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Commander-Zerg
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Canada341 Posts
October 08 2010 02:59 GMT
#1
According to a article on GameSpot, the Battle.net project director Greg Canessa hints that next installment in the three-part series (Called Heart of the Swarm) is 18 months away. This would put it sometime in March or April 2012.

A Blizzard rep later said that there was no announced window for the release but he does say the game will not be featured at blizzcon 2010.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6281119.html?tag=latestheadlines;title;1

Also interesting: Project director Greg Canessa and technical director Matthew Versluys explain exactly why launching a new online service to handle the millions of World of Warcraft and Starcraft II players from day one is no easy task.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6281113.html
StunnerZ4
Profile Joined September 2010
38 Posts
October 08 2010 03:02 GMT
#2
Good stuff. Thanks
I don't have one presently.
Sqq
Profile Joined August 2010
Norway2023 Posts
October 08 2010 03:05 GMT
#3
fucking 2 years away, i'm starting ot hate that they split the games up. I badly want to play the zerg campaign
Dead girls don't say no.
snakeyes
Profile Joined September 2010
25 Posts
October 08 2010 03:07 GMT
#4
Well hopefully they announce the new MMO they have been working on then. been years since they mentioned it.
Krohm
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Canada1857 Posts
October 08 2010 03:12 GMT
#5
I really hated the story so I don't care about the continuation of it. However I wonder what changes it will bring to multiplayer.
Not bad for a cat toy.
trainRiderJ
Profile Joined August 2010
United States615 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-08 03:13:02
October 08 2010 03:12 GMT
#6
How many years has it been since they said they were working on the next-gen MMO? It was before the Diablo 3 announcement, right? I'll admit I'm a little curious about it. I wonder if their plan is to just keep working and working on it until WOW's numbers start to decline, and then formally announce it.
dcemuser
Profile Joined August 2010
United States3248 Posts
October 08 2010 03:13 GMT
#7
On October 08 2010 12:07 snakeyes wrote:
Well hopefully they announce the new MMO they have been working on then. been years since they mentioned it.


Diablo 3 was in production for nearly 3 and a half years before it was announced.

This MMO is an entirely new concept.

I seriously doubt we'll see it at Blizzcon.

Maybe Blizzcon 2011. MAYBE.
Mr.Minionman
Profile Joined April 2010
United States164 Posts
October 08 2010 03:14 GMT
#8
if zerg think they have it bad, try toss.
dapierow
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Serbia1316 Posts
October 08 2010 03:18 GMT
#9
I bet they will delay the 18 month release, then indefinitely delay the project, and then in 2020 they use the "hell its about time again" slogan
Eat.Sleep.Starcraft 2
Slago
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada726 Posts
October 08 2010 03:27 GMT
#10
omg i hope they announce a beta for it, it will need one , really looking forward to it, hopefully we'll have a beta in 2011
I came here to kick ass and chew bubble gum and I'm all out of... ah forget it
Sqq
Profile Joined August 2010
Norway2023 Posts
October 08 2010 03:31 GMT
#11
but seriously that means i won't play the full game til earliest 2013 ?
Dead girls don't say no.
Slago
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada726 Posts
October 08 2010 03:33 GMT
#12
On October 08 2010 12:31 Sqq wrote:
but seriously that means i won't play the full game til earliest 2013 ?


you're playing the full game now, i hate people that think the game isn't complete yet, because there are more expansions, the game is complete, their will be additions in the next 3 years
I came here to kick ass and chew bubble gum and I'm all out of... ah forget it
aztrorisk
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States896 Posts
October 08 2010 03:34 GMT
#13
I liked this, I was scared that they would release in 2011. I would prefer if they release an expansion once every 3 years, so we can get used to all the expansion instead of immediately moving from expansion to expansion.
A lock that opens to many keys is a bad lock. A key that opens many locks is a master key.
ironchef
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
Canada1350 Posts
October 08 2010 03:40 GMT
#14
Wonder if they'll release new units, or if it's mostly a singleplayer deal. I assume you wont be able to play multi without buying it either way, as opposed to being just extra story content... 18 months cycle.. Great, now we will be in a continuous cycle of optimistic excuses.

Step 0 . Beta phase
"Dont say anything negative, its still only Beta !"

Step 1. Game Release High
"Game is too new to criticize about anything!"
1b. "It's been <1 year, too new for [advanced detail]!"

Step 2. Beta Details/features announced
"See! Dont be impatient! Expansion will fix it!"

Step 3. More expansion details, into Early Beta Hype
"Wow this is new and shiny, everything is new and fun again!",

Repeat
“Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.” - Marcus Aurelius
Mastermind
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Canada7096 Posts
October 08 2010 03:45 GMT
#15
On October 08 2010 12:31 Sqq wrote:
but seriously that means i won't play the full game til earliest 2013 ?

This is news to you? really? I have known this for a couple years now. Protoss expo could even be as late as 2014.
thisblindman
Profile Joined July 2010
Philippines50 Posts
October 08 2010 03:45 GMT
#16
"Hellsssssssssssssss, it's abouts timesssssssssssss." - Kerrigan
KaoReal
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada340 Posts
October 08 2010 03:51 GMT
#17
On October 08 2010 12:45 thisblindman wrote:
"Hellsssssssssssssss, it's abouts timesssssssssssss." - Kerrigan


hahaha hire this man
Life can only be understood backwards, but must be lived forward
Wire
Profile Joined July 2009
United States494 Posts
October 08 2010 04:03 GMT
#18
now I'm not saying Blizzard will deliver on this, but just imagine...

we've waited 10 years for this game. I'm not saying it's perfect, but I definitely was awstruck when i first played through campaign. 10 years for this quality. Now similar quality, all new material, in 2 years.

for me, that's short. continuation of the storyline which I'm super psyched about with all new units and all new strategies. look on the bright side people. in two years you probably won't even be able to master half the strategies out there right now, and two years from now you'll have to adapt to brand new units.

exciting times ^_^ go sc2
"You sacced your ovie, which is great, but then you didn't watch it die, which is bad :("
Kantutan
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada1319 Posts
October 08 2010 08:58 GMT
#19
On October 08 2010 13:03 Wire wrote:
now I'm not saying Blizzard will deliver on this, but just imagine...

we've waited 10 years for this game. I'm not saying it's perfect, but I definitely was awstruck when i first played through campaign. 10 years for this quality. Now similar quality, all new material, in 2 years.

for me, that's short. continuation of the storyline which I'm super psyched about with all new units and all new strategies. look on the bright side people. in two years you probably won't even be able to master half the strategies out there right now, and two years from now you'll have to adapt to brand new units.

exciting times ^_^ go sc2


Expansions obviously don't take the same amount of effort seeing as the engine is already complete so all they have to do is write a story, make the missions/cinematics then add in some new units. 18 months certainly isn't THAT long for it though. Personally I just want to play the next damn campaign.
SmoKim
Profile Joined March 2010
Denmark10305 Posts
October 08 2010 09:03 GMT
#20
On October 08 2010 12:05 Sqq wrote:
fucking 2 years away, i'm starting ot hate that they split the games up. I badly want to play the zerg campaign


imagine how good its gonna feel when its finally out
"LOL I have 202 supply right now (3 minutes later)..."LOL NOW I HAVE 220 SUPPLY SUP?!?!?" - Mondragon
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