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PuertoRican
Profile Joined April 2004
United States5709 Posts
March 07 2008 04:15 GMT
#1
The Zerg race will be announced on the 10th of this month (March), and now the Vivendi CEO has been interviewed and he said the game will come out in August.

http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LS2D&mid=sec&sid1=105&sid2=229&oid=015&aid=0001948608
If anyone orders any merlot Im leaving. I am NOT drinking any fucking merlot.
Umbrella
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Taiwan936 Posts
March 07 2008 04:19 GMT
#2
Holy crap!
But thats when school just starts ;_;
Zelniq
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
United States7166 Posts
March 07 2008 04:22 GMT
#3
Exactly how trustworthy is this? Doesn't Blizzard usually release a Press Release for their release date as their announcement...how could the CEO of Vivendi either slip up or be allowed to say the date?
ModeratorBlame yourself or God
blabber
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States4448 Posts
March 07 2008 04:39 GMT
#4
doubt it
blabberrrrr
Titusmaster6
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States5937 Posts
March 07 2008 04:48 GMT
#5
This is really sudden...but I will not believe anything until Blizzard officially has it in print.
Shorts down shorts up, BOOM, just like that.
b_unnies
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
3579 Posts
March 07 2008 04:49 GMT
#6
i really hope this isnt true
InToTheWannaB
Profile Joined September 2002
United States4770 Posts
March 07 2008 05:00 GMT
#7
I figured blizzard would spend at least another year tweaking everything
When the spirit is not altogether slain, great loss teaches men and women to desire greatly, both for themselves and for others.
Liquid`Jinro
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Sweden33719 Posts
March 07 2008 05:06 GMT
#8
..Wow? Was not expecting this.
Moderatortell the guy that interplanatar interaction is pivotal to terrans variety of optionitudals in the pre-midgame preperatories as well as the protosstinal deterriggation of elite zergling strikes - Stimey n | Formerly FrozenArbiter
Quanticfograw
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
United States2053 Posts
March 07 2008 05:10 GMT
#9
wow i hope this really is true, once all races are in there i cant imagine much more balance testing as it seems they have been balancing as they go rather then making units and then choosing to balance at the end. Question though, does anyone know how long games take to be manufactured once they are done all testing?
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AcrossFiveJulys
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
United States3612 Posts
March 07 2008 05:10 GMT
#10
Wait whaaaaaat?!?

I THINK this is good news... haha.
ram
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
Lithuania602 Posts
March 07 2008 05:12 GMT
#11
On March 07 2008 13:15 PuertoRican wrote:
...and now the Vivendi CEO has...


I really dislike him. And I'm actually afraid of Vivendi and how they get to interfere with Blizzard's precise game making
Puosu
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
7029 Posts
March 07 2008 05:13 GMT
#12
the "players think change Is bad" thing by Blizzard really dropped my hopes in SC2 becoming as good as BW, now that they are releasing it so soon it sounds like they're just going to use the easiest way of just making it noob friendly wc3-shit-clone.

BW WILL STAY ALIVE FOREVER~!
prOxi.swAMi
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Australia3091 Posts
March 07 2008 05:15 GMT
#13
I'm highly skeptical. This kind of information wouldn't be released in such a casual way.
Oh no
Liquid`Jinro
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Sweden33719 Posts
March 07 2008 05:41 GMT
#14
On March 07 2008 14:13 Puosu wrote:
the "players think change Is bad" thing by Blizzard really dropped my hopes in SC2 becoming as good as BW, now that they are releasing it so soon it sounds like they're just going to use the easiest way of just making it noob friendly wc3-shit-clone.

BW WILL STAY ALIVE FOREVER~!

God does everyone have to take that quote so far out of context -.-
Moderatortell the guy that interplanatar interaction is pivotal to terrans variety of optionitudals in the pre-midgame preperatories as well as the protosstinal deterriggation of elite zergling strikes - Stimey n | Formerly FrozenArbiter
Manifesto7
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Osaka27174 Posts
March 07 2008 05:47 GMT
#15
Ill believe it when I see it from Blizzard.
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Liquid`Jinro
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Sweden33719 Posts
March 07 2008 05:52 GMT
#16
Well, it's a tentative release date from blizzard, from what I gather of their history with release dates, it could just as well say christmas.
Moderatortell the guy that interplanatar interaction is pivotal to terrans variety of optionitudals in the pre-midgame preperatories as well as the protosstinal deterriggation of elite zergling strikes - Stimey n | Formerly FrozenArbiter
lilsusie
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
3861 Posts
March 07 2008 05:58 GMT
#17
Roughly Translated:

The follow-up game to the online "Starcraft" looks to debut this July or August at the earliest.

Bruce Hack, a representative of Blizzard Entertainment's parent company Vivendi Games spent 6 days in Samsung Dong, Seoul at the Intercontinental Hotel and had a press conference. He announced, "We're in the last stages of developing SC2". Although Hack did not make any concrete statements about when the game will launch, it seems that once Activision and Vivendi Games close their merger in June, we are expecting SC2 to be released in July or August.

SC's follow-up game, SC2 is gorgeous with realistic images and already there is a lot of interest amongst gamers. Starcraft is a game developed by Blizzard Entertainment, a subsidiary company of Vivendi Games and has sold over 5 million CDs in Korea since 1998.
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GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51608 Posts
March 07 2008 06:08 GMT
#18
His last name is Hack hahahaha.
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crazie-penguin
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States1253 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-03-07 06:17:47
March 07 2008 06:14 GMT
#19
On March 07 2008 14:41 FrozenArbiter wrote:
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On March 07 2008 14:13 Puosu wrote:
the "players think change Is bad" thing by Blizzard really dropped my hopes in SC2 becoming as good as BW, now that they are releasing it so soon it sounds like they're just going to use the easiest way of just making it noob friendly wc3-shit-clone.

BW WILL STAY ALIVE FOREVER~!

God does everyone have to take that quote so far out of context -.-


They're just overspoiled elitists who think they know everything about game design and competition and then take offense at every single letter Blizzard says.

It gets really fucking annoying when you guys don't know what something means and then go on huge ass tangents about it. And you have to admit, they're right, people are afraid of change, everyone on this board was! As a matter of fact this goes for every single game out there. They're not insulting us... -.-

On topic: This seems really really really early. Is there going to be some public beta like warcraft 3 or something? I would want them to take their time and make good decisions. Sure, they have been working on this for a few years already, but it seems even now everything is really rough and sketchy. August is just a blink of an eye away, I'm not too sure if this is good or not.
SpiritAshura
Profile Joined March 2007
United States1271 Posts
March 07 2008 06:17 GMT
#20
Okay so even if they are shooting for August, I'd guess like 3-4 months after that. I guess right before Christmas.
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