StarCraft II blasts past 1.5 million sales

The fastest-selling strategy game of all time.

Blizzard Entertainment has announced that StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty sold more than one million copies worldwide within its first 24 hours of availability, making it the best-selling PC game of 2010.

The game went on to sell a total of more than 1.5 million copies in its first 48 hours, setting the record for fastest-selling strategy game of all time.

"We launched StarCraft II in 11 different languages and on five 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 co-founder 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."

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