StarCraft: Ghost likely to slip to 2005

Dom · Jun 21, 2004, 05:01 PM

Vivendi Universal Games subsidiary Blizzard Interactive has announced that its headline title for this year, StarCraft: Ghost, will now fail to meet its planned release date - currently listed as Q4 2004 - as it has decided to hold the game back in development to ensure the quality of the product.

The title, which is the first action-adventure type game to be set in the StarCraft universe, is currently under development at Nihilistic Studios, and it seems likely that it will now not be launched until next year.

"We are very committed to StarCraft: Ghost as a major part of our line-up," according to Blizzard president Mike Morhaime. "As a result, we plan to build additional time into the schedule to polish the game until it meets the high standards that our customers have come to expect from Blizzard products."

"We are sorry to disappoint players with the delayed launch," he continued, "but are confident that we will deliver a great game with the additional development time."

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Source: GameIndustry

technonerd · Jun 22, 2004, 12:44 AM

I'm not surprise, they always delay. It happen to Diablo 2, Starcraft, Warcarft.

MSX · Jun 22, 2004, 01:52 AM

Ghost is going to be console kiddie crap. I bet it'll be rated Teen... when Starcraft was Mature.

**dj_stick** · Jun 22, 2004, 03:05 PM

blizzard always delay games until they are perfect… bug free, whereas some developers send out a semi0functional game, and cracnk out the patches monthly for a year

Jun 21, 2004, 05:01 PM	#1
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	StarCraft: Ghost likely to slip to 2005 Vivendi Universal Games subsidiary Blizzard Interactive has announced that its headline title for this year, StarCraft: Ghost, will now fail to meet its planned release date - currently listed as Q4 2004 - as it has decided to hold the game back in development to ensure the quality of the product. The title, which is the first action-adventure type game to be set in the StarCraft universe, is currently under development at Nihilistic Studios, and it seems likely that it will now not be launched until next year. "We are very committed to StarCraft: Ghost as a major part of our line-up," according to Blizzard president Mike Morhaime. "As a result, we plan to build additional time into the schedule to polish the game until it meets the high standards that our customers have come to expect from Blizzard products." "We are sorry to disappoint players with the delayed launch," he continued, "but are confident that we will deliver a great game with the additional development time." _________________________ Source: GameIndustry

Jun 22, 2004, 12:44 AM	#2
technonerd DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 594 Rep Power: 0	I'm not surprise, they always delay. It happen to Diablo 2, Starcraft, Warcarft.

Jun 22, 2004, 01:52 AM	#3
MSX Burning the frozen... Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,201 Rep Power: 0	Ghost is going to be console kiddie crap. I bet it'll be rated Teen... when Starcraft was Mature.