Apparently, nobody at NVIDIA is playing the Starcraft II beta.

NVIDIA’s newest batch of certified drivers (196.75) are wreaking havoc the PCs of those testing Blizzard’s upcoming game. Fans stop working (or at least stop working the way they’re supposed to) which results in heat buildup which results in puddles of liquid silicon quivering in the bottom of your computer case.

For my part, I suspect that the NVIDIA drivers are actually an unannounced fourth race. Think about it. PC melting. That’s a tactic that can’t be beat, even by the swarmiest of Zerg hoards.

The bug apparently affects other Blizzard games, as well, so if you’re a WoWhead beware of this issue.

I’m sure Blizzard is all up in NVIDIA’s business, and a fix is apparently in the works. For now, don’t update your drivers, or roll back to a previous set if you’ve already installed the bugged ones.

UPDATE: NVIDIA has removed the problematic drivers from their site. No word on whether they’ll be removing melted video cards from your PC.

Jerod Jarvis is an independent gaming journalist and founder of Duality Games. He maintains gaming columns for The Washington Times Communities and for The Outpost. When not blogging madly about games, he freelances for the Spokesman-Review in his hometown of Spokane, Washington and attends school at Whitworth University. Check out his presence on Facebook and Twitter to stay up on Duality Games updates and the inside scoop on the gaming news you care about.