{"id":2645,"date":"2013-03-14T15:56:09","date_gmt":"2013-03-14T04:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=2645"},"modified":"2013-03-14T15:56:09","modified_gmt":"2013-03-14T04:56:09","slug":"fans-swarm-launch-of-starcraft-ii-heart-of-the-swarm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/fans-swarm-launch-of-starcraft-ii-heart-of-the-swarm\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans swarm launch of Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/weekly-update-327_starcraft-II-HOTS-launch-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2646\" alt=\"weekly update 327_starcraft II HOTS launch 04\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/weekly-update-327_starcraft-II-HOTS-launch-04-300x168.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/weekly-update-327_starcraft-II-HOTS-launch-04-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/weekly-update-327_starcraft-II-HOTS-launch-04-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/weekly-update-327_starcraft-II-HOTS-launch-04-97x55.jpg 97w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/weekly-update-327_starcraft-II-HOTS-launch-04.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a>On Monday night this week Melbourne played host to one of 4 official launch events around the globe for new Blizzard release <a href=\"http:\/\/us.blizzard.com\/en-us\/games\/hots\/\" target=\"_blank\">Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my video wrap-up of the event held at Federation Square in the heart of Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamearena.com.au\/res\/2007\/javascript\/functions.js\" language=\"javascript\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamearena.com.au\/res\/2007\/javascript\/flashplayer\/ufo.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"GA_embed_video_67619\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n{initVideoPlayer(\"http:\/\/media.gamearena.com.au\/gamearena\/video\/weeklyupdate\/Bigpond_Games_Weekly_Update_ep_327_March_15_2013_HD.medium.mp4\",\"false\",67619,309,521,\"\",\"GA_embed_video_67619\")}\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday night this week Melbourne played host to one of 4 official launch events around the globe for new Blizzard release Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm. 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