Starcraft 2 Officially Announced

This will be the 1st computer game I've bought in years.

Same here. The last game I bought was Counter-Strike:Source

Mine was WC3

I don't think I've ever really bought a computer game unless you needed a CD-key for it or somesuch, and even then sometimes I just got a CD-key from someone else. Blizzard's bad about making me buy games, though.

I'm curious as to the system requirements though.

I think I remember when I was reading it said it would be easy enough to meet. Wouldn't require a super computer.

I'd guess that it will at least require a DVD drive, a gig of RAM, probably 256mb of Graphics with maybe DirectX10 support, and a large amount of HDD space.

Will StarCraft II take advantage of DirectX 10? What other graphical goodies are included?

The game will be compatible with DirectX 10, and we're still considering whether there will be exclusive DirectX 10 graphic effects, but the graphics engine will also be very scalable to ensure that a wide range of different systems will be capable of running StarCraft II. The new engine is also capable of rendering very large units, as well as large numbers of units on screen together. Havok physics have been integrated into the engine for added realism as well.

Thought I might log back in to post this:

http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6171790.html

Confirmed: No Starcraft II in 2007

Blizzard VP confirms to MSNBC that the recently unveiled real-time strategy sequel won't arrive until at least 10 years after the original.

Yup. Towards the end of 2008 was what gamestop.com said.

http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6172936.html

Starcraft II Playable at BlizzCon.

Explains why tickets are sold out already.

If you actually read it, tickets were sold out before the announcement.

If you actually read it, tickets were sold out before the announcement.

I know, it was announced on the WoW boards days ago, I'm just messing around.

Man, I'm going to have to make it more obvious when I'm playing...