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'Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm' Expansion and New Units Revealed

As exciting as the campaign looks, it's the added units that are generating the most conversation.

Blizzard revealed a bit of information on 'Heart of the Swarm' this spring, but at BlizzCon we got full details - or as full as possible from an hour long panel.

The storyline for 'Heart of the Swarm' is what you'd expect based on the ending of 'Wings of Liberty.' You take control of Kerrigan in order to rebuild the Zerg over the course of 20 or so missions. There are also mini-missions during which you will choose different ways to evolve the species, giving your units new abilities along the way.

A plethora of new units have been added to the game, and not just for the Zerg. Terran players get an interesting new unit that does area-of-effect damage when stationary as well as the Warhound, which is like a smaller, faster Goliath.

Protoss get three new units starting with the Tempest, a very cool looking ship that does AOE damage to air units. The Oracle is an absolutely crazy ship that allows you to halt mining or eliminate certain technologies from other players by phasing out buildings, and if you're looking to really mix it up you can build the Replicant, which can turn itself into any non-massive unit. Want to mix a Siege Tank in with your army? You can make it happen.

The Zerg are getting a pair of new units as well. The flying addition is called the Viper and it has an absolutely crazy ability that pulls enemy units towards it - could be a lot of fun to drag something into a pack of Zerglings. The Swarm Host meanwhile is a bit Lurker like, but instead of simply attacking, it produces units when burrowed.

Source: PC Gamer

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BlizzCon Kicks Off Today - Get Hyped!

It's time to get all the latest on 'Diablo III,' 'Starcraft II,' 'World of Warcraft' and who knows, maybe even that secret MMO that the company's been keeping their lips sealed about.

Blizzard's yearly celebration of Blizzard games for Blizzard fans happens this weekend. Probably not in a Blizzard, but someone might eat a Dairy Queen Blizzard and that's got to count for something. Blizzard.

If you're a PC gamer at all, you probably play a Blizzard game, or have in the past. They're the guys behind 'Diablo,' 'Warcraft' and 'StarCraft' and their annual convention is always something to behold. This year we can expect more information on the 'StarCraft' expansion 'Heart of the Swarm' and plenty on the soon upcoming 'Diablo III.'

The event kicks off Friday at 11:00 am PST and there's plenty running throughout the day. You can check out Q&A sessions, panels on new games and a pair of 'StarCraft II' tournaments that include the final match of the Korean based Global StarCraft League.

You can buy a virtual ticket directly from Blizzardto watch the whole event live for $39.99.

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