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Starcraft II tops 3 million

Impressive first month sales
Bengt Lemne 1 September 2010

Blizzard Entertainment have announced that Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty has sold in excess of 3 million copies in its first month on the market. They are hailing it as "the bestselling PC game of 2010 and the fastest-selling real-time strategy game of all time" in a press release and it's easy to see why they're happy about it.

"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."

Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty still has some ways to go before in eclipses the original in sales, but it is getting off to a strong start.

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