John Keefer, our Editor in Chief and self-professed World of Warcraft addict, has this report from the floor of BlizzCon about StarCraft II:

“StarCraft 2 has been divided into 3 games, dubbed the StarCraft 2 Trilogy:

StarCraft II: Terrans: Wings of Liberty
StarCraft II: Zerg: Heart of the Swarm
StarCraft II: Protoss: Legacy of the Void

Each will provide an in-depth story driven campaign, focusing on the prime character for each race: Jim Raynor for the Terrans, Kerrigan for the Zerg and Zeratul for the Protoss.”

Look for full coverage of StarCraft II, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, and Diablo III from BlizzCon in the days ahead right here at Crispy Gamer.

Marcus Fenix and Delta Squad are on the move! Microsoft announced that epic Games’ second game in the popular action game series, Gears of War 2, has gone gold. Available exclusively for the Xbox 360, Gears of War 2 will hit retail on Nov. 7 on a worldwide basis.

Gears of War 2 tells the story of humanity’s last stand against the underground Locust Horde, and is the follow-up to one of the most popular Xbox 360 games in history. Gears of War 2 offers a brand new storyline, single-player campaign, new gameplay elements, and new extensive cooperative online play. Gears of War 2 is rated “M” for Mature by the ESRB and will be available exclusively on Xbox 360 with an M.S.R.P of $59.99 for the Standard Edition and $69.99 for the Limited Edition.

EA Maxis is happy that Spore has regained the top spot in the US PC charts for week ended September 27, according to data provided by NPD Group.

EA’s MMO Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning dropped a one spot to number 2, followed by Take-Two’s Civilization IV: Colonization at three and Crysis Warhead in the fourth spot. Of course, the usual suspects - The Sims 2 and World Of Warcraft - round out this week’s chart. Full top ten list after the jump:

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Mythic Entertainment today announced that 750,000 players have registered for the critically acclaimed fantasy MMORPG, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (WAR) in North America, Europe and the Oceanic territories. WAR topped the PC sales charts around the world at launch, and is on track to be one of the best-selling PC games of 2008. While it is far from surpassing the juggernaut that is World of Warcraft, it has managed to garner its own fair share of subscribers and will continue to do so.

You can learn more about it by visiting www.warhammeronline.com. It should also be noted that Warhammer Online has landed in the number 2 spot on the PC sales charts in the United states for the week ending Sept. 27 - according to NPD’s sales data.

What better time is there than the middle of a presidential election to start talking about the Secret Service? With that in mind, Activision announced today that it plans to release Secret Service, a new tactical first person action game. Secret Service will feature story and level design contributions by Daniel Arey, who previously worked on Uncharted, the Jak series, and the Crash Bandicoot series. The game will be released later this year for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, and PC.
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In light of the current health care situation, Harmonix and MTV Games have decided to offer fans of Rock Band their own version of an HMO, as the companies announced today that Mötley Crüe’s album Dr. Feelgood will become the sixth full album to join the Rock Band Music Store catalog of downloadable content. Dr. Feelgood will be available on the 360 starting next Tuesday, October 14, and on the PS3 the following Thusday, October 16.
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When Alone in the Dark made its way to consoles and PC earlier this year, the PlayStation 3 was left, oddly enough, alone in the dark. Atari plans to remedy that next month with the release of Alone int the Dark: Inferno, a new PS3 version of Edward Carnby’s latest adventure. That’s not all Atari plans to remedy though, as the Inferno will come with revamped controls and gameplay, as well as some expanded content.
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