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Sorry Guys. During Blizzard’s World Wide Invitation (Paris), Rob Pardo, Blizzard’s Game Design EVP said that they we’re only about 1/3rd through polishing the game cinematics and campaign and the best they can give at the end of this year is an impressive presentation on how Starcraft 2 is “nearly finished” which simply means - “Starcraft 2 Release Date : Not 2008″
So those who are expecting Starcraft 2 to be released on December 3, 2008 should think of another gift for themselves. Oh and online stores should be adjusting their Starcraft 2 release date schedules for those who pre-ordered.
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I think it might be a little hasty to make this claim. The source from where this post comes from is taking a quote out of context from a joystiq.com article. In it, Rob only says that the single player campaign is 1/3 done, not the whole game, and notes that most of what is left is tweaking. Also, Bestbuy AND Circuit City have now added Dec 3 as the release date, which, if they did not have reliable information, would be quite a poor business decision on their part. I’m not saying Dec 3 is the date, but no reason to get all gloomy just yet. Another conference day awaits.
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When we forget what has happened in the past, we are doomed to repeat it.
Meaning, there is a good solid possibility that this game will not be released in December. Look at what happened with BC, Dec was the target, websites were pre-selling the game for Dec. When did it get released?
Given Blizz’s track record, I would have to say end of January, beginning of February. And it wouldn’t surprise me if it was actually released after WotLK,
oki boys dont need to have a dick shuved up ur asses about this… long as its being made… its sall good
Well, after working @ game stop for a better part of a year I have to say that this doesn’t surprise me @ all. Even though Best Buy and CC have added Dec. 3rd to thier lists it doesn’t mean anything because that artificial date was given to them from the same people who gave it to Gamestop. I’ll bet we can expect to wait a better part of a year for this title.
the release date depends on how much they have done in december and if they are mostly done then, then i agree with Shado.
my greatest fear is that I will die before the game is released. Not that I have any terminal disease or anything, but people die for tons of reasons all the time. And who is to say I won’t pass from this world before playing SC2!!
I agree with Ephraigm he has very insightful info that we should all draw from in future squabbles with the living and the dead
i played sc2 the other day. thats how i no its being released dec 3rd.
Is there any way I can play SC2?
No though i’m amazed by how pathethically desperate you are by implying “my greatest fear is that i’ll die before the game is released..” And stfu adamov, when the game is only 1/3 finished how do you expect to be released on holiday schedule without sucking? Why brag/lie about something that is simply not the truth? Enough said you f^cken nubsauces,
L-2-STFU!
who cares when starcraft 2 will be released what it matters i that it is the most awaited game in the last 2 years on Terra
so i shall wait it even 2 years if nedeed
well they said that they had finished 1/3 of the Campain but how long did this took them ?? who know maybe 1 month or 6 month (i certenly hop only 1 month) if its only 1 month this mean 3 month for each Race hey come on would’nt this be great
ps: sry for the bad english im frome quebec i usualy speak french
The map editors that will come wiht Starcraft 2 is probably very strong alowing the campaign maker people to make campaigns faster. Which brings us to a possibility of story expansion being released sooner (but with the new units and re-balancing of races just slowing down the development of new expansions)
of course expansions only gets released after the core game gets an acceptable level of balance.
sigh… looking forward to Red Alert 3 vs Starcraft 2
i am blizzard starcraft 2 is finished but we wont release it cuz u r noobs . sc2 is only for cool ppl.. like ussssssssss bahahahahahahah why dont u try making an awesome….blablablablabla….hey….where am i??
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It will come whenever it comes. I hope SC2 lives up to and exceeds all our next-to-impossible expectations for the cinematics, graphics, gameplay and plot. I have waited about 10 years for SC2 and just got a new souped up machine to play it on. “Hell! It’s about time.”
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Just because gamestop and best buy say a release date, it doesnt mean shit. What happens when theyre wrong about a release date? They go out of business? No. Their release date is pure speculation based on other previous games release dates, which doesn’t apply to Blizzard and their philosophy “when we’re ready, then we release it”.
I am just excited for the game. I don’t play very many computer games or even console…except original NES. But i do play star craft…hopefully it will come out Dec. 3rd.
