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New StarCraft Patch Released

by Maarten Goldstein, Aug 01, 2006 6:36am PDT

Related Topics – Blizzard, Games: PC

Blizzard has issued new updates for StarCraft and StarCraft: Brood War, updating both to version 1.14. The update fixes several bugs and exploits, and also offers several new features as outlined here.

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I want the old icon back.

Aug 01, 2006 1:16pm PDT

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I want the old icon back. : godm0de
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- it's still there you just have to select it. The new icon does look nice thou : special agent smith

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Wow. How many games are still supported after 8 years?

Aug 01, 2006 8:54am PDT

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Wow. How many games are still supported after 8 years? : pyrogen
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- /clap Blizzard : starless
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  They need to support this game. It's the only thing keeping North and South Korea from open war. : x-eyd|mary
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    I doubt North Koreans play much StarCraft. : Chris Remo
    - Eh, it was a joke... : x-eyd|mary
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      That may very well change in the next ten years. Kim Jong can't stay around forever. Hell, Castro's on hi... : Morphius
      
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      Go Team America. : Grim_Grom
      
      fuck yea : [7]kami
- I think it's admirable of Blizzard, but realistically, how many games did well enough that a company can ... : Fayk

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Would you consider the content of Blizzard's games to be 'unoriginal'?

Aug 01, 2006 1:03pm PDT

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Would you consider the content of Blizzard's games to be 'unoriginal'? : pipboy
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- Maybe not, but they're fun. : neokolonial
- StarCraft does not fit into this category; it was fresh when it came out and still shows pure quality alm... : Omaha

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blizzard producer : "hey joe-noob, you're going to be working on a starcraft patch for the next 3 months"

joe-noob : "yeehaw, i cant wait to dive into 10yold code!"

Aug 01, 2006 9:50am PDT

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blizzard producer : "hey joe-noob, you're going to be working on a starcraft patch for the next 3 months"... : derean
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  Heh, I know a guy who had just finished up working on a WoW patch and was excited to try out the finished... : Chris Remo
  - Weird, I would have thought that the same people who always do the patches would continue to do so (origi... : abrasion

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May be an old question but - anyone else find it odd that there's so many bugs still being fixed in the game?

Aug 01, 2006 6:39am PDT

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May be an old question but - anyone else find it odd that there's so many bugs still being fixed in the g... : Schnapple
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- Given how intensively the game is played in certain parts of the world? No. The fixes are pretty esoteri... : lwells
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  Not really. Most games have this many (or more) bugs in them after this long. The difference is Bli... : walker270
  - yeah - I was wondering if perhaps it was because in 1998 playing online is nowhere near as big as it is t... : Schnapple
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    ... EA ... : Ride-My-Rocket
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      They seem to abandon their games at the beta stage. :( : walker270
      
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      They have beta versions of EA games? : GreenCrescent
      
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      yea the ones sitting on store shelves : edge198
      
      ZING! : nacatamale
- No different than Micorsoft coming out with fix after fix every month for a several year old operating sy... : Topaz

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It's great that Blizzard supports their old games this much, but I wonder if it'd be better all around for Blizzard to just open-source it the way id have done with all their old engines.

Aug 01, 2006 12:23pm PDT

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It's great that Blizzard supports their old games this much, but I wonder if it'd be better all around fo... : BlackCat9
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  now why would they want to do that? the game is still played a lot and that would only open it up to expl... : Maarten Goldstein
  - Yeah, and StarCraft still sells a lot of copies too : Anti_dentite

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I must say I still play StarCraft, and I love that game. It's a ton of fun, plays great, looks great, etc. Just goes to show that gameplay beats pretty pictures I think.

Aug 01, 2006 11:36am PDT

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I must say I still play StarCraft, and I love that game. It's a ton of fun, plays great, looks great, et... : PvtWaldo
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- signed. I'm at a LAN where we're playing a lot of Brood War :) : downrightevil

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and i just checked last night to see of there was a newer version than i had saved in my patches folder

Aug 01, 2006 11:50am PDT

and i just checked last night to see of there was a newer version than i had saved in my patches folder : mrjackson2k

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wow, It sure would be nice if everything had so much fixed this late into it's life.

although not every game/app has a starcraft sized user base :)

Aug 01, 2006 8:11am PDT

wow, It sure would be nice if everything had so much fixed this late into it's life. although not ever... : sharkII