The previous story posted was missing a lot of information and even incorrect about some. Included is new information such as the previously unannounced return of some Protoss units not seen in the first gameplay video (High templar, Dark Templar, Observer, Reaver) and the announcement of some new ones (Star Relic, Phase Canon, Tempest, and more)
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Join Tom Cruise in his epic struggle against the Protoss. Can the legion of the Scientologists defeat the Protoss? Find out tonight at eleven!
Inspired by the new Protoss Mothership and the hit SciFi series Stargate Atlantis comes the newest and greatest television show Stargate Protoss. This Sci-Fi drama features the crew of the mother ship’s elite exploration force SP-1 as they travel the galaxy and try to eliminate the Zerg threat. Check out this new series premiering Monday at 8/9 central!
My image of the new Starcraft 2 Siege tank with googley eyes is a pretty big hit on Facebook.com. One of the users requested a larger image of it, this is the biggest I can do until blizzard releases some screenshots with a larger resolution. If you have a Facebook account join up in the Starcraft 2 group for discussion about the upcoming game. While your at it throw me an invite at my facebook page.
Head on over to http://eu.starcraft2.com/movies.xml#m3 and check out the new Starcraft 2 Gameplay video. The video is a whopping 21 minute description and showcase of some of the new units and abilities in Starcraft 2!
This video gives us more insight as to what new units will be featured in Starcraft2 that we did not already know about. The big flying protoss space station that looks like it was Stargate Atlantis is actually the Protoss mothership see its description here. The Protoss also have a flying unit named the phoenix which is used against light air units, while the warp ray is used against heavy units. The Terran have a new unit named the Reaver, which could be replacing the Firebats, it is able to jet pack across the terrain and used their pistols to kill Protoss Immortals.
Gamespot has a detailed interview with Blizzard
’s top creative talent, including Rob Pardo.Here’s some of the key points that have surfaced about Starcraft 2 gameplay…
1. It seems that Starcraft will continue its name as a numbers game. The units will have very little abilities and “do their own thing.” I’m not really too sure what this means, maybe the article will help us understand.
2. More focus on the economy so battles wont win games, strategic placement and base expansion will!
3. Rushing is encouraged! No stupid creeps to level up the hero!
4. Newbs will get owned vs. good people.. Thank god.
5. I’m not to sure about this one.. a unit placed on higher ground will win against one on lower ground. This is going to be tough!
I’m going to be taking screenshots from Starcraft 2 released on the internet and looking closely at them to find new features in Starcraft 2, as well as making fun of them 
Don’t get me wrong I love this game, i just like to have some fun!
There were 300 marines, against a million zerglings.
Are these the 300 Spartan Warriors? Are they Human Footmen in battle stance in WC3? Or are they the Terran Marine Corps? I’m not to sure, can someone help me out here?
I think its pretty cool that the marines have shields, I guess they finally realized that a good shield can stop a zerg rush… or can it?
Personally I am not to found of the new Siege Tank design, add some googley eyes and you have Qbert. I have not seen screenshots of it in normal tank mode, if anyone has any let me know.
OHH MY GOD WHERE DID THEY COME FROM? Oh wait… its just the Protoss` new unit the Colossus.. For a second there I thought Earth was being invaded. Whew.
I have absolutely no idea what this is… I doubt it is a structure flying… maybe some crazy new protoss nuke dealy… Or i’m just an idiot and can’t see that its something else. Help me out here!
2007-05-21 8:46 – Gotfrag.com tells us that this is the new protoss mothership. It has three abilities. It can stop time, deal a huge amount of damage to ground units and can suck in enemy air units.
Blizzard showed us that the most feared zerg unit just got a little upgrade. They now can mutate into these rolling balls of explosive proportions. They are the land scourge! Anyone know the name of these little beasts?
2007-05-21 8:46 – According to gotfrag.com they are called Bilings.
Looks like the Protoss have a new air to air unit, could this replace the famous Scout? Did the Protoss abandon Terran technology of bullets and missiles? I hope so.
Look we can tunnel too!
It seems the new gateway does just a little bit more than summon our favorite ground units. When configured the Gateway converts into a Warp Gate and allows units to enter the warp gate and be deployed anywhere on the battlefield where the psionic matrix (pylon sphere’s/phase prism’s) are. This is a huge gain for the protoss. Combining the abilities of this and that of the Phase Prism allow for some crazy unit deployment!
With the launch of the new website http://www.starcraft2.com, Blizzard released the following information on the new protoss units.
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The zealot is back and better than ever. From gameplay video’s it seems the zealot is a lot quicker when attacking enemies. It seems as though when they see an enemy they ‘sprint’ toward it and attack with an epic proportion. From the Zealot page at Starcraft2.com, “Some Zealots have even developed the ability to turn their body into pure energy for a few microseconds. This allows them to move at lightning fast speeds and strike suddenly against an enemy that thinks they are out of range.” Hints that this burst of energy is a new Zealot ability. The Zealot will be built from the gateway, like all ground units.
Artist rendition of a Zealot, taken from Blizzard.com
The entire country of South Korea just exploded!
It is finally here, after about 10 years the sequel to the number 1 and best selling real-time strategy game of all time, Starcraft.
As for initial StarCraft 2 impressions – the game looked very similar to SC1 – nearly identical user interface – graphic styles and unit proportions nearly the same – more flashy lighting effects but it seems like Blizzard didn’t want to mess with SC’s underlying formula very much. The screens they showed the video on didn’t display the video very clearly, unfortunately, but the game still looked pretty with some nice animations. We’ll have to wait to bring you any updates on what kind of story elements are in SC2 – hopefully they’re in the panel discussion.
– Charles Onyett (IGN)
Trailer @ Youtube
Gameplay Footage