Official: Starcraft Delayed till 2010
From the DUH department:
In a Yahoo business report about Activision, it was revealed that Starcraft II would be delayed until 2010. This is another list of hotly anticipated games that are getting pushed back; Bioshock 2, the new Splinter Cell: Conviction, Dark Void and Red Steel 2. I wonder if I can still get into the beta...
Blizzard wants you to think that the delay is because Battle.net needs to be upgraded first. I guess the whole Starcraft 2 needing to be constantly connected to the internet is a big reason they need the Battle.net upgrade first.
“Today we announced that StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty will not be ready for release by the end of 2009. Over the past couple of weeks, it has become clear that it will take longer than expected to prepare the new Battle.net for the launch of the game. The upgraded Battle.net is an integral part of the StarCraft II experience and will be an essential part of all of our games moving forward. This extra development time will be critical to help us realize our vision for the service.”
To sum it up: this sucks! I am a huge StarCraft fan and I was looking forward to being able to play SC2. I wasn't taking totally by surprise though, since this IS Blizzard; I am hoping for at least an early 2011 release.
August 12th, 2009 - 00:08
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August 16th, 2009 - 12:42
it was something that i saw coming so im not that surprised….blizzard ALWAYS do that…but at least they will improve the game!…thats what happened with the game prototype…they delayed it like 2 years and when it came out it was like the best game ever or at least the best game in 3 years =)…it was this year XD
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