Blizzard.com Hinting at Starcraft 2 or World of Starcraft?

[Willkillforfood]

http://www.blizzard.com/

Take a look and make your own conclusions. They seem to be emphasizing starcraft on their website. Startcraft 2 or World of Starcraft seems to be pretty guaranteed =P.

[Sovereign]

All hail the queen bitch of the universe!

[WetWired]

Actually, they are going through the timeline. day1.jpg has warcraft 1 and 2, day2.jpg has diablo, day3.jpg has starcraft. They're planing on unveiling something big, no doubt, but it doesn't necessarily have anything to do with SC.

[Dar_Win]

Then why are they placing emphasis on Starcraft?

[WetWired]

Did you actually read my post? Starcraft is today's emphasis, Diablo was yesterday's, and WC was Sunday's.

[Slyvr]

Damnit! I was distracted and started reading their employment information...

I think they'll make some kind of new starcraft game. Too many people want it too badly for them to just forget about it.

[Sovereign]

It better be starcraft. Oddly enough, I don't want another diablo, and I don't really want a new game with a new storyline all together.

[MightyJoe]

Meh, they will prolly come out with a Starcraft before another story line, though another new game could be good.

[HandOfHeaven]

Diablo 3!!!!!

[Sovereign]

NO.

I dont need to be readdicted to ANYTHING diablo for another 5 years.

SPeaking of which, i ahve to perm my chars.

[Willkillforfood]

Just as long as it's not another WOW expansion being announced.

[Great-Thanatos]

Just as long as it's not another WOW expansion being announced.
They already have a trailer for the new exp to wow...

[MightyJoe]

Yea...thats just too many expansions imo. If it was 1 a year I could see it, but them announcing it, seems thats its going to be way to fast.

[WetWired]

As I predicted it would be, today is D2.

[Rurouni Storm]

Better not be World of Starcraft. Blizzard's already got a cash cow.

[Lenny]

It won't be a new expansion released - look at the games, and you'll see that they're all full games, yes? Not an expansion in sight.

http://www.starcraft2.com/

Blizzard have owned that site since 2003, but until Monday it redirected to Blizzard.com

The announcement, by the way, is expected to be on Saturday.

[Chruser]

Diablo 3!!!!!

I concur.

[WetWired]

until Monday it redirected to Blizzard.com
It still does.

[Lenny]

No it doesn't. If it did, then the address bar would show www.blizzard.com (http://www.blizzard.com), but it doesn't, it shows www.starcraft2.com (http://www.starcraft2.com)

They've both got the same countdown on them.

[Willkillforfood]

Snaps. It's probably starcraft 2. That's what everyone's expecting with a very small minority split on world of starcraft and diablo 3 =P.

[Sovereign]

Ahahah @ dekard cain quote.

Just a few more days!!

[RoboticSilence]

With that type of leadup it would seem to be an announcement of a new IP.

[WetWired]

Actually, it does. If you click the picture, it's the blizzard site, but without changing the domain name. It's a different kind of redirect.

[!King_Amazon!]

There's no more evidence for Starcraft 2 than there is for Diablo 3 or any other game.

But I can tell you this. Blizzard will not release another MMORPG this soon. They would be stepping on their own toes, and that's never good. They could do a starcraft MMORTS or something along those lines, but World of Starcraft would be retarded for them to do as an MMORPG. Not that I'm saying the IDEA would be bad, it would probably be a sweet game, but WoW players would have to decide between playing WoW or WoS, and most of them would probably choose the newer game. WoW would effectively die, and blizzard would simply shift it's customers.

My guess is, they'll have a new RTS(Starcraft 2), a single and small scale multiplayer game(Diablo 3, not as an MMORPG), or they will release a completely new game from a completely new series.

It could just be a new expansion for WoW, but that's stupid. It's hard to say what it is, anyway, because there's no evidence toward any of it.

[WetWired]

An MMORTS would be hard to pull off, unless they do like Soul Calibur and have an AI that mimics you when you're not playing. Even so, if they managed to pull it off, it'd be something I'd try.

[Grav]

K_A can tell you this.

[!King_Amazon!]