OMG
if you don’t play lots of games, how’d you get to know
starcraft, moron I bet you ONLY play starcraft,
OMFG. I hope SC2 is released on Dec 3rd. But according to the people I don’t think that would happen. Anyways If Starcraft II is gonna be one of those shitty game that were rushed (not hopin this would happen) I will DESTROY BLIZZARD
hmmm
I would not worry much about the release date, and I would worry a lot more about them implementing suck heroes that f**k up the game like in WC3, where the only thing worth playing is DotA.
If not, try playing in Bnet, where 99% are orcs rushing you with the blademaster, pshh
About release, I think they normally wrap up the game almost two months before release, to go gold and prepare all launch materials and events.
So if by September they do not come out and say the game is basically done, no game until 2009.
And to think that I have checked the release date daily for 4 months now… cant wait either, at least it will be well worth the wait.
LEARN TO TYPE AND SPEAK ENGLISH YOU FUCKING MORONS. THIS GAME WILL NOT BE OUT TILL MID YEAR 2009!
About 27 (Kindbudz)
Well, now that is a well documented, polite, and lower caps message if we ever saw one.
And the comment about English, well, go read up a book on punctuation and you may discover there is something called a “coma”.
@ 27 (Kindbudz)
Since your entire first sentence is in upper case signifying that you’re shouting, then you should consider replacing your period with an exclamation mark.
Gawd. Do we have to listen to another one of these exchanges?
lol wow…like really, work on the damn game so we can play it. they give us a cinematic and get us all hyped up and your going to release 2 years later?fuck that shit
@ Feaster: Just because you never got used to heroes and completely suck balls at wc3 and have the delusion that DoTA is actually fun doesn’t mean blizz will f^ck up starcraft 2. I’ve played all the crafts (WoW does not count), and have only had my mind blown every time. There is no reason whatsoever to think differently about SC2. And you’re complaining that a level 1 blademaster is imbalanced?? Wow dude, please learn more about the game. I play every game type, and in solo orc > undead; but when the orc goes blademaster instead of far seer I laugh at their attempts to kill acolytes and win easily. The only real gay shit with blademasters is in 4v4 vs 4 orcs, they all tower their base, massing bats, getting lightning orbs and basically making the game 30 minutes longer than it needs to be.
hey dark templar - my sentiments exactly!!!
we are getting new machines this week (waiting on parts today!!) in order to have specs above and beyond the sc2 needs.
I’m very excited about this release as SC is my favorite game, still after all these years. But if not by Christmas, then surely before my birthday in March.
Hi grl_lvn_sc I do certainly hope you (and I) will be playing it by your birthday. Hopefully the peeps at Blizzard will give us some indication at the upcoming Blizzcon in October. I hope you are enjoying your new machines. Will have to dust off my old SC and Broodwars and start revising those SC tactics/ strategies.
Early this year I attended a VGL concert,there tommy tallarico announced in the middle of the concert that the next song was made for a game that was going to be released next year (2009).
The game was StarCraft 2, so i dont really think there will be a StarCraft 2 song.
Guess if you have a good provider it won’t make a difference.
@Feaster - You mean “comma” - A coma is a “state of unconsciousness from which person cannot be aroused by external stimuli.”
QuantumPete
@37 Sure did, hehe, I always get that and “summa” wrong.
English is not my first language, and we do not double up consonants, so it is quite a challenge to get them all right.
Still no news on release date, or anything really, not even mentioned at the Blizzard news for about a month now. =(
Good thing I have the PS3 to keep me entertained.
BTW, what are you guys playing until SC2 comes out?
Starcraft….lol
^ditto
After Starcraft 2 got announced, Starcraft got re-elavated to the status of “best game”.
MGS4 Guns of the Patriots & COD4 to fill the time; different genre but entertaining nevertheless. Mass Effect on PC is also quite alright. Soundtrack for SC2 - they have a tall order to fulfill.
Why is everybody excited?? I mean Starcraft sucks!!!!
^ Ditto… although i did reserve two copies for my husband… I am so sick of hear the turtles nes theme song on his starcraft!!
I play Runescape to pass the time, about a month or so b4 sc2 comes out I will buy a new computer, don’t want to get to hasty about the specs.
lol, it sounds like no one here has a real clue as to when its gonna come out. haha, very entertaining though, to stumble across a bunch of bickering over how to spell “comma” and the blademasters balance in war3, when all i did was punch “starcraft 2 release date” into google. hehe you guys are funny.
I will play anybody on this board for $300. Me vs you in SC2, random race selection.
Lol $300 is small money, I don’t play for small money.
So, that’s a no then?
Name your price, son.
