There's now even less of an excuse for not owning Diablo 2, StarCraft or Warcraft III as Amazon is today offering 50% off the Battle Chest editions of Blizzard's classics.

$10 nets you the StarCraft Battle Chest, containing Blizzard's absolutely essential real-time strategy and its expansion pack Brood War, plus strategy guides for both.

The deceptively-named Diablo Battle Chest might not contain the original Diablo but does give Diablo II and its expansion pack for $20, and of course those guides. The Warcraft III Battle Chest similarly grants the game, expansion and guides for $20.

The offer runs until midnight PST so get your Gore Riders on if you don't get this joke.

Seven years after its initial release, Blizzard is still updating its acclaimed strategy effort Warcraft III (PC), with the latest patch (v1.24b) now available on FileShack.

The update includes several World Editor tweaks, and can be had in four flavors:

Warcraft III
• Full Patch (English)
• 1.24 to 1.24b Incremental Update (English)
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
• 1.24 to 1.24b Incremental Update (English)

The full version of the Frozen Throne patch is expected shortly, so stay tuned.

A rundown of the various tweaks and changes can be found below... Read more