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StarCraft II Surpasses 3 Million Sold in First Month

Posted September 1, 2010 by James Brightman

After Blizzard's red hot StarCraft II sold 1.5 million copies worldwide in its first 48 hours and outsold all general PC software in the U.S., today the game hit its next milestone: over 3 million units sold in a month.

Blizzard noted that this new sales mark builds "on the game's momentum as the bestselling PC game of 2010 and the fastest-selling real-time strategy game of all time."

"We appreciate all the enthusiasm that players around the world have shown for StarCraft II," said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. "It was important to us to deliver an overall gameplay experience that was accessible, balanced, and fun, and it's been gratifying to see how strongly the global community has already embraced the game."

James Brightman has been covering the games industry since 2003 and has been an avid gamer ever since the days of Atari and Intellivision. He was previously the EIC of GameDaily Biz.




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