Today! The biggest premiere in Russia! UPD. +goodies specially for Gamer.ru ) UPD. +Poll
As many of you may already know, the Russian premiere of the main strategy game of 2010 - **StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty** - will take place on July 26, 2010 at 8:00 PM in the Media Markt store located at: Moscow, Vernadsky Ave., 6, Capitol Shopping Center.
A premiere of this scale has never been held in the history of the Russian gaming industry.
To host this event, the enormous Media Markt store will be decorated in the style of StarCraft II.
Guests of the celebration can expect:
* performances by DJs and live music from the game in vocal-instrumental arrangement
* a laser screen
* contests with dozens of amazing prizes from Blizzard and partner companies
* a welcome speech and autograph session with StarCraft II producer Tony Hsu
* the opportunity to take photos with a game character
* and many more – many surprises!
One of the key events of the premiere will be a costume contest based on the game. Come to the celebration dressed as Zergs, Terrans, and Protoss!
The most talented fans of the game will have the chance to win wonderful prizes!
The winners of the contest will also participate in Blizzard's pan-European lottery, with the grand prize being a trip to BlizzCon 2010!
The entertainment segment of the event will begin at 8:00 PM, and the official start of sales will take place at 10:00 PM.
On this night, the Media Markt will remain open until the last customer.
In addition, in 77 stores across various cities in Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan, StarCraft II will be on sale simultaneously with the official premiere!
Residents of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Almaty, Kyiv, Odesa, Kharkiv, Voronezh, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Kaliningrad, Krasnoyarsk, Samara, Nizhny Novgorod, and many other cities will be able to purchase the long-awaited Russian version of the game on July 26 at 10:00 PM local time.
You can find the full list of stores participating in the promotion **here**.
Please note that the StarCraft II game servers will be launched on July 27 at no earlier than 03:00 Moscow time.
Activating the game before this time will not be possible.
I want to emphasize once again that this is undoubtedly the most vivid and grand event in the gaming industry in Russia!
Don't forget to bring your cameras and camcorders.
You must not miss this!
UPDATE
This is what the store and the surrounding area (including the Universitetsky metro station) looked like 4 days before the premiere:
UPD. And you should not have missed THIS!
This is a unique gift from Blizzard for all fans of the StarCraft universe.
It is a 60-kilogram Terran marine armor, made in six copies specifically for the game's premiere in six major cities around the world, including Moscow!
Inside it is a living person. He moves, walks; the only thing is he doesn’t smoke cigars and doesn’t recall the Zerg MotherQueen )
*UPD. Now, here's a unique gift just for Gamer.ru!* **
**The first 10 people** arriving today **at the StarCraft II premiere at Media Markt** will receive
exclusive T-shirts featuring the game's emblem, which can only be obtained by participating in contests.
And only to Gamer.ru community members, I will personally give away these T-shirts!
||To get one, you must come with a small poster-business card including your Gamer.ru nickname, the Gamer.ru logo, the StarCraft II logo, and the answer to the question: **