Ah, Siege Tanks! Those majestic war machines that I used to love so much in the good ol' days of Dune II, and later in the first Starcraft... Right until I got totally owned by a pitiful bunch of flying thingies pissing in the wind, and down on my ironically sieged tanks. As cool as they may look, sound and feel, I guess that Siege Tanks will - and should - forever remain a limited tool of descruction, crippled on the battlefield by their weak points, unless properly backed up by other units.

The same will generally hold true for the terrans' Siege Tanks in Starcraft 2, as well, now that the blues have updated the game's website with info about the new Crucio Siege Tank. So... what exactly is new, you ask? Well, other than the expected visual update, this about sums it up:

"The Crucio has been designed for increased survivability with an enlarged, reinforced turret and hull. The new turret layout also features an upgraded assault-mode armament package so that the Crucio can fend for itself more successfully in an open battlefield. Force deployment costs for the Crucio have increased over the older Arclite, but the increased versatility of the powerful new siege tank more than compensates for the additional expense."

There be more pics, clips and such on the Starcraft 2 website, if you can be bothered.