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The Protoss and Zerg have a long-runny feud that spans eons and multiple star systems. That bitter battle continues in StarCraft II, where what's remains of the Protoss civilization fight a newly evolved Zerg led by the Queen of Blades to the brink of annihilation. Having a cinematic trailer is a good sign, not only because Blizzard does a fantastic job with CGI cutscenes, but also because it gives people hope that the game release isn't that far off, despite the announcement that fans wouldn't see StarCraft Ii: Wings of Liberty until 2010. A gameplay video featuring the Terran and Zerg forces can be seen after the jump.

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If you just can't get enough of those super-cute Zerg, then let us direct your attention towards the newest Blizzcast where lead designer Dustin Browder gets chatted up on everyone's favorite carapace menace. Specifically this discussion starts out being all about the Zerg Queen unit and how when playing with her it feels a lot like a game of cat and mouse. Dustin goes on to say that you can think of her as a classic science fiction monster.

Then the discussion moved onto the Ultralisk unit, which is still in a state of flux. It seems like the dev team hasn't quite figured out just what they want the unit to play like and that's to be expected for a late-game unit that doesn't see as much playtime as the rest of the Zerg. There's quite a bit more beyond even that, so if you're a diehard Starcraft II junkie we'll just point you to the page so you can listen in for yourself.

As long as there's been Starcraft there's been famous (and infamous) opening tactics in multiplayer matches. From Creep Jacking to the legendary Zerg rush, the original Starcraft has a plethora of different opening tricks. Even if you're not familiar with the venerable sci-fi strategy game, we'd still recommend checking this recent feature on opening tactics out. The reason being that the feature also covers which of these tactics will work in Starcraft II. Of course, to save some of you the trouble of worrying: Zerg rushes are completely unchanged, so don't go worrying your little Zergling heads off.

We'd be lying if we said we weren't jealous of the 1UP crew for getting to play as much of the new game as they so obviously got to play. Maybe we should start sending big Zerg-themed heart-shaped valentines cards to Blizzard, because the regular heart cards don't seem to be working.