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HotS is Out!

Posted by zeldarules28 Mar 14, 2013 at 03:17 UTC

Heart of the Swarm Released

Heart of the Swarm is finally here, and servers are live across the world! If you haven't purchased the game yet, you can get it at Battle.Net. If you want to see the official patch notes for HotS, take a look here. If you're wondering how publishing works with HotS out, or you're struggling to figure out which dependencies to use in your project, take a look at this thread. If you've already completed the campaign and want to discuss the story, head over here (Spoilers!). Finally, remember to join the sc2mapster group to find testers for your maps and get questions answered.

There were some awesome Heart of the Swarm animations aired during the launch event. If you missed the stream, you can check them out below.

And as always, remember to use [Spoiler] tags in threads discussing the story.

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HotS Updates

Posted by zeldarules28 Mar 09, 2013 at 21:24 UTC

Update #2: For those wondering how publishing maps will work in HotS, take a look at this post.

Sixen Update: If anyone needs to catch up on the lore, I was on a special edition of Up to Speed with Clutch from NASL, I'll link to the VOD as soon as they put it together. In addition, I'll be at the Irvine live event, maybe I'll get some cool stuff to share with you guys!

HotS Updates

As you all probably know, Heart of the Swarm launches this Tuesday, March 12th! The official list of launch times for each region is now available here, so you can see exactly when you can start playing! Blizzard also posted updates regarding the campaign. Kerrigan's leveling system is explained here, and the mutation and evolution system is explained here. Feel free to join the update discussion here. If you haven't seen it already, the HotS launch trailer is below.

With the launch of the game quickly approaching, we'd also like to remind you to keep posts spoiler-free. If you're creating a thread to discuss the story, be sure to place a "[Spoiler]" warning in the title.

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Trial of Zeal

Posted by Sixen Mar 03, 2013 at 20:26 UTC

UPDATE: Map Night/Day is being revived - Map Night is over for this week, but join again next Friday!

Trial of Zeal by Zolstice

Following the footsteps of the hero arena genre, Trial of Zeal is best described as a gladiator arena, pitting team versus team duels minus the leveling or item building. In addition, most projectiles in the game can be dodged or blocked through the use of obstacles, adding a new skill twist to this genre.

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SC2 Vengeance

Posted by Sixen Feb 27, 2013 at 06:07 UTC

w00t, they used my question! /flex

Vengeance by Blizzard

As I'm sure, most of you are aware, the lovely Kevin Johnson (Cloaken) was joined by Dustin Browder, Chris Metzen, and Jeff Chamberlain for the Vengeance event, earlier this afternoon, to showcase the Heart of the Swarm pre-release trailer, as well as show off a show match between Grubby and crazymovING (casted by Apollo and TotalBiscuit). Below is the Vengeance trailer, created by Blizzard's always impressive cinematics team.

If you'd like to watch the entire event, click here

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Mercenaries in Space: Mining Company

Posted by Sixen Feb 24, 2013 at 22:39 UTC

Mercenaries in Space: Mining Company by maticpl

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Gameplay in Mercs is fairly straight forward. After picking your hero, you are being thrown to this place, called Mercs HUB. It is your main base of operations. You can refill your supplies here (stimpacks, first aid kits) and also buy new weapons and armor. But most important thing is in HUB Terminal. This is the big computer near the entrance. Be sure to check it out. You can save your hero there (to have your stats and items transferred to next episode, or just to make a break between missions).

After you become familiar with HUB, it is time to go on a mission. You can select mission using HUB Terminal. I suggest choosing missions having acceptable level requirements (you can check them by clicking "View Description" button). When all players agree on which mission they want to play, you can head to the exit. After boarding the dropship and clicking button "Go to mission" you will find yourselves on a real mercs mission.

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