Blizzard Shelved StarCraft: Ghost to Support WoW

[Hippobatman]

Pants do NOT work that way, no matter how tight.
That ass is an impossibility.

Sure, but who wants too much realism in games anyway?

I remember this. I was very disappointed when it got cancelled, however, me being only 15 years back in 2006 it didn't take long before I forgot about it.

At least it presents a valid reason for the cancelation.

 

[fletch_talon]

They should have kept this to themselves.

Now WoW haters will have a valid answer to the question "Why do you hate WoW".

 

[NLS]

Hope they in the future decide to cut WoW in order to get Ghost finally released.

 

[runedeadthA]

WoW! You Maniacs! You Blew it up! We could have had a awesome Starcraft shooter! Instead we have Halo and Starship troopers: The game

 

[Bloodstain]

After reading the title, I was hoping you'd tell me that they resumed work on it...

 

[veloper]

Good move from a business POV.

 

[Veloxe]

I think I would have rather had them pull a Duke Nukem and just throw it on a side burner and finish it up with the necessary quality when they had a chance. As opposed to just cancelling it to work on WoW.

I can't really blame them for working on WoW though, it did rather explode.

 

[MercurySteam]

Damn you Blizzard. If you start now then maybe you'll have it done before Gabe Newell regurgitates Episode 3.

 

[BENZOOKA]

Shut down WoW and Starcraft's. Keep on with Diablo III.

 

[iLikeHippos]

... I don't understand. These people have TRILLIONS at their disposal, and they can't make this game?

Well, maybe they didn't have those resources before WoW, but now...
I am bedazzled why's not made yet.

 

[SonofSeth]

why does everyone think that blizzard would have done this well?
what shooters have they done well? um none because they haven't made one before. I'd rather a company stick to what its good at than make a game which they have no prior knowledge of the market of.

You mean like all the MMOs they did before WoW.

 

[Le_Lisra]

How is this news? I thought we kinda knew that already..

 

[Farotsu]

If you take a look at C&C:Renegade you propably know one of the reasons ghost was shelved. Just sayin'.

 

[Trogdor1138]

why does everyone think that blizzard would have done this well?
what shooters have they done well? um none because they haven't made one before. I'd rather a company stick to what its good at than make a game which they have no prior knowledge of the market of.

You mean like all the MMOs they did before WoW.

Haha, owned.

Anyways, it's a shame, but it was necessary for them to stay afloat. I'd like to see it resume one day though.

 

[Scrythe]

On one hand, I'm finally glad to see an explanation for a game that I was anticipating for years. On the other hand, this kinda makes me hate WoW; and by extension myself for supporting WoW.

I'm glad Nova wasn't completely scrapped from the storyline. She played a small part in Wings of Liberty, and she stars in a novel that isn't too bad (it was supposed to be a precursor to the game). I'm not sure if the novel is cannon, but I highly doubt that most of them are anyways, especially Shadow of the Xel'Naga and that mary sue-fest Liberty's Crusade.

 

[Sallix]

Why is everyone so upset about it being cancelled? I've heard from a couple sources that actually played the game when it was in development that it was pretty terrible.