This is it people. It’s been 12 years since the first game, three years since the title was announced, half a year since beta testing started, and now the game is purchasable and playable! You could be playing StarCraft II right now.

The game launched today, worldwide. You can either get it from your retailer, or buy a digital version from Blizzard themselves. Personally, I ended up getting the Collectors Edition, that includes the game, an art book, a soundtrack CD, a comic book, some in-game items (including a WoW pet) and a USB thumb drive shaped like Jim Raynor’s dog-tag, complete with the original game and the Brood War expansion on it.

Really, how could I resist?

Blizzard is set to release the WoW expansion Cataclysm later this year, and if they make it in time, this will be the first year since 1998 they ship two products in the same year (SC & Brood Wars). Crazy!

According to MCV some details about Project Natal were leaked during a “secret Microsoft tour”, and I’m actually intrigued.

MCV’s sources say the Xbox 360 camera hardware will ship worldwide in November 2010, with Microsoft planning to manufacture 5m units for day one release.

Project Natal will be sold both separately and bundled with 360 consoles. When sold solo the device should cost under £50 (about $80), but sources at Microsoft says the company is “trying to get as close as possible to ‘impulse buy’”.

14 games are being readied for Natal’s launch, and Activision, Bethesda, Capcom, Disney, EA, Konami, MTV, Namco Bandai, Sega, Square Enix, THQ and Ubisoft are all committed to make games for the new hardware.

Despite popular GameTrailers opinion, and the opinions of IGN, the Wii Music launch trailer, not unlike other first party Wii games, show a group of people having loads of fun.

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Siliconera has taken a look at the Japanese Wii Music site, and discovered the first few confirmed tracks from the game.

There are six in all, with probably more on the way:

* My Grandfather’s Clock
* Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
* Ode to Joy
* Super Mario Brothers Theme
* The Legend of Zelda
* Animal Crossing Wild World

“Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” has also been shown in videos on Gametrailers.

Wii Music launches in Japan in only two days.