If you want to beat the download rush when PC and Mac RTS Starcraft 2 comes out later this month, you can download the sure-to-be-a-huge-hit game from battle.net right now. You won't be able to play it until the official digital release at 10 PST on July 27, though. But you will be secure in the knowledge that your copy of Starcraft 2 is acquired, just sitting there, staring at you, tempting you, waiting. You can even defer paying for the game until after the 27.
Here's the link. Give it a shot and prepare yourself for space-battle-time.
...Unless you prefer cardboard boxes and waiting in line at a game store. Personally, I hate boxes. I lose them, or accidentally light them on fire. They take up shelf space and are a hindrance to my otherwise unencumbered lifestyle. But perhaps you feel differently. The advantage to buying the box is a few extra hours play time, but, on the other hand, if you download you won't be fumbling around with installation discs and whatnot. So, your call. Which are you gonna go with? Box or Download?
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seekzamedan
gfdgbhgbughf
teabags
i'd love to play this, looks great..but i cant justify spending 60 dollars on a computer game thats not even the whole game, just one third of it..good luck to you guys who do, good gaming
Cathartic Denoument
LoL! You're a funny man, Mr. Stephen Johnson.
My friend & I pre-ordered the Collector's Edition online from Gamestop.
Gamestop had a deal that time too, that if you bought two copies, you get it for less than the in-store retail cost. So my friend & I split the cost between us; my friend gets one & I get one, both for a cheaper price.
And since the pre-order comes with BETA ACCESS, we've been able to play StarCraft 2 for a WHILE now. LoL We didn't have to wait at all. And we can just keep playing Beta 'til our copies of SC2 arrive. LoL
Hard Copy > Digital Copy
[Though receiving both, one as a back-up for the other, would be completely awesome.]
stickymonki
im all with downloading but i want to get the collecters addition set so i can have all the other fun goodies! like that Sweet flash drive!
Raisinbman
if its anything like WOW patches, this download could take not hours, but days lol
koamonsul
Already traded in some console games for a good discount at Gamestop.
Zaide
Gamestop in-store pickup online pre-order. Why you ask? I pay the day I get it (midnight release ftw), and I got beta access, so I'm going to play when I get home ;)
SaintV
Bought the CE from Gamestop, already in the mail! :D
nogoodnamesopen
I don't trust much over the internet... When I am able to buy good ol' disc for me! The only hindrance for me is my computer is sub-par lol...
paulthebest
Wasnt the digital release going to be delayed a few days for to entice brick and mortar buying?
Link006
Nitpick thing totally... but the series' notation is StarCraft (capital c), not Starcraft.
Blizzard Press Release with correct notation:
http://us.blizzard.com/en-us /company/press/pressreleases.h tml?100503
Tim_1138
What do you mean, "a few extra hours play time?" You just kind of slipped that in there...
hoof_hearted4
store? its called day on delivery from amazon by pre ordering it...ill be getting my game July 27 no store
Unconquerab1e
Dont even bother pre - downloading stuff from steam. I have yet to get the game unlocked at midnight like it should. Sometimes you even have to download it again to get it to work. All the cool kids will be getting it from the store and watching day[9]'s launch party.
Bucketbutter
Collector's Edition box, no competition!
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