Rumor: StarCraft 2 Beta By Year's End?

Vikingod · Apr 12, 2007, 03:23 PM

Source: IGN
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Put on your skeptical goggles because rumors are swirling that StarCraft 2 is finally a reality. The Team Liquid forums have translated an article from Korean site Fighter Forum that says StarCraft 2 is on the way and a beta will be released at the end of 2007.

According to Fighter Forum, StarCraft 2 continues the story of the original and adds a new race based on Kerrigan, making a total of four races. While that wouldn't be totally off the mark, we figured the new race would be more the super-race mix between Zerg and Protoss rather than Zerg and Terran or at least the mystically advanced Xel'Naga. The three older tribes will each be receiving around two additional units.

GutterPunk · Apr 12, 2007, 03:33 PM

OMG OMG OMG I SO WANTS THIS plz be true!

BlueMak · Apr 12, 2007, 08:03 PM

No damn it.

GutterPunk · Apr 12, 2007, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueMak

No damn it.

why?!

Sandok · Apr 12, 2007, 08:24 PM

Me too gutter.. Me too....

SFOSOK · Apr 12, 2007, 08:34 PM

*Adds another thing to the list to burn a bigger hole in my wallet*

Time to get my ass kicked by Koreans all over again

Vikingod · Apr 12, 2007, 08:38 PM

Never played the original online, but it certainly did consume much of my youth. Problem with this one... its will be utterly impossible to live up to the hype that surrounds it. Heres to trying, though! Now if they would just announce the next Diablo game, I'll probably drop dead.

GutterPunk · Apr 12, 2007, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by SFOSOK

*Adds another thing to the list to burn a bigger hole in my wallet*

Time to get my ass kicked by Koreans all over again

hahahahah
hahhaah
hahahahah
i hear ya!

Mazuko · Apr 12, 2007, 10:22 PM

*drool drips form his lower left lip and he right eye twitches*

Starcraft................there goes another 6 weeks of my life if and when it is released.

BlueMak · Apr 12, 2007, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by GutterPunk

why?!

Because I never liked the original and I am sick of all the bliz fan boys and girls that act like you are talking about their god when you mention starcraft. Talk about how Starcraft is the greatest RTS game of all time and other BS. Now with a sequel we will have the same thing again.
It will be like 100,000 Dudeboyz constantly mentioning how great SC(2) is.
Meh.

Lowfat · Apr 12, 2007, 11:21 PM

I am going to call BS on this. Blizzard has always listed their current projects on their website. So unless you have yet to start it, i am highly doubting this.

fobis · Apr 13, 2007, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by SFOSOK

Time to get my ass kicked by Koreans all over again

LMAO. I'm Korean, and I seriously suck ass at StarCraft. Of course, this might be because I'm a Korean living in the USA and not Korea.

But anyways...

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The report also claims that Blizzard plans to shut down its original StarCraft servers in order to ensure the success of the sequel.

Yeah, BULLSHIT. Pardon my language, but Blizzard will probably never shut down StarCraft servers on Battle.net until they shut down Battle.net permanently. And even then, there's 3rd party Battle.net emulators that I'm sure will be posted up and running for StarCraft enthusiasts.
StarCraft still produces a lot of excess revenue given that it still sells fairly well as a classic game.
I really doubt that this article is anywhere near credible.

Mazuko · Apr 13, 2007, 01:37 AM

Not to say it isn't credible or it is. However, if anyone remembers CS was doing phenomenal and rather than run with that version of the game alone valve released CS:S. Yes I know it was built on a new engine, however they tried to copy a "classic" and it's done well compared to other newly released online FPS games of it's sort, but it has never been able to claim the same success as the original CS.

Now HL to HL2 that was simply amazing how they turned every single sequal to the original HL (Opposing Forces, Blue Shift, HL 2, HL2 EP1, HL2 EP2 (tbr)) into a HUGELY successfuly game.

Blizzard has done that with EVERY SINGLE game they have released. Who is to say they couldn't do it again?

niceguyrichy · Apr 13, 2007, 04:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Vikingod

Never played the original online, but it certainly did consume much of my youth.

don't know why man, but I always forget that you're ages with me. don't know if I think of myself of only being 14, or I think of you as being 34

anyways.. it's strange

me too is all I really wanted to say.

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Originally Posted by Vikingod

Now if they would just announce the next Diablo game, I'll probably drop dead.

possibly my GF's all time favourite game, I'd certainly welcome a new release (weeks of peace).

Apr 12, 2007, 03:23 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Rumor: StarCraft 2 Beta By Year's End? Source: IGN ___________ Put on your skeptical goggles because rumors are swirling that StarCraft 2 is finally a reality. The Team Liquid forums have translated an article from Korean site Fighter Forum that says StarCraft 2 is on the way and a beta will be released at the end of 2007. According to Fighter Forum, StarCraft 2 continues the story of the original and adds a new race based on Kerrigan, making a total of four races. While that wouldn't be totally off the mark, we figured the new race would be more the super-race mix between Zerg and Protoss rather than Zerg and Terran or at least the mystically advanced Xel'Naga. The three older tribes will each be receiving around two additional units.

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Apr 12, 2007, 08:03 PM	#3
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,465 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	No damn it. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Apr 12, 2007, 08:34 PM	#6
SFOSOK 939 Goin Strong Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ontario Posts: 7,033 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	Adds another thing to the list to burn a bigger hole in my wallet Time to get my ass kicked by Koreans all over again __________________ Warning - Explicit Content Preceeding METAL!!

Apr 12, 2007, 10:22 PM	#9
Mazuko DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Fredericksburg, VA Posts: 1,008 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	drool drips form his lower left lip and he right eye twitches Starcraft................there goes another 6 weeks of my life if and when it is released. __________________ E-bay feedback: http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAP...me=STRK:ME:UFS

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Sandok DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 9,472 Rep Power: 0	Me too gutter.. Me too....

Apr 12, 2007, 08:38 PM	Thread Starter #7
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Never played the original online, but it certainly did consume much of my youth. Problem with this one... its will be utterly impossible to live up to the hype that surrounds it. Heres to trying, though! Now if they would just announce the next Diablo game, I'll probably drop dead.

Apr 12, 2007, 11:21 PM	#11
Lowfat Xtreme Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Grande Prairie, AB, Can Posts: 4,254 Rep Power: 101	I am going to call BS on this. Blizzard has always listed their current projects on their website. So unless you have yet to start it, i am highly doubting this. __________________

Apr 13, 2007, 01:37 AM	#13
Mazuko DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Fredericksburg, VA Posts: 1,008 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Not to say it isn't credible or it is. However, if anyone remembers CS was doing phenomenal and rather than run with that version of the game alone valve released CS:S. Yes I know it was built on a new engine, however they tried to copy a "classic" and it's done well compared to other newly released online FPS games of it's sort, but it has never been able to claim the same success as the original CS. Now HL to HL2 that was simply amazing how they turned every single sequal to the original HL (Opposing Forces, Blue Shift, HL 2, HL2 EP1, HL2 EP2 (tbr)) into a HUGELY successfuly game. Blizzard has done that with EVERY SINGLE game they have released. Who is to say they couldn't do it again? __________________ E-bay feedback: http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAP...me=STRK:ME:UFS