system requirements, pricing, and availability, will be announced in the
months ahead.
