Blizzard hosting launch party for Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm

In collaboration with Twitch.tv and Gamestop, Blizzard Entertainment will be hosting a launch party for the upcoming title, Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm on March 11th, 2013.

For those in the southern California area, the in-person part of the event will take place at the Irvine Spectrum Center in Irvine, California. Head over to Gamestop to line up for this event. Attendees can begin to line up on Sunday, March 10 at 9:00pm.

The actual event will take place at the Giant Wheel Court the following day.

Copies of Heart of the Swarm will be available for purchase at the event, followed by autograph signings that lasts from midnight until 2:30 am. They are following a one item that is purchased from Gamestop, per customer policy for the autograph signing. There will be some Collector's Editions available, but copies are limited.

For those of you who cannot physically be part of this launch event, the livestream event starts at 3 am PDT on March 11th. Visit the official Blizzard page for the complete stream schedule.

The stream will include being able to watch the Australia, South Korea, France, and US event live.

You can watch this stream event here, which currently only has a count down page at the time of this writing.

Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm officially releases on March 12th, 2013.

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Will you be purchasing Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm when it releases?

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