Blizzard Entertainment announced today the official release date of Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty, the highly anticipated follow-up game to the 1998 hit Starcraft. First announced in May 2007, the Starcraft 2 game has been in beta testing mode since February of this year. You can pre-order your copy now for about $60 at Amazon.com and other retailers; a Collector’s Edition version will set you back $100. Shortly after its release to retail, the game will also be available for purchase directly from Blizzard.
James Cameron’s film Avatar opens here in the US on Friday, December 18th (showtime/tickets), and so far the initial reviews are pretty good. Avatar is the story of a wounded ex-marine, Jake Sully, pushed into a growing conflict between human settlement expansion/ exploitation of an exotic planet called Pandora and the native Na’vi. As an Avatar, a human mind in an alien body, Jake ultimately finds himself in a desperate fight for the survival of the indigenous people.
The hype and expectations are pretty high for this movie, and with a big blockbuster science fiction film comes blockbuster merchandising. Here are some of the products and collectibles out now or coming soon.
Celebrate the most successful arcade game from 1983, Dragon’s Lair, with these great t-shirts, featuring Dirk the Daring, Princess Daphne, and the evil dragon Singe. 80sTees offers several different shirts to suit your style, each priced at $22.
Dragon’s Lair was the first arcade game to incorporate movie-quality imagery into the action, using animation from Don Bluth Studios and a laserdisc to power game play. The original game was later followed by a sequel arcade game, several ports to other platforms, and a short-lived television cartoon series.
Available from 80sTees.com. Retail price $22.00