Yes, yes he is my son. Is that a problem?
You people are all morons. I can’t believe the mentality of some of you. I imagine you took the “special” bus to school up until Grade 6 (and I’m being generous here) when you dropped out because your brains hurt too much. It only took me a glance at a small number of posts to realize that. My apologies to those who actually wrote some intelligent remarks because I had to skip over a lot of crap to get through this. (and still didn’t get my answer of a release date) GET LIVES !!!!!
And to those of you that are willing to kill and destroy and shit or whatever your sick fantasies are - SEEK PROFESSIONAL HELP. Your current worth to society is close to nothing.
Hmmmm,
Well if you are so smart, please give us all the gift of your endless wisdom. Why don’t you tell us when the release date is? This should me an easy problem for a person of your vast intellect.
That’s should be, not should me. It must be a side effect of the fumes from the “special” bus.
I used to hold tournaments for a selected few people (around 15-20), the fee to get in is $2.5K, all tournaments were winner take all. Some times there were side tournaments for 5vs5, but they didn’t cost so much to play only $500 for that one. I only held them once every 4 months thought. I don’t even know if I am any good now lol, it’s been 3-4 years since I last played :p
yeah im pretty sure all the release dates are true because now that they have a commercial out for sc2 from blizzard saying the third and back up from gamestop emplyees i have asked i really think it will be launched in december and if not i fucking hate u blizzard suck a pair of hairry nuts
Whats even cooler is the beta is coming out this year maybe..
http://www.starcraftvanilla.com/starcraft-2-discussion/1099-starcraft-2-beta-release-set-november.html
One thing to point out is that they’ll only be sending SC2 out with the Terran campaign and that the other two races campaigns will be worked on later. Could it be that by almost 1/3 done means almost 1/1 done with Terran?
Gamestop’s new release date for starcraft 2 IS JUNE 2009, AS OF TODAY!!!! Another 8 months yes, but that should also imply that this game is going to be really badass.
FUCK YOU BLIZZARD! I HOPEYOU DIE IN HELL!
See, the thing is, just about all of Blizzard’s games are badass, but they are also way off of their release dates. I was supposed to be getting StarCraft Ghost three Christmas’s ago, then two, then the project was scrapped, and now the release dates for SC2 have just been pushed further and further back. Why doesn’t Blizzard set a really far off release date for their games, like if there first prediction date had been December first, 2010, just in time for Christmas, then they could have all the time they need and give a welcome surprise if it is done early!
I heard a rumor that you can get a Beta Test Version if you go to Blizzcon.
just so ya know… there are no nerve endings in the brain.
they cant “hurt”.
why else do you think they do brain surgery without putting the patient to sleep?
i’ll tell you right now that its not due to anesthetics.
I don’t really think the release date matters. If Blizzard wants to go by their policy of “when we’re ready, we’ll produce it” thats fine n dandy. When they’re ready, that means that they’re taking time to make sure game-play, graphics, and etc. are at full potential when it comes out. So if the release date is pushed back, oh well. I look forward to buying this game as soon as it hits the shelves.
meh that sucks, i dont even care about sc2, i want d3… its gonna take the better part of 3 years for that monster to come out… dang
LOL. It’s Blizzard. Dont expect any quick releases.
Blizzard has been such assholes to us by making us wait this long for Star Craft 2…not to mention the countless times they have lied to us about release dates…that I don’t really care about this game anymore.
I would agree with all of you… Including Ethan, the fact of the matter is that I saw the preview for SC2 over 2 years ago… 2 years!!!! That’s like having a movie preview the whole time it is being filmed. 1.) Why show the preview to a game that is not going to be out for 3 or 4 years anyway? and 2.) Blizzard has never lied about a release date… everyone else has lied about the release date. But Blizz is letting them get away with that too. :*(
Look, I hate to say it but if they need time to finish this game I say give them the time… I have been waiting ten years for this game and I want it to be perfect!!!!
Oh ya!!! Somebody call for an exterminator?
this game will be perfect, if it has taken them this long to make it, then it has to be perfect. XD
I think they will be bringing out 2 expansions for sc2 one for each race campaign(shit I can’t spell, lol), so the dec 3rd ish release still might happen but only for one race for single player
As long as its not a let down like SC Ghost, Im good with anything they say(just try to make it between the next few years at least).
