Blizzard is one game company that can release just about anything and turn it into pure gold. Some of their hardest hitting franchises include WarCraft, StarCraft and Diablo. Currently, games like StarCraft 2 and World of Warcraft are dominating their niches and have millions of dedicated fans. Of course, this success didn’t happen overnight as Blizzard has ben in the game for quite some time celebrating today their 20th anniversary.
If you want to join in on the celebration, Blizzard has posted a video on their website chronicling their entire legacy along with some words from company executives like CEO Mike Morhaime.
Check it out here and let us know what you think in the comments
Have you gotten an invite to the Starcraft II beta? If so, you will be happy to hear that Blizzard’s president and co-founder, Mike Morhaime, has just announced that the closed beta will go live sometime this month:
“We’re slated to begin beta testing later this month. The beta test will be conducted on a global scale including thousands of testers from North America, Europe, Korea, Taiwan Australia, and New Zealand. We expect a tremendous response from our players and we’re eager to enter this stage of development as we enter the final stretch before release.”
Final stretch, huh? Although Starcraft II has yet to get an official release date, it’s pretty safe to say that “final stretch before the release” means it will be coming pretty soon.
via destructoid
Despite beating around the bush every which way they can, Blizzard has finally come out and said during an investor webcast that they are hoping to have StarCraft II on shelves by the end of this year.
Joystiq quotes Blizzard president Mike Morhaime as saying:
“We’re targeting an end of year release this year for StarCraft II. But as always, we won’t release it until it meets our standards and the expectations of our players.”
So there is it, while it’s not completely definite its at least more definite that StarCraft II will in fact be hitting shelves by the end of the year, or so they hope. As for the beta? Still slated to be released sometime this summer.
Remember how we told you a few days ago that you could sign up for the Starcraft II beta? Well, that signup may be put to use sooner than we thought.
In a recent Activision Blizzard earnings call, Blizzard President Mike Morhaime was quoted to say that Starcraft II’s external beta testing will take place this summer.
So yes, this means that the general public (those who signed up) will actually get access to a beta form of Starcraft II. Hell, maybe us simple folk (those who didn’t sign up) will be treated to an open beta.
Hey, we can wish, can’t we?
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