An MMORTS would be hard to pull off, unless they do like Soul Calibur and have an AI that mimics you when you're not playing. Even so, if they managed to pull it off, it'd be something I'd try.
There's already at least one MMORTS on the market that I know of. The name slips my mind, though.

[Vollstrecker]

Starcraft 2, Diablo 3, whatever.

I would welcome either.

[MightyJoe]

I thought they already announced another expansion for Wow.

[Sovereign]

Nah, the way that they are making this, it seems like they are going to unveil something either new or very long awaited.

A new wow xpac just came out... don't think anyone but the nerds are rearing for a lvl 80 cap

[Vollstrecker]

I thought they already announced another expansion for Wow.

They announced that expansions were looking to be at a "1 per year" rate, but we know Blizzard has deadline problems.

[...]don't think anyone but the nerds are rearing for a lvl 80 cap

I hear that, I've dropped tons of gold into my tanking gear/etc, not ready for it to be outdated quite yet.

Also, I don't think Blizz wants to make The Black Temple into the next Naxx by only having it out a short time before the next expansion hits to make it obsolete.

[Willkillforfood]

There's no more evidence for Starcraft 2 than there is for Diablo 3 or any other game.

But I can tell you this. Blizzard will not release another MMORPG this soon. They would be stepping on their own toes, and that's never good. They could do a starcraft MMORTS or something along those lines, but World of Starcraft would be retarded for them to do as an MMORPG. Not that I'm saying the IDEA would be bad, it would probably be a sweet game, but WoW players would have to decide between playing WoW or WoS, and most of them would probably choose the newer game. WoW would effectively die, and blizzard would simply shift it's customers.

My guess is, they'll have a new RTS(Starcraft 2), a single and small scale multiplayer game(Diablo 3, not as an MMORPG), or they will release a completely new game from a completely new series.

It could just be a new expansion for WoW, but that's stupid. It's hard to say what it is, anyway, because there's no evidence toward any of it.

Planetside + Starcraft?

[tokill.ace]

It's definelty Starcraft 2. It's going to be released in Korea.

Fucking morons.

[!King_Amazon!]

It's definelty Starcraft 2. It's going to be released in Korea.

Fucking morons.
Excuse me?

Everyone seems to think that all the "evidence" points to a new starcraft game. Knowing Blizzard, they're most likely just doing that to throw people off.

But regardless, you know just as little as everyone else, and anything is possible with Blizzard, it might be a completely new game for all anyone knows. But, we're not "fucking morons" because you seem to think you know everything. Fucking moron.

[Lenny]

It's going to be announced in Korea, that's a definite. And I think it's pretty much given that it'll be released in Korea sometime, too. But not exclusively.

[!King_Amazon!]

It's going to be announced in Korea, that's a definite. And I think it's pretty much given that it'll be released in Korea sometime, too. But not exclusively.
Well I think what he's getting at is Koreans love starcraft and it's being announced in Korea. Obviously that means it will be Starcraft 2.

[Lenny]

Boviously. I must admit, I forgot to turn my logic circuits on when I was replying. So sorry.

[Willkillforfood]

It's going to be an update on the warcraft movie. GG.

[!King_Amazon!]

It's going to be an update on the warcraft movie. GG.
That makes no sense. It has to be a game of some sort. Why else are they going through their past hits on that splash site?

[Sovereign]

blah blah blah

Shut up. It's starcraft.

[!King_Amazon!]

blah blah blah

Shut up. It's starcraft.
Show me your proof.

I'm not saying it isn't, but most people sound so sure of themselves that it's starcraft, when there's no proof at all.

[Medieval Bob]

Well, whatever it is, we'll find out on Saturday.

I doubt it's an expansion to anything, as they've skipped all their expansions. So, it's a new Starcraft, a new Warcraft, a new Diablo, a new RTS title, or... something else altogether. It won't be an MMO. They're not that stupid.

I'd like to see a new Diablo more than anything really. There are a lot of Diablo clones out there, but I haven't found any of them as fun as Diablo 2 was. I guess, after D3, I'd like to see Starcraft 2. Nothing against it, but I was never as big a fan of Starcraft as everyone else. I really don't care to see WC4. The storyline would most likely be interwoven with WoW, and since I don't play Wow... As for something new altogether... *shrug* Starcraft Ghost?

