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StarCraft 2 Sees Additional Language Support

Battle.net - January 20, 2010

We are happy to announce that we have added a new language to our StarCraft II site. Italian speakers can now check out the latest news about StarCraft II in their own language. We have also added a landing page for our Polish community which will be expanded upon in the near future. In addition to translating the site into these two languages, we will also be releasing StarCraft II itself in Italian and Polish! Take a moment to check out the new StarCraft II sites and the new Battle.net forums for Italian, Polish, and Russian speakers!

Italian website: http://eu.starcraft2.com/index.xml?locale=it_it
Polish splash page: http://eu.starcraft2.com/index.xml?locale=pl_pl
Italian media alert: http://eu.blizzard.com/it-it/company/press/pressreleases.html?100120
Polish media alert: http://eu.blizzard.com/en-gb/company/press/pressreleases.html?100120pl

Additionally we received info from X answering a question whether or not we will be able to swap between langauges in-game:

First of all, we are of course also localizing in Russian, since this has been announced from the beginning, you can check out the Russian site here: http://eu.starcraft2.com/index.xml?locale=ru_ru
We have also added russian forums today (http://forums.battle.net/index.html?sid=3007) as well as Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/StarCraftRU) and Twitter (http://twitter.com/starcraft_ru) pages that will soon fill up with more content.

Concerning switching between languages, to start off you will have the language of the box that you purchase. We are planning on releasing language packs at some point, but this will not be for release. We will get information on this to you most likely after release of StarCraft 2.

Mothership Featured Story

StarCraft2.com - January 14, 2010

A new featured story regarding the Mothership has been posted on the official StarCraft 2 website. Go check it out for an interesting read!

http://www.starcraft2.com/features/story/mothership.xml

Teamliquid Interview With Dustin Browder

Teamliquid.net - December 04, 2009

Teamliquid had an opportunity to interview StarCraft II lead designer Dustin Browder. This long interview features some really cool information about the development of the game and about Dustin Browder himself. Be sure to take a look by clicking here.

StarCraft II Q&A Batch 55

battle.net - November 20, 2009

Cidra just released Batch 55 over at Battle.net

5. In lore Protoss warp in their units and buildings from some far planet. Will there be any mechanic that reflects this such as a "warp out" that could act as a refund?
We do not have any plans to include a “warp out” game mechanic. We have discussed the possibility of this in the past, but it felt too similar to the Terran mechanics of being able to salvage the structures.

Be sure to read the rest and tell us what you think at the forums.

Beta Pushed Back to 2010

sclegacy.com - November 09, 2009

Starcraft Legacy recently covered an event called "IgroMir", which by itself was interesting, check it out.

Though the real news from this event is quite saddening. But if you know Blizzard, it won't really surprise you:

Question from Audience: When is StarCraft 2 coming out?
Chris Sigaty: Tomorrow (audience laughs). Of course not. Normally at Blizzard we don't speak of dates. So far we're planning on making the beta-test next year. As soon as we feel that the game is ready, we'll release it.