Starcraft 2 Not Delayed Again

chevalier · Sat, 7th Nov '09, 10:18am

Blizzard's headman has said there's no second delay in Starcraft 2's release and the same shall happen some time the first half of next year. Here's a clip:

During Activision-Blizzard's quarterly financial conference call with stockholders, Blizzard's big boss and founder Mike Morhaime said that the company's eagerly-anticipated StarCraft II was on schedule to meet the targeted release date of "sometime in the first half of next year," and had in fact not been delayed again.

Though development of the game is largely complete (or at least it felt that way when I kicked Keane Ng's ass and tried out the Terran campaign at BlizzCon), the development team has been using the delay due to the complexities of Battle.net 2.0 to refine the game's balance and to polish everything up. Morhaime also said that he believed the game would be a blockbuster hit, seeing as how the first StarCraft has sold over 11 million copies worldwide, but let's be honest here: If you didn't think SC2 would be wildly successful without having to be told that by the Blizzard overlord, then you need to get your head checked.

Read the rest at The Escapist.

Sat, 7th Nov '09, 10:18am	#1
chevalier SPS Account Holder Senior News Editor Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: I wish I were in the land of coffee... Age: 26 Posts: 16,519 Rep Power: 25	Starcraft 2 Not Delayed Again Blizzard's headman has said there's no second delay in Starcraft 2's release and the same shall happen some time the first half of next year. Here's a clip: During Activision-Blizzard's quarterly financial conference call with stockholders, Blizzard's big boss and founder Mike Morhaime said that the company's eagerly-anticipated StarCraft II was on schedule to meet the targeted release date of "sometime in the first half of next year," and had in fact not been delayed again. Though development of the game is largely complete (or at least it felt that way when I kicked Keane Ng's ass and tried out the Terran campaign at BlizzCon), the development team has been using the delay due to the complexities of Battle.net 2.0 to refine the game's balance and to polish everything up. Morhaime also said that he believed the game would be a blockbuster hit, seeing as how the first StarCraft has sold over 11 million copies worldwide, but let's be honest here: If you didn't think SC2 would be wildly successful without having to be told that by the Blizzard overlord, then you need to get your head checked. Read the rest at The Escapist.