Starcraft 2

If there was ever a game company that could claim my soul, it would be have to be Blizzard. The hours I've sunk into Warcraft 2, Diablo, Starcraft, Diablo 2, Warcraft 3 and (of course) World of Warcraft over the years are extraordinary, and the quality of their games is consistently excellent. It looks like the trend will continue with their announcement of Starcraft 2, the sequel to their extremely successful space RTS game. We played a ridiculous number of 3 human vs 3 computer team battles when I lived with Rafe and Steve in Brisbane, so I'm pretty pumped for more of the same.

The official site has a lot of great stuff, but Fileshack has an HD gameplay video that is just delicious. It shows off new units, new abilities, the succulent new graphic engine and the typical Blizzard polish like inverse kinematic and particle systems. It looks amazing, and still retains so much of the first game's raw, anime-styled beauty and epic mayhem.

There's no release date attached yet to the game, but it really does look very complete. Maybe it might be out this year? We can only hope and dream.