Hahah how sneaky is Blizzard, they had everyone convinced that their teaser screen was just a Lich King announcement for WoW.

http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3

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AUS-1 Users,

the AUS-1 Server crashed yesterday because of a "software glitch". The AUS-1 Staff are very sorry and the problem has been fixed.

Happy Gaming from AUS-1

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The AUS-1 Team would like to wish everyone a Happy Easter!

Please stay safe over the break and have a wonderful time.

See you again on AUS-1 soon! 

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So it seems that the Blizzard worldwide invitational event will be held in Paris, oh la la. I've read that tickets are now available, so if you feel like taking a European holiday, now's the time to take action.

Attendees will have the opportunity to play StarCraft 2 and WOW expansion Wrath of the Lich King!!!!! They will also see panel discussions, StarCraft tournaments, and most importantly, receive a goody bag full of all sorts of Blizzard fun, in particular a beta key to a upcoming Blizzard entertainment game!

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Tournament format : The tournament will be a 16 team knockout. Top 16 registrations will be accepted unless disqualifications occur.

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In a recent press conference in China, Blizzard responded to the ever present question regarding the system requirements for StarCraft 2. By responded, I mean hinted.

"[T]he game is still refining, we cannot decide it yet. But the game used Pixel Shader 2.0, your system has to support it in order to run the game; also your video card shall be higher than GeForce 5200".

For those who don’t know what a pixel shader is, according to Wikipedia, it is used to manipulate a pixel to apply an effect on an image. This is commonly used for realism effects and shadows in games.

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Check out Morgan Webb's interview with Kevin Yu(you may know Kevin as Karune, Blizzards RTS Community Manager) on the G4TV show, This interview takes a preliminary view on the StarCraft Zerg Race and covers some of the Zerg's key points I mentioned in my previous post, but with pictures.

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And just because I couldn't resist, here are a few key points I stumbled across on the newly unveiled Zerg Units:

Overlord

*Can disable resource nodes and neutral observatories.
*Can create small temporary patch of creep for fellow Zerg to build on.

Overseer

*Individual Overlords can mutate into Overseers.
*no more creep abilities
* has larger sight radius

Roaches

*High regeneration rate
*Fast Speed
*Can absorb a lot of damage

Queen

*New and different from the original StarCraft.
*Limited to only one queen at any given time, but this is made up for by immense power capabilities
*The queen is also a land unit and can attack.
*Can temporarily turn Zerg Buildings into a defensive fortress.
*Can restore HP of building quickly

Baneling

*Suicide Attacker
*Has mutated from Zergling

Infestor

*Spell support unit. Still has some old Zerg spells, and Dark Swarm, but can't attack
*Moves whilst in burrow mode.

*Uses infestation to infest building; infested buildings can rapidly produce infested marines
*Can create a damaging aura around a single unit that damages any unit near it

Infested Marine

*Created from Infested buildings, is very slow but is similar to marines

Swarm Guardian

*Has a long range attack and can produce broodlings
*Mutation of mutalisks

Nydus Worm

*Can make an entrance and/or exit anywhere on the map
*Is very fast
*Useful in groups

Hydralisk

*No change from StarCraft

Mutalisk

*Still has bounce attack

Ultralisk

*Is the most powerful Zerg unit
*Has splash damage and high HP

Lurker

*No change from StarCraft

Corruptor

*Has the ability to infest other units such as;
*Air to air unit
*Infested air units become stationery turrets

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Check it out! The Zerg high defintion 9 miniute gameplay movie! Worth watching if you want to see how the Zerg operate in various senarios. I love the energy of this race, they literally swarm and conquer.

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