1up recently had the opportunity to get a hands on experience the Protoss side of starcraft 2, and they’ve posted an article with a lot of interesting new information.

Concept Art of the Terran Thor

On the Terrans:

• Banshees can cloak, but are only air to ground
• Planetary fortress mode can attack ground units while floating
• Yellow minerals produce 12 minerals per cycle as opposed to the regular 8
• Battlecruisers have a new photon torpedo upgrade
• Viking is extremely power in air to air but ground mode is weak against dedicated ground units
• Reapers can plant explosive charges, and they seem to dominate zealots
• Thor can attack both ground an air units, and has a long range bombardment that is out of range of the phase cannons and reavers, but it turns very slowly
• Cobra is a hovertank that can attack both air and ground units
• Ghosts have a “drop pod” ability that can warp in a “fresh supply of Terran units”

Battle between Terran and Protoss

On gameplay:

• Some unit shortcuts have been changed
• “Idle unit” button has been added so you can see if any workers are being unused
• Blizzard developers admit that the Protoss Mothership Black Hole ability needs to be nerfed
• Firebats are currently absent from the sequel for the time being

Source: (1up.com)

Here are some more unit screenshots for your viewing pleasure:

Protoss Reaver

Terran Factory

Terran Barracks

New Command Center

Terran Planetary Fortress

All images and information taken from 1up.com’s article.

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