Blizzard Sells Out Again

"GameStop had more than 3,000 stores open at midnight, so our StarCraft players got a jump start on playing the epic experience Blizzard consistently delivers with its games," said Bob McKenzie, senior vice president of merchandising at GameStop. "StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is officially GameStop’s fastest-selling PC game since Blizzard launched World of Warcraft®: Wrath of the Lich King® in 2008."

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty on launch day, sold over 1 million copies and over 1.5 million in the first 48 hours, making it (according to Blizzard) the "bestselling PC game so far in 2010 and the Fastest-Selling strategy game of all time".

Now with the new Battle.net system also in place, utilizing cross-game friends and family (which is truly impressive) the new StarCraft II experience is a title that will be talked about at least for the next 11 years.

"We launched StarCraft II in 11 different languages and on 5 different continents because we wanted to make sure as many players as possible were able to log on and play on day one," said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. "We're pleased that so many people around the world have already picked up a copy of the game, and we look forward to welcoming even more players to Battle.net® in the weeks and months ahead."

Blizzard knows how to give fans what they want, and they have the numbers to prove it. It seems every time Blizzard releases a new game it surpass its previous title or blows other titles out of the water. We still have World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm and the highly anticipated Diablo III on the horizons, will these titles keep up with SC2's numbers?

Want to hear our thoughts on the multiplayer from the Beta click here, or check out the official website for more info.