Countdown to StarCraft II Beta? - UPDATE

[John Funk]

Countdown to StarCraft II Beta? - UPDATE

Several StarCraft fansites are running a countdown to ... well, we don't actually know. Might the long-awaited SC2 beta be upon us?

The road to the StarCraft II beta who try to take advantage of it [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/88767-StarCraft-II-Beta-Date-Set-Blizzard-Wont-Tell]. But there have been some very interesting developments lately ... so one might wonder if we're nearing the end of the road.

First, Beta Sign-Up [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/90326-Blizzard-Launches-New-Battle-net] page on the official WoW site - BlizzCon attendees can now input the code on their loot card to sign up for the upcoming test.

Most perplexing, however, is the countdown that has suddenly appeared on StarCraft 2 Forum [http://www.starcraft2forum.org/] admin Jonathan Tietz, he told me that he "wasn't at liberty to say" what the countdown was for - or perhaps he didn't know himself. Mysterious indeed.

Of course, the countdown will hit zero as soon at the clock ticks 1:00 AM (Eastern Time) on Wednesday, April 1st. There are two reasons this date is significant - for one, it's April Fool's Day, and much [http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/underdev/pandaren-xpress.html].

On the other hand ... April 1st is also the anniversary of the release of the original StarCraft - eleven long years ago. So while Blizzard could very well be preparing to yank the Internet's collective chain, they could also be teasing the official start of the SC2 beta test.

Is the ultimate April Fool's prank to have no April Fool's prank at all?

Update - False alarm, folks. Unless Blizzard is deciding to be really, really sneaky, we'll be chalking this one up to an early April Fools' prank.

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[Sir Ollie]

Why can i see a ebay auction popping up soon for a beta key

 

[Internet Kraken]

I doubt it.

 

[oliveira8]

OOohhhhhh, like you said this could be the worlds greatest april's fool..or the real thing!

And damn Starcraft is 11 years old already....It was like yesterday when I poped my Starcraft cd from the box and inserted the cd-key and it became my first ever computer game that I owned in my first computer. Happy memories from better days.

Edit: Gotta love Blizzards april fools.

Edit: Warcraft Heroes of Azeroth comes in *four* different box covers
(that's TWICE as many as WoW!) ^^

 

[Internet Kraken]

OOohhhhhh, like you said this could be the worlds greatest april's fool..or the real thing!

And damn Starcraft is 11 years old already....It was like yesterday when I poped my Starcraft cd from the box and inserted the cd-key and it became my first ever computer game that I owned in my first computer. Happy memories from better days.

Edit: Gotta love Blizzards april fools.

Edit: Warcraft Heroes of Azeroth comes in *four* different box covers
(that's TWICE as many as WoW!) ^^

Yeah.....Starcraft came out a LONG time ago. getting a sequel at this point feels kind weird.

However if the beta is coming out then I better pop brood war into my computer and brush up on my terrible Zerg skills.

 

[oliveira8]

OOohhhhhh, like you said this could be the worlds greatest april's fool..or the real thing!

And damn Starcraft is 11 years old already....It was like yesterday when I poped my Starcraft cd from the box and inserted the cd-key and it became my first ever computer game that I owned in my first computer. Happy memories from better days.

Edit: Gotta love Blizzards april fools.

Edit: Warcraft Heroes of Azeroth comes in *four* different box covers
(that's TWICE as many as WoW!) ^^

wow comes in three boxes, not 2. WoW, tBC & WotLK. gosh.

The joke is what 4 years old?

http://www.blizzard.com/us/whoa/?rhtml=y