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Gamers are still patiently waiting for Blizzard Entertainment to deliver the long-in-the-making StarCraft II for the PC and Mac, which was originally planned for a late 2009 release. Blizzard Entertainment president and co-founder Mike Morhaime reiterated on an Activision quarterly results call that StarCraft II is targeting a release within the "first half of 2010."
The company is still planning a StarCraft II beta test, but Morhaime didn't disclose any details on when the beta itself would launch. "[We are] driving hard towards [a] beta test," said Morhaime. "All of us are very excited to get started."
One game Morhaime barely discussed was Diablo III. The latest hack 'n slash sequel was not said to be part of Blizzard's 2010 pipeline, while StarCraft II and World of Warcraft: Cataclysm are. Morhaime mentioned Diablo III as part of Blizzard's "pipeline," but that's all he would say.
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Resist_4_Ever
Blizzard: Building more and more hype and milking WOW for every single last possible cent.
With this ammount of wait, SC better have photo-realistic graphics, run on a Pentium IV and use a neural VR interface for controls.
I think the real SC is going to be Supreme Commander 2, which has (no way!) an ACTUAL RELEASE DATE!!!
Kyuss023
Blizzard always takes their time and shows undying support for their games. That's why they are among the best. I was expecting D3 to be released before SC2 simply because SC2 seems like a much more time consuming and difficult project, so this is surprising news, but since there's no word on a D3 release date yet, we'll just have to wait and see..
Impatiently awaiting these titans...
Bazinga
you guys have it totally wrong. the length of time Blizzard is taking to develop SC II and Diablo III is a sign of how much effort they are putting into them, and not a a sign of a lack of effort. if WoW was a failure, im sure diablo III and starcraft II would probably be out by now, but guess what? they would of spent a fraction of the time and money they're spending on them, and they would be shells of a game compared to what they will be because of the massive success of WoW. because of WoW's success blizzard has practically unlimited time and money to bring us the best versions of these games that the company is capable of bringing us; and that makes me happy and excited.
csengineer2013
Don't get too excited folks they are probably going to delay it another ten years.
Reedo2000
Is it bad that I gasped when I saw that Starcraft II will be released early 2010? Sure, we've been waiting for a while, but I genuinely am excited that the game will come out soon.
lcromy
Let's see Blizzard announced Starcraft II in the spring of 2007. WTF?! Why even tell us about the game if it isn't coming out for three years after the announcement. Ridiculous.
linc77
i wont be surprised to see starcraft get pushed back even more. :(
hoof_hearted4
blizzard need to stop worrying about wow cause honestly it sucks anyways...they need to focus on the games that their REAL fans enjoy that ones that have been with them since diablo 1 and starcraft...the whole warcraft thing sucks, even the rts warcrafts were nothing compared to starcraft
Stratice
The world will end before Diablo 3 comes out. lol
teabags
im dissapointed in Blizzard these days, all they seem to really care about is milking the WOW machine..and they seem to care less about the games that put them on the map like Diablo and starcraft..such a shame, i'll probably get them when they come out..but right now, so many other games are more important to me..and Blizzard..is dropping the ball
NickWaugh78
hopefully Diablo 3 wont be another "starcraft: Ghost"
NickAnguiano
I was so psyched for these games like a year ago, but now they are so far off my radar because of all the other amazing games. I'll care again when they're on store shelves or when Gamestop calls me saying "Hi this is Gamestop! Calling to let you know that Starcraft 2: WIngs of Liberty will be arriving tomorrow!"
Sylvanio
I was hoping to get Starcraft 2 for Christmas....
FFFUUUUUUU
The Emperor's Champion
"StarCraft II Planned For First Half 2010, But Diablo III Not Expected"
No D3? Well then:
Apathy planned for first half 2010, But looking forward to a Blizzard game not expected.
SaintV
Very disappointed it will have taken Blizzard over 8 years to give us SC2 and D3. This is what happens when they keep milking WoW. The games that put WoW on the map become a secondary thought. I still hope SC2 and D3 will be good but the long developement times have me concerned.
Dynamo903
I hope first half means first quarter and not second. I'd like to pre-order a copy by or around christmas.
Wish they'd hurry along with the beta already... *sigh*
pantycricket
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poker909
I would be surprised if SCII even comes out in 2010. With Blizzard, I just wait until I see the game on a store shelf, and even then I'm skeptical that I'll take it home, pop in the disk, and see a "coming soon" message. It's a good thing their games don't suck.
MrPickering
as much as it pains me to hear about Diablo III not being slated for 2010 it comes to very little surprise. The one glimer of hope is that it was (of course) be worth the wait. I've been playing Torchlight and its awesome, very very awesome in fact but the lack of multiplayer is a HUGE downer.
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