Eh, any1 know how to get that new patch for the Brood War? My comp wont recognize it for somer reason?
what ppl use ur brain they didnt work only on sc2 all this years!!! this asshole blizzard want to earn money as much as they can and they were makeing Diablo3 and WOTLK in same time! this release is getting to long they need to focus on sc2 and finish it first then others instead all together,
im agree with (Ethan Caine)i dont give a shit when it release anymore… blizzard dont care about fans,
they just wana put it in right time for a maximum rate of money to earn, screw blizzard!
Post 71. And others like it. You guys are idiots.. Just outright idiots. Im sorry but the WHOLE company doesnt work on a game, they have divisions. Those who are working on Diablo have no interaction with Starcraft in the least.
Half of you knit wits need to learn about game development, and when you design a new game engine, graphics engine and turn an old concept into a new concept; Guess what.. Games take years to develop.
Maybe by the time they release it half of you will have grown up, because I Dont want to see you online.
I am in agreement with balakoth, it is true that they have different division for all the games they are working on. They had a division for the new WoW expansion, they had one for the new 007 game, they have one for D3, they have one for sc2, and they have a couple of more divisions for some other games. And so what if they do bring out sc2 at christmas time to make more money, look how it was for ps2 and ps3, they made mad money from that, and also I think guitar hero world tour (band kit) (don’t know about anyone else but I haven’t seen any that can stay in stores, mostly cus they limit the stores to 2-4 band kits) is waiting for christmas time to make more money.
Anyways I gotta get back to work.
Laterz.
of course blizzard’s first priority is to make money. That’s the case for any corporation. One thing to consider is that WOW has made, and continues to make them lots of it, and when SC2 comes out, it’s going to slow WOW down a lot (they’ve said it themselves). So why would they do that before WotLK has a chance to make them more revenue? Of course they’re going to give it a year. Come on guys, that should be your first clue…
Okay, So Ive been waiting for this game for a while as well and I just checked BB’s website and they state it wont be released till 2/28/2009…..Looks like they want to still make their money from WoW. Im a little dissapointed, but then again, I bought the original game back in 97′ so another 3 months dont really matter.
I can’t believe all you pathetic losers… This is just a freakin game. How about getting lives, a girlfirend (or boyfriend for you females), and just get on with life. When it comes out, it’ll comes out. Crying, complaining, and crapping your pants won’t make it come out any quicker. If you are in such a rush for it, then how about buying out thier stock and run the company how you see it!!! LOSERS!!!
Yo. If we are losers, then why bother going to these sites than eh? Besides, even though the game is 10 years old, we dont play or complain about the game just for “the game” (though i do agree that those who do should try to either be good at it or get a better life). There are many old stories and good memories mixed with it.
plz note i said 78 not 77 for all u who are confused.
You are all are a bunch of fucking losers, likes like the other guy says. Sit there at home in your tidy whites with yellow stains on it whining how long it takes for another game to come out. He is right, get a girlfriend and a life and you won’t have to worry so much about the stupid release date, maybe even spend less time jerking off to free porn sites sitting in your mamas basement. Bunch of jokesters..lol
Of course we’re excited over the new game! I’ve got plenty of living to do outhere, in the real world, and I’m still aching for SC2.. it made me feel old, realizing that at 20 I’ve spent 7 or 8 of my years waiting for the new game.
I even sent hatemail to Blizzard when SC Ghost wasn’t going to be for computer.. *shrugs*..
If you have nothing better to do with your life than get online, read through all these comments and tell other people what loosers they are.. what does that say about you? Seriously, you need to get friends enough strongminded to tell you that it’s stupid being an idiot for the sake of being an idiot. (*complementary eyeroll*)
Even if it takes another year for SC2 to get out.. *shudder*.. it’ll be worth it. How much does it matter if they set the releasedate in order to make money? The game will be great, and they’ll make a fortune no matter what time of year they release it - but us fans will get our treat, we’ll get the game.
So for crying out loud, who cares about the release date?
Oh yeah.. playing meanwhile to entertain myself: SC + Broodwars, Red Alert 3, DarkStar One and will be playing the latest NeedForSpeed game when it’s fineally released.
By golly.. I still have time for a life! The day holds too many hours.
Here Here Brotha. Well Spoken/written.
btw I’m a girl :P..
Well, in that case… Power to the Sister who speaks the truth in all acounts.
