Starcraft II sales top 3 million

After shooting out of the sales gate, things aren’t slowing down for “Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty”. Activision-Blizzard has announced the game sold 3 million copies in its first month on shelves. 

That secures its standing as the year’s best-selling PC game – and is letting analysts (who were a bit concerned with the early sales numbers) breath a sigh of relief. By the end of the quarter, it’s quite possible that “Starcraft II” may be the industry-at-large’s best selling game year to date.

Read more at Variety’s Technotainment blog

Browder shines on ‘Starcraft II’

On a recent July day in Paris, game developer Dustin Browder was living like an international rock star, doling out autographs and chatting with fans.

The lead designer on Activision-Blizzard’s “Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty,” one of the most anticipated vidgame titles of the year, was in the City of Light for one of many midnight launches held worldwide for the game. Nearly 1,500 people showed up in the rain there to buy the game the instant it went on sale, July 22, and to get Browder to sign their copy.

Read more at Daily Variety