For everyone (like me) who has been wanting to try Starcraft 2 but you didn't want to spend $50 bucks to check it out, Blizzard has finally released a demo for it on both Windows and Mac. The demo includes the first three campaign missions. So if you were wanting to multiplayer it up, looks like you are gonna have to purchase it. Download the demo here.

Blizzard, the developer of PC epic Starcraft 2 sent out a note regarding cheating in their game. Players will be 'permanently banned' from Battle.net and playing Starcraft 2. Here is the information Blizzard shared with its player base today.

Cheating in StarCraft II

Blizzard Entertainment has always taken cheating in any form in Blizzard games very seriously, and that's no different for StarCraft II. If a StarCraft II player is found to be cheating or using hacks or modifications in any form, then as outlined in our end user license agreement, that player can be permanently banned from the game. This means that the player will be permanently unable to log in to Battle.net to play StarCraft II with his or her account.

Playing StarCraft II legitimately means playing with an unaltered game client. Doing otherwise violates our policies for Battle.net, and it goes against the spirit of fair play that all of our games are based on. We strongly recommend that you avoid using any hacks, cheats, or exploits. Suspensions and bans of players that have used or start using cheats and hacks will begin in the near future.

Cheaters beware - the long hard ban-hammer is only a few clicks away!

Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty, the sequel to 1998's classic PC RTS Starcraft has broken the 3 Million mark in its first month according to Blizzard. The title had released simultaneously in North America, Europe, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, and the regions of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau on July 27.

Are you playing Starcraft yet?

Remember how PC games are dying? Turns out it's not true. At all. While this game might be an exception with the backing of it's massive fanbase and world wide appeal, Blizzard's latest installment in the Starcraft universe has been a massive success.

Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty, the first part of the trilogy has sold 1.5 Million copies in the first 48 hours making it the biggest PC game launch of 2010 and fastest selling RTS ever according to Blizzard.

I myself am not a huge Real Time Strategy fan but this game has made me consider a purchase, I'll watch some Koreans perform some Starcraft black magic on YouTube for a while.

A bunch of brand new screenshots of StarCraft 2 have been released today. All these images are from the recently released beta. You can check them out after the jump!