A girl? Whoa. U must be a butterface or something, big fat glasses, pony tails and zits on your face? lol. The only reason I read some of these posts is bcs I played SC ages ago and heard SC2 is coming out and was wondering about the release date, strategy games are great, especially the good ones, just not something to be obsessed about and LOOK forward to, just something to play around with WHENEVER it does come out. The link to all these msgs came up at the top of google search…Then I noticed how many people were obsessing about it like a virgin about having sex for the first time, quiet amusing I may say, especially for a girl. So I admit, I wasted about 15 mins reading these. Guilty as charged! Now even replying to it. I hope you hate mail to Blizzard gets answered, maybe they send you a 20% off coupon in the mail or something if they care about customer satisfaction or get it released sooner. On the other hand it’ll probably get caught by their spam filter and erased like thousands others. You never know. But good luck spending your teenage years looking forward to a COMPUTER GAME! Lol.
P.S. OBLIBIAN, Maybe if you get a job, a boyfriend (or a girlfriend) and visit Ambiance (the sex toy store, for those of you who don’t know) and stack on on AA batteries the day won’t have as many hours for RA3, Broodwars or Darkone, lol. KEEP IT REAL!
Why the hell are you even replying to this? It seems like you have no life, poking fun at random people on a simple message board.
Anyways, I’m really excited for SC2. =P
dam, i was really hoping that for a Christmas present… but guess not
Truth Teller.. 1, learn to read/spell. Oblivian. Seeee?
2. Not that this is about me, but you try to be a newly graduated carmechanic in todays world and get a job quickly. I work out five times/week, and bet my abs are way better than yours.
Why would I waste my time on a boyfriend?
And no, we don’t have that sex toy shop here in Sweden. Besides, how is a sextoy “keeping it real”?..
You’re a moron who needs to get over yourself instead of prooving (yes, I take it as proof) your undergrown manhood by telling others how useless they are and that they need lives. I’m sorry you couldn’t afford the Hummer H2 instead, but you take what you have, right? (.. which doesn’t seem to be much in your case).
Noone inhere has said they sit around on their asses and do nothing but cry, moan and groan about SC2 not coming out yet - it’s the INTERNET dude, we’ve all just expressed that we’re (some more, some less) unhappy about it taking such time. I’m personally very happy to wait for it, anything worth my energy is also just that - worth waiting for.
I could keep this up, but it’s not worth the energy.
Work out 5 times a week? Let me guess, the treadmill? As far as Hummer H2, don’t need one, got an ‘08 Escalade EXT which is much better than that short bus. I am not trying to prove anything, just rather amusing myself with floosies like yourself. Keep this going!
Truth Teller, the fact that your actually looking forward to battling some one on a massage board kind of proves Oblivian right in the fact that your an immature little boy who has no life other then his computer. Your father who probably spoils you rotten owns that shiny ‘08 Escalade because given your level of intelligence, you would have probably wrapped it around a tree at this point.
Mmmmm sex toys
Oblivian> not worth it to get worked up about idiots…, you do not need bother replying to idiocies, we will not think any less of you.
Truth Teller> really, just go away, do not be any more pathetic by keeping up the rubbish posts
So basically SC2 has been split into three releases, but are the two later ones going to be just expansions a la Brood Wars?
And, is at least the first installment going to be released before Christmas?
I sadly think it will not, because I heard they are now in the process of hiring voice actors for the campaign characters. Unless they have the whole thing wrapped up and the last touches are the voices it is gonna take a while.
Cheers
Actually own my own business and are providing jobs for both my parents. I find this rather amusing, that’s all. And I am not battling, merely having some fun with a bunch of nerds who are obsessed with a computer game that isn’t going to be out for months and get their hard-ons (or nipples all twisted) talking about how great something is going to be a year before it is even released and bitching and whining that it hasn’t been already.
To VARSAE: If you are so sophisticated yourself what exactly are you doing posting on here and obviously spending enough time reading these posts? Don’t YOU have a life and better things to attend to?
SC2 will be released into 3 sections, 1st one will be the Terran campaign, then Zerg, then Protoss or visversa. They want to try and make the campaign as fun as possible, and to have a better story line then SC/BW.
So basicly they just dont want to cram all 3 campaigns into one DVD, if they did that then they wouldn’t be able to have this long epic campaign to go through.
Don’t know about anyone else but I like going online and also doing the campaigns, they are fun too =]
Starcraft 2 better come out in December or ima pissed pissed off…they have said December 2 or 3 and now move back another half year?!? It’s been moved back a YEAR already