The Blizzard Entertainment has officially announced that they are releasing a beta version of Star Craft 2 to the public very soon. But in order to download for a StarCraft II beta, you first need to register a Battle.net account and submit your system specification to be enable to qualify as one of potential beta testers. Here’s a comprehensive step by step visual guide on how to create a Battle.net Account and join the StarCraft 2 beta program after the jump.

1.) Register on Battle.net
Go to www.battle.net homepage, and click create or manage a Battle.net Account

2. If you already have a Blizzard Account, don’t worry since your account has already been automatically converted to Battle.net account you don’t need a new one. Just go to Step 6.
But if you are new user in Blizzard or Battle.net, click Sign up now! to proceed.

3. Then select your country/ territory of Residence. To be able to continue, you must read the terms of use agreement. If you are too lazy to read it, just make sure  you scroll down the whole page from top to bottom with your mouse or else the continue button will not work.

4. Set your username and password, as well as other required information being asked. Press continue.

5. Authenticate your account
If you have finalized your account information, just press the Create this Battle.net Account. An email authentication will be sent to you, so make sure to check your spam folders if you can’t find it in your inbox. Congratulations, you account has just been created.

6. Go to your Account Management Page to proceed. If you already have games purchased from Blizzard, you will see them listed under the Manage my Games section.
These are following games  supported at this time:

• StarCraft
• StarCraft Battle Chest
• StarCraft Anthology
• Warcraft III
• Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
• Warcraft Battle Chest
• Diablo II, Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
• Diablo II Battle Chest

If you have any game listed above, you can jump to Step 11 to get started.

7.  Add games to your account
If you have retail copy (CD Key) of your boxed Blizzard games or the new 26-digit game key (Digital key). You can add them up to your account by clicking the big green button.

8. After you enter the Add Game link above you will come to a screen that looks like this. Just enter your CD key and then hit ADD GAME.

9. After you do that you will be taken to a screen that looks like this. You select your language and then hit ADD GAME which is under the drop box.

10. All the games you have added will be displayed. You can also Click on [Manage Game] of each game to retrieve the auto generated 26-digit game key.

11. To get started joining the Star Craft II beta program, simply click “Beta Profile Settings” under the Manage My Games.

12. Download Beta Opt-in Application
You will come to a page that gives you the choice of downloading a PC or Mac Beta Opt-in Application. Choose your platform and begin download.

It’s just over a MB in size, so should be quick. Just note where you saved it. Downloaded, it will look like this image below:

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13. Upload System Specs
After Running the SystemCheck_enGB.exe file,  just click I Agree when User Agreement prompts. Then a window with your system specs will come up on the screen. Press Send to send it to your Battle.net account.

14. Update Beta Preferences
Once you’ve successfully uploaded a beta profile, go back to “Beta Profile Settings” and you’ll see instead a list of Betta Test program you can opt-in for beta keys.

15. After choosing your preferred beta programs, your associated Battle.net account is queued to a pool of potential beta testers. If you are chosen, your main page will look like the Account Management page below. Good luck chief!

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Parents blamed World of Warcraft for sleepless nights of their geeky kids grinding quests in Xoroth world instead of grinding their world literature assignments. Geeks blamed World of Warcraft for the swine flu outbreak too (story here). Now, the Blizzard’s own geek has revealed that the World of Warcraft can be blamed for long time delay of StarCraft II release.

Though the initial  development of StarCraft II started on year 2002,  Blizzard’s VP Rob Pardo explained that one of the reasons that StarCraft II have been delayed for for these past 6 years is because the original design team concentrated on finishing up the development of World of Warcraft.  Nonetheless, he continued that they have have brought their long run experiences in WOW to the current StarCraft development as it nearly perfects the class balancing.

“It’s been a long project for sure, but if you look at say World of Warcraft, or Warcraft III – or even the original StarCraft – there was a halfway point where we took a dramatic left turn and took a different direction. We haven’t done that with Starcraft II.”

Source: http://www.cinemablend.com

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The StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty will be released this 4th Quarter of 2009, so that’s still a few months away. If you are into retro games, you can still revisit  the Zerg, Protoss, and Terrans with your old copy of StarCraft 1.  Like all the other Blizzard titles like Warcraft III can be played online just like playing local multiplayer network. Players can create free accounts in Garena.com, a third party online gateway which becomes the de facto standard for online play. Experience fast and hack-free gaming with Garena! You can find the complete installation guide after the jump.

Garena Installation Guide

Garena Settings

1. In the Garena Lobby, click on the StarCraft button found in the left “Games” panel (scroll down from the games if needed). Select a Region then join a room.

2. Inside the Room, click on the “Settings” button to configure the game path

3. In the “Settings” window, click on the “StarCraft” icon. In the executable settings field, click on “Browse” to locate and set StarCraft.exe as the game path. Click OK.

4. Click “Start Game” to launch StarCraft through Garena.

5. In the StarCraft lobby, click on “Multiplayer”

6. Click “StarCraft Broodwar Expansion”

7. Select “Local Area Network (UDP).” Click OK.

8. Enter your Name.

9. Click OK.

10. You may join games or create your own.

Installing Patch

11. The StarCraft version to be used in Garena is the latest which is 1.15.3
You may check the StarCraft version at the lower right side of the StarCraft lobby

You can download the official patches via bigdownload.com

Download StarCraft Original v1.15.3 Patch [Windows] (10 MB)

Download StarCraft Brood War v1.15.3 Patch [Windows] (25 MB)

Download StarCraft v1.15.3 Original Patch [Mac] (11 MB)

Download StarCraft v1.15.3 Brood War Patch [Mac] (25 MB)

*Mac users must read text file for special installation instructions.

Credits

Source: This StarCraft User Guide is created by berenoune, all credits goes to him – http://www.garena.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=378999&extra=page%3D1

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