Starcraft 2 Announced

At the Blizzard WorldWide invitational in Seoul, Korea; Blizzard has made the announcement fans around the world have waited nearly ten years to hear: Blizzard is resurrecting the revered StarCraft franchise with StarCraft II.

What better place to do it in the land where StarCraft is practically a national sport and pro players are treated like rock stars. Not to mention that addiction to the game has killed several Koreans.

It was one of the only RTS game I've dabbled with myself many years ago. I loved the sound of the announcement "nuclear launch detected" as I decimated the Zerg (and any Protoss that got in my way). Yesssss indeed, Colonel Creedon did master StarCraft's little portion of the universe.

The sequel is apparently designed to be the ultimate competitive real-time strategy game, StarCraft II features the return of the Protoss, Terran, and Zerg races, overhauled and re-imagined with Blizzard's signature approach to game balance. Each race will be further distinguished from the others, with several new units and new gameplay mechanics, as well as new abilities for some of the classic StarCraft units that will be making a reappearance in the game. StarCraft II also featurse a custom 3D-graphics engine with realistic physics and the ability to render several large, highly detailed units and massive armies on-screen simultaneously.

There's some good coverage on Gamespy here (and scroll down for pics and video links) You may as well start there.

Source: Every single gaming site I came accross in the past week.
Image source: Gamespy