[Grav]

It's just a reasonable assumption.

[Willkillforfood]

That makes no sense. It has to be a game of some sort. Why else are they going through their past hits on that splash site?

lol, I'm just joking dumbass

[MightyJoe]

Yea, but until Blizz says something, everyone is going to be spectulating.

[!King_Amazon!]

They're supposed to be announcing it at 10:00 PM tonight(eastern or pacific, I can't remember, one of the two, probably pacific)

I'm quite excited myself.

[Sovereign]

Hahaha watch. It ends up being some WOW action figure.

[MightyJoe]

HAAHaHa, that would be too advanced even for Blizz to do something like that.

[!King_Amazon!]

Hahaha watch. It ends up being some WOW action figure.
It's a game of some sort.

[WetWired]

A board game.

[Dar_Win]

Wasn't there news like a year ago of Blizzard getting music from the same orchestra group that did Diablo 2?

[!King_Amazon!]

Wasn't there news like a year ago of Blizzard getting music from the same orchestra group that did Diablo 2?
They've also been hiring people for a diablo project, if I remember right. I'm not sure, the actual facts point in all directions, so it's anyone's guess.

We should know in approximately 7-9 hours.

[Dar_Win]

OMG STARCRAFT 2 LEAKED!!!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7399996728433607946

[Thanatos]

Was that supposed to be funny? :(

[!King_Amazon!]

I'll just post the "proof" I've seen so far that Starcraft 2 is what they are announcing.

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/3743/sc2zp2.jpg
Which has been there for for-freaking-ever but people accept it as proof that the new game is Starcraft 2.

http://moddb.com/images/cache/mods/15/1530/gallery/water_34802.jpg
There's been lots of images of this(and other) Command and Conquer Starcraft mod floating around as "proof" that it's starcraft 2. It looks pretty, but it's not Starcraft 2.

[Dar_Win]

I'm not going to lie, that disappoints me. I was hoping for a Starcraft 2 or a D3 with amazing graphics.

That's regular Starcraft with a closer view and a bit of a different UI.

[Sovereign]

Did you not read his post?

[Dar_Win]

:o Just thought he posted pics.

http://img.gamespot.com/gamespot/images/2006/089/reviews/932394_20060331_screen001.jpg


Eh? World of Starcraft?

[Sovereign]

That would be cool. Id want to be a ghost, but so would everyone else. they'd be the new rogue. Dark TEmplars probably wouldn't be playable.

[Vollstrecker]

Hell, it could even be an announcement that they're picking the Starcraft: Ghost project again.

[!King_Amazon!]

Hell, it could even be an announcement that they're picking the Starcraft: Ghost project again.
It's definately possible, though in my eyes it's somewhat unlikely, but that's only my personal opinion.

I doubt they would start all this hype if they were just re-announcing a game they already cancelled. But it's possible.

[Vollstrecker]

Well, considering there was a large fanbase for Ghost already started, I wouldn't be shocked if they made it a huge announcement.

I know they've had postings on their site hiring for a next gen MMO, where WoW was not mentioned at all, so they're already working on WoW's successor. I doubt that's what this is for though.

[!King_Amazon!]

If they're working on WoW's successor already, Blizzard isn't as good at business as I thought.

WoW is still in it's prime. They'd be stupid to let it go now.

[Lenny]

Unless they've been working on whatever it is for the past however many years, then their announcement will be an announcement, leaving them two or three years to develop the new game, and for WoW to have a few more years at the top.

[Dar_Win]

If it's WoW's successor I'll be pissed.

[Vollstrecker]

If they're working on WoW's successor already, Blizzard isn't as good at business as I thought.

WoW is still in it's prime. They'd be stupid to let it go now.

Right, but think about it. A MMO takes multiple years to develop, WoW will already have been past its prime by the time they'd be announcing their next MMO. Next gen would be making a whole new graphics engine and all, this is going to be a serious project.

WoW was in development for a long, long time. If they haven't started working on the next already, I'd say that would be worse business practice.

