Q: Is there going to be a beta?

A: Yes

Q: Is it going to be a campaign beta, or a multiplayer beta?

A: Just multiplayer.

Q: How long do you think it will be?

A: It should be about 3-5 months; if I had to guess it's going to be more on the smaller side.

Fuck yes.

fant0m

964 Posts

June 01 2011 01:46 GMT

#1022

I'm wary about the "Marketplace." Anybody that copies something Apple or Facebook does is low on ideas or is giving into short term hype. It's annoying.

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And sure I didn't roll over Brutal in 1 day or something, but I'm fairly sure I finished the campaign on Brutal in the first week, and had all the achievements (and Kerrigan) by week 2. I think I might have left Brutal of the final mission alone without trying it for a week or so, but didn't take all that long once I sat down and tried it.

Definitely not the hardest single player game I've played. Not by a long shot.

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And you can only change your name for free once, iirc? Or has that changed? That's hardly good clan support.

Incursus

United States415 Posts

June 01 2011 01:48 GMT

#1023

On June 01 2011 10:45 sinani206 wrote:

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Fuck yes.

Any mention of how to get in on this beta?

Zato-1

Chile4253 Posts

June 01 2011 02:02 GMT

#1024

Man, but I hate the way Kerrigan looks now.

How did she go from this
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to this
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teamsolid

Canada3668 Posts

June 01 2011 02:05 GMT

#1025

On June 01 2011 11:02 Zato-1 wrote:
Man, but I hate the way Kerrigan looks now.

How did she go from this
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to this
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Agreed, I don't understand how infestation turned her black.

Essentia

1150 Posts

June 01 2011 02:05 GMT

#1026

Kerrigan is so much hotter in BW

Vei

United States2845 Posts

June 01 2011 02:09 GMT

#1027

On June 01 2011 10:17 rocky13 wrote:
there should be a warning about spoilers at the beginning of this article. It does spoil some of the surprise of playing the campaign. Would've preferred to not read part of it but oh well ... i guess it's not a huge deal

uh
it's about the single player of the expansion, what were you expecting? are you serious?

KoTakUEurO

605 Posts

June 01 2011 02:10 GMT

#1028

On May 31 2011 20:34 Liquid`Jinro wrote:

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Any tournament that has begun as WoL, or begun qualifiers as WoL, will stay WoL. Any tournament which is yet to start or start its prelims, will switch.

That is my guess anyway. For WC3 you could see them using the original game for an extra year because they had already announced/started prelims etc, but most tournaments switched pretty quickly IIRC.

How long do you think after release will tournaments transfer to HS?
I doubt there will be major tournaments in Beta.

nbMifu

Brazil170 Posts

June 01 2011 02:12 GMT

#1029

On June 01 2011 10:48 Incursus wrote:

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Any mention of how to get in on this beta?

Nothing new about it this week, that I know of. But the usual is to go to your battle.net profile options and mark the checkbox about interest in blizzard beta games. Oh, and maybe blizz will give some beta keys to TL to distribute like in wol

DjKniteX

United States243 Posts

June 01 2011 02:12 GMT

#1030

This is so sick... can't wait for it!

Daralii

United States16991 Posts

June 01 2011 02:13 GMT

#1031

On June 01 2011 11:12 nbMifu wrote:

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Nothing new about it this week, that I know off. But the usual is to go to your battle.net profile options and mark the checkbox about interest in blizzard beta games. Oh, and maybe blizz will give some beta keys to TL to distribute like in wol

I would have to guess you get in by invite or pre-order, just like WoL.

Sentient

United States437 Posts

June 01 2011 02:17 GMT

#1032

On June 01 2011 11:02 Zato-1 wrote:
Man, but I hate the way Kerrigan looks now.

How did she go from this
+ Show Spoiler +

to this
+ Show Spoiler +

When I first saw her face, I thought she was Tosh. She looks so unlike Kerrigan now. I really hope they change the model.

eviltomahawk

United States11135 Posts

June 01 2011 02:19 GMT

#1033

On June 01 2011 11:05 teamsolid wrote:

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Agreed, I don't understand how infestation turned her black.

Kerrigan looked pretty white in the other pics.

Then again, she was green back in WoL.

ChowChillaCharlie

Sweden677 Posts

June 01 2011 02:21 GMT

#1034

Dunno if this has already been posted, but in case it hasn't.
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/game/heart-of-the-swarm-preview/

On June 01 2011 11:02 Zato-1 wrote:
How did she go from this
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Im pretty sure that's fan art dude.

SpecFire

United States1681 Posts

June 01 2011 02:22 GMT

#1035

I hate the way she looks in HOTS.

Plus, ARENT WE JUST PLAYING THE SAME ZERG BW CAMPAIGN?!?! Rebuild the swarm? Gain her minions back under her control?!?!? Plus, how did Sarah go from not infested to oh I am going lead the Swarm again

god...

ChowChillaCharlie

Sweden677 Posts

June 01 2011 02:28 GMT

#1036

On June 01 2011 11:22 SpecFire wrote:Plus, how did Sarah go from not infested to oh I am going lead the Swarm again

That's what we're suppose to learn in the campaign d00d.

PreliatorMax

Philippines37 Posts

June 01 2011 02:31 GMT

#1037

What I want to know right now is, is Blizzard planning on releasing the campaign demo? I wanna play it rayt naugh!!!

Daralii

United States16991 Posts

June 01 2011 02:32 GMT

#1038

On June 01 2011 11:28 ChowChillaCharlie wrote:

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That's what we're suppose to learn in the campaign d00d.

Plus, I hardly expect rebuilding the Swarm is going to be the entire focus of the campaign. Kerrigan is a key piece of the overarching plot(the Dark Voice and Hybrids), and I'll be shocked if the Prophecy doesn't pop up later on in the campaign.