News Blips for August 24, 2010. Microsoft prepares to ban Halo: Reach bootleggers from Xbox Live, Treyarch plans to bring modding back to Call of Duty series in Black Ops, new college courses have video games as required texts, and more.

Sometimes you're in the mood for something a little different. With Blizzard's latest, you never have to open another game.

The Bitmob community takes valuable time away from playing Starcraft 2 to write about it. Let's see what they have to say.

Watch this adorable commercial for the second season of the Starcraft-based gaming league, Starleague.

A World Cyber Games champ stops by to give us some pro tips on how to get better at Starcraft 2.

A gamer details his sudden loss of ability to get excited for games before their release.

Bitmob wants you to tackle Starcraft and write about it. Hopefully this involves minimal devastating online matches.

Starcraft 2 is just around the corner. Here are some awful/amazing Starcraft-related videos to get you in the mood.

It's been a long time since I played the original Starcraft and its expansion. This Tuesday's release of Starcraft 2 called me back to how different my life was back then.

The summer's selection of new releases has been meager, to say the least. With no intention of heading outside, the Bitmob staff have delved into their dusty old closets in search of their favorite go-back games. What are yours?

To Be, or Not To Be, A Healthy Writer

News Blips for July 15, 2010. Blizzard lets players download locked digital copies of Starcraft 2 before its July 27 release, Kmart crowdsources reviews to display in stores, death of U.K. PC magazine PC Zone, and more.

News Blips for July 6, 2010. Blizzard plans to make Battle.net forum users go by their real names and kicks off their 2010 Global Writing Contest, Game Critics Awards release their Best of E3 2010 list, NewEgg selling (the yet to be released) Halo: Reach at a discount, and more.

In this edition of Bitmob Splitscreen, two gamers discuss the role video games have had in their current and past relationships.

How Sega could make a comeback, one gamer's love of EGM, sequels, and more await in this edition of the community Spotlight.

We asked you what games you were buying, what your favorite co-op game is, and what you think of direct Mario sequels. Here are your answers.

Tired of losing with no real direction of what to do in the Starcraft 2 Beta? Here are three simple build orders, one for each race, as well as some basic tips to help improve your overall game!

Cheese is a big problem in today's RTS scene. If you're going into Starcraft 2 relatively unfamiliar with cheese, be sure to read this first.

Suriel parlays his history through memories he had of games and things he's not sure are true.

If South Koreans truly find this kind of Starcraft mimicry funny, we may never understand them and their strange, strange ways.