StarCraft 2 Confirmed; To Be Revealed On May 19th
It seems that after 9 very long years, and many Korean kids who’ve played the original StarCraft so much it’s not even funny, Blizzard has announced that they have been working on StarCraft 2 and will debut it on May 19th at Blizzard’s World Wide Invitational (WWI) in Seoul.
According to a translation,
It has been confirmed that StarCraft 2 is being developed in 3D, a new race has been added and existing units’ characteristics will have many changes. Additional details will only be revealed to certain parts of WWI.
However, trustworthy information is being leaked from previous Blizzard employees, and through an acquaintance of ex-Blizzard North employees, StarCraft 2’s development and its announcement at the WWI has been confirmed.
MBC Game’s Lee Sang-Ho head said “Frankly, it’s half anticipation and half worry. If SC2 is released in a form that is compatible with e-sports broadcast, there will be many new gamers and the entire industry will develop. However if it comes out in a form that is not easy to broadcast, like WarCraft 3, StarCraft fans will focus on the sequel while the original league will suffer a decline”, expressing a cautious mindset.
OnGameNet’s StarCraft commentator Um Jae-Kyung said “Blizzard has probably already grasped the difference between this nation’s gamers and foreign gamers’ difference in inclination through WarCraft 3. So I’m hoping for a more balanced structure, a structure with e-sports in mind. However, I believe that the e-sports league will continue to focus on StarCraft and a new league focusing on StarCraft 2 will form, the industry growing bigger as a result. As a gamer, I’m really looking forward to it.
Finally! It’s about damn time Blizzard admitted they were working on StarCraft 2. I mean, how much more time can Blizzard spend on WoW. We get it, it’s a great MMO, move on! I am really excited about this news and hope Star Craft 2 was worth the 9 years we waited for it. At least it didn’t turn out to be another Duke Nukem Forever… *shudders*
[Thanks Ryan for the tip]
April 25th, 2007 at 6:53 pm
This is old news; IGN released the exact same thing about two weeks ago…..
April 25th, 2007 at 6:56 pm
@Jar Jar Binks: Thanks for the heads up. Unfortunately, I don’t read IGN as often as most people do, so I just caught wind of this today. Sorry for my lateness and I do hope you can forgive me someday.
April 26th, 2007 at 2:51 pm
“Move on”??????
They’re making millions upon millions. Why rush?
April 27th, 2007 at 2:01 am
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April 27th, 2007 at 7:58 am
I just read somewhere that this rumor is false. I don’t have the source but apparently Blizzard issued this statement:
“We do intend to announce a new product at the Worldwide Invitational next month in Korea, and we appreciate the enthusiasm and interest in getting an advance look at what that will be, but players will have to wait until May 19th to find out more. Also, we have a very strong connection with the characters and settings of StarCraft, and we do plan to revisit that universe at some point in the future, but we don’t have anything new to announce in that regard at present.”
April 27th, 2007 at 12:08 pm
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April 29th, 2007 at 10:36 am
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May 23rd, 2007 at 4:48 am
WE’ve got a great starcraft 2 community building up at http://www.starcraft2forum.org
This is a great game!
June 29th, 2007 at 9:12 pm
There is a cool starcraft 2 community I just joined check it out: http://www.starcraftvanilla.com
November 22nd, 2007 at 10:04 pm
A game by idiots for idiots what could be better
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