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GAME is a UK-based video game shop that offers affordable worldwide shipping. Delivery is free inside UK and very cheap in Europe, and that's what makes GAME the best choice for gamers located in EU countries.

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Preorder Starcraft 2 from GAME and it will be dispatched in time for delivery on release day, so you can be sure you'll get your SCII DVD on the same day as the game launches. Alternatively, you might try some of the other UK-based merchants such as Gameplay.

Play-Asia offers many shipping options, but due to the pricing it's most convenient for gamers from Asian countries:

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Starcraft 2 builds on the success of the original game by taking the best elements from Starcraft and improving them further. It has a lot more single-player content, better multiplayer features, next generation graphics and new units and buildings. All the while it is playable on as broad range of systems as possible, and multiplayer balance, like with the first Starcraft, is one of the Blizzard's top priorities. Starcraft 2 will surely become one of the most fun, challenging and competitive game of the year.

Game Features

• The epic saga continues: enter the Starcraft universe four years after the events in Brood War. Play with the familiar characters like Zeratul, Arcturus Mengsk, Artanis, Sarah Kerrigan, and Jim Raynor as well as new ones like Tychus Findlay or Matt Horner. Revisit Char, Braxis and Mar Sara and discover new worlds like the jungle planet Bel'Shir. Learn the secrets of Xel'Naga, an ancient space-faring race responsible for creating the Protoss and the Zerg.


• More single-player fun: each part of the Starcraft 2 trilogy contains 26 to 30 unique and detailed missions. Every campaign functions differently: the Terran chapter Wings of Liberty has a mercenary style gameplay with rebel Jim Raynor performing missions for cash. The Zerg campaign Heart of the Swarm has RPG elements where the player can level up Kerrigan throughout the game. In the Protoss campaign Legacy of the Void the character Zeratul uses diplomacy between Protoss tribes to acquire units and technologies for each mission.


• Even better multiplayer: the game focuses heavily on multiplayer aspect, offering a replay function and a competitive ladder on Battle.net that helps match up players of similar skill for online play. Achieving a perfect balance between different races and play strategies is Blizzard's top priority.


• Improved campaign editor: a sophisticated campaign editor will allow players to create custom maps and mods and will include even units from the original which are unavailable in Starcraft 2 multiplayer.


• Superb graphics: the game uses DirectX 9 Pixel Shader 2.0 effects and looks incredible while still being compatible with less capable systems to ensure hassle-free game play for as broad a player base as possible.


• Advanced physics: Havok physics engine (same one as used in Half-Life 2!) stunningly delivers realistic environmental effects, such as debris rolling down a ramp.


• Non-linear missions: improved single-player gameplay gives players more choices. The storyline is linear, but you can get there using different means.


• New units and bulldings: the game has approximately the same number of units like the original. Some units are returning, many with new upgrades and abilities. Others are getting replaced with brand new ones. There are a lot of exciting new abilities, such as short-distance teleport and a WarpGate building for Protoss that allows to warp in some units.

Estimated System Requirements

Processor: 1.8 GHz Processor
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Graphics card: 128 MB Video Card with Pixel Shader 2.0 support
Windows XP or Windows Vista Operating System

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At the conclusion of Brood War, Kerrigan and her Zerg forces became the dominant force in the Koprulu Sector, having defeated the Terran Dominion and invaded the Protoss homeworld of Aiur. After the conclusion of Brood War, however, Kerrigan retreats to Char despite having more than enough power to crush all remaining resistance. In the four years leading up to the events of StarCraft II, she has not been seen or heard from by any of the other characters; although her ultimate attack may come at any moment.

Arcturus Mengsk has been left to rebuild the Dominion, and is consolidating his power while fending off harassment from rival Terran groups. Valerian Mengsk, a character introduced in the novel Firstborn, will play an important role in Dominion politics due to his position as heir apparent to the throne. Meanwhile Jim Raynor, whose role in the events of StarCraft and Brood War has been marginalized by the media under the Dominion's control, has been reduced to mercenary status, and has been shown to be doing business with the "Moebius Foundation", a new faction which is interested in ancient Xel'Naga artifacts. Other new characters to the series include Tychus Findlay, a marine who will be a member of Raynor's crew, and Matt Horner, Raynor's second in command.

Following the fall of Aiur and the death of their matriarch Raszagal, the Protoss have retreated to the dark templar homeworld of Shakuras. There, Artanis, a former student of Tassadar, is trying to unify the Khalai Protoss and the dark templar, who have nearly separated into a tribal mindset as a result of centuries of distrust. Zeratul, tormented over the murder of his matriarch, has disappeared to search for clues to the meaning of Samir Duran's cryptic statements regarding the Protoss/Zerg hybrids in Brood War's secret mission "Dark Origin".

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