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Much of South Korea and gamers around the world spun into a tizzy over the weekend as Blizzard Entertainment, perhaps the world's most successful video game company, announced that it was developing a sequel to its popular computer strategy game StarCraft.

The original StarCraft, which pits humans against two alien races in a science-fiction environment, has sold more than 9.5 million copies since its introduction in 1998. The game has become practically the national sport for South Koreans under age 40. It has been credited with helping propel the deployment of Internet connections that are far faster than those generally available in the United States.