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Gran Turismo 5 may not be 100% complete yet and rumor is that it’s being pushed back again, but the developers have decided to release some screen shots of what the customization screens will look like… When they said they may have TOO much detail, they may have not been joking…

From August 20th until October 10th there will be a Blizzard Entertainment Art Expo held in Taiwan. The show will contain over 700 pieces including sculptures, renderings, concept art, and paintings from all three Blizzard game franchises (Starcraft, Diablo, and Warcraft). This is the first time the expo has been held over seas.

All I can say is WAHHHHHHH~~~ I WANNA GOOOOOO!

“In StarCraft you’re managing a lot of different units and groups of different capacities,” says Poling. “It’s not a stretch to think of that in the business world or in the work of a healthcare administrator.”

Nate Poling, a Ph.D candidate at UF, has convinced the school and peers on allowing a Starcraft II class to teach business and resource management. I think this is a cool concept.

“A student who gets a normal education, gets an MBA, and is in the business world, he could realize that something he learned in his StarCraft course helps him think outside of the box,” Poling told MIT’s Technology Review. “You synthesize this with an MBA program and voila – you have an innovative business practice.”

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Now that Starcraft II has been out for about a month and there has been lots of gameplay and feedback on the Blizzard forums they have announced Patch 1.1 to be released sometime next month. The largest changes are:

- Reducing the effectiveness of a “Zealot rush” when playing as/against the Protoss
- Reducing the effectiveness of Terran Reapers against the Zerg
- The power of the Terran Siege Tank will be reduced when in siege mode
- Terran Battlecruisers will be less powerful against ground units
- The Zerg Ultralisks have lost their “ram” attack, as it was proving in many instances to be less powerful than its regular attack.

There will also be some building and cool-down times changed along with the released of the US Hotkeys for game play. Players begin strategy modification…

Although this is not a full RPG version yet the control, look, feel and navigation is beautifully similar considering the fact that it’s a completely different 3D engine and is not designed for this type of view or game play.