Competition with themselves isn't as huge a deal as one would think, datacenters can be migrated to their new game as WoW's subscriber base declines, which seems especially smart if they end up losing any real portion of their fanbase to other games before their next one comes out.

I wouldn't expect a new MMO from Blizz for 2-3 years minimum.

Edit: Excuse the minor rambling if it's hard to follow, I typed that between customers at work, so it's hard to keep a line of thought continual like that.

[Sovereign]

WoW can be sustained with patches imo. Don't need xpacs.

I had a hold on starcraft ghost for forever. Then gamestop calls me and says its been cancelled (or was it put on hold indef)

[Grav]

The suspense! (Don't care)

[Willkillforfood]

It'd be funny if their fake Starcraft MMO April Fool's joke was just to gauge public opinion.

[Vollstrecker]

I always thought Starcraft would have some good potential for a MMO.

If anyone knows of Battletech, I think that would trump any MMO made by Blizzard if whoever produced it does it right.

[Willkillforfood]

battletech 2020? I beta tested that shit.

[Vollstrecker]

What is that? I was referring to an MMO based on the Battletech universe, but I've only vaguely heard Battletech 2020.

What kind of game was it?

[Lenny]

No way has no-one posted since the announcement...

There are videos up and everything!!

It was Starcraft 2, btw, if someone, for some ungodly reason, doesn't know. :rolleyes:

[MightyJoe]

Hell, its about time.

[Dar_Win]

Hell, its about time.

Beat me to it.

[Lenny]

Silly me. Didn't see the thread in News. :o

Ah well.

[Vollstrecker]

I had a feeling, as Starcraft 2 directed to Blizz's site whereas Diablo3.com redirects to a privately owned fansite.

I'm still of the mind that a Diablo 3 would be an MMO. =P

[Slyvr]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-959272807806632271

Check that out. Why would they go through the trouble of making an SCII trailer without actually starting on the game. I think they're definetly going to make some kind of SCII, whether it's strat or mmo. We'll just have to sit and find out.

[Vollstrecker]

Hi.

http://starcraft2.com

It now works, Starcraft was announced last night in Korea at Blizz's World Wide Invitational.

[Slyvr]

Yay! It's finally here!!!!!!!!!!!!! W00000000t!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I just hope now that they make it modable and more editable than the first starcraft.

[Vollstrecker]

They haven't released much info about it, but there's evidence that they may charge to play this over Battle.net.

Blizzard was silent on whether using Battle.net for StarCraft 2 would require a charge or subscription fee. The service will certainly have new features, Blizzard assured the press in the audience, but they weren't willing to get into pricing specifics.

http://pc.ign.com/articles/790/790158p1.html

[MightyJoe]

Yea, Blizz is also releasing a map maker it seems with the game.

[Hellmonkeys]

Yay for SC2 :)

[Willkillforfood]

World of Starcraft isn't dead yet! =P.

[Slyvr]

Yea, Blizz is also releasing a map maker it seems with the game.

I don't really care about the game that much. I'm just excited about the mapmaker. ^.^

[Sovereign]

UMS was fun until the first time I played a game on Killing Fields.

[Sovereign]

OMG, jamesadin let you out of your hole.

[Dar_Win]

Wtf, Hellmonkeys out of no where.

[Sovereign]

Interestingly enough, I don't think he even replied to his birthday thread that he3 asked me to bump/

[Rurouni Storm]

I hope WoS never happens. The Starcraft universe just doesn't appeal to me as being very MMO friendly.

[Vollstrecker]

I hope WoS never happens. The Starcraft universe just doesn't appeal to me as being very MMO friendly.

It'd take a lot more detailed story regarding the worlds, societies, and technology to make it approachable for an MMO.

[Willkillforfood]

There's been books released. We're good ;).

[slaynish]

So, does anybody know when its coming out? Or is that TBA?

[Sovereign]

Pre-Release
Ships 10/01/08


Gamestop.com. Seems too early though.

[Slyvr]

It'll come out whenever it comes out. Prolly no way of predicting at this point.

[Vollstrecker]

It'll come out whenever it comes out. Prolly no way of predicting at this point.

Blizzard releases "when it's done", so it could be this year, or it could be 8 years later like with WC3.