StarCraft 2 Officially Delayed

[Bagaloo]

I'm quite curious about this game now; I'm not much of an RTS player and I've never tried any of the Starcraft games, but the amount of commotion rising around this game has peaked my interests.

 

[Mullahgrrl]

Will Blizzard never EVER stop delaying their products? They've been doing this for an absurdly long time now.

Can't really break a tradition now. Have they ever disappointed with games they've delayed?

Surely Blizzard is the only company that can delay a game that doesn't have a set release date!

 

[Pendragon9]

They're slacking no matter what light they put it under. If they knew it would take this long, they shouldn't have set a release date TWO-THREE YEARS AGO.

It's called checking your progress before you gloat.

When did they set an exact release date? Even the article here says that their SC2 initial release date was merely "expected". Blizzard almost never set release dates because they tend not to work on time frames but rather on the mantra of "We'll release it when it's done."

And I'm fine with them releasing it when its done. Another half year won't kill me and I can wait for quality. There are plenty of other games between now and then to occupy your time.

It's their fault they're so lazy.

I highly doubt the Blizzard developers are lazy considering all the stuff they've currently got on their plate.

Look, before you assume anything, I am more than able to wait for Starcraft 2. As someone said before, I'd rather have it finished than come out buggy and with errors. It's just that I don't like it when they make expectations and then heavily delay them. Considering the size of the project, they should've at least expected it to be years longer than they assumed.

 

[TsunamiWombat]

Damnit Blizzard! Spawn more overlords!

On a positive note, i'm glad to see it delayed, proving that activision isn't holding Blizzards evil leash and forcing them to rush their projects for profits.

 

[DownOnTheUpside]

You called down the thunder, now reap the whirlwind.

(The whirlwind being the angry fans.)

^_^

 

[Lvl 64 Klutz]

With all the 20-minute demos, I theorize they've been spending too much time playing the game, and not enough time finishing it.

Can't blame them for that, though.

 

[DonPandon]

Actually, from what I understand, the delay was more due to the new Battle.net, and less to the state of SC2 itself.

New battle.net? damn... what are they renewing? faster servers? more users? charging terms perhaps?
About the delay... remember the old Starcraft: Ghost =D?

 

[Sparkytheyetti]

Out of minerals.

 

[Amnestic]

Actually, from what I understand, the delay was more due to the new Battle.net, and less to the state of SC2 itself.

New battle.net? damn... what are they renewing? faster servers? more users? charging terms perhaps?
About the delay... remember the old Starcraft: Ghost =D?

They're upgrading the whole service as far as I know. All World of Warcraft accounts will (eventually) be mandatorily linked to a Battle.Net account and since LAN has been 'scrapped' from SC2 and D3, both of those will be using B.Net accounts as well.

They're working on another MMO as well, so I daresay that'll be linked to B.Net. Basically they're expanding it and making it more encompassing, which obviously means they need to upgrade the servers, the software and change the terms as well and overhaul the whole thing to make it up to date and battle ready (hurr hurr hurr) for when SC2 hits shelves.

Because come on, at the end of the day SC2 is going to be a hell of a lot around its multiplayer and what people can do with the new editing tools. If they don't have the proper servers to handle every single Korean logging onto B.Net, then they're going to be caught with egg on their face.

/Almost entirely baseless speculation on my part.
//Sounds convincing though
///I'm probably right.

 

[Doc Theta Sigma]

Really? Well gosh I never saw this coming at all. This was totally unexpected. Also this just in:

Birds go tweet.

 

[DonPandon]

let Alexstrasza read your words, Amnestic, just have faith...

woops... can I say faith?...

 

[Icehearted]

Maybe they're just taking their time to perfect other ways to divide the game up into even smaller pieces to make the most cash from it. Add-on packs or DLC for Terran nukes, or the Zergling DLC for Zergs. Rule nothing out. For all we know they could be working on a way to ready, pitch, and implement a pay to play subscription fee.

There is nothing I'd rule out at this point.

 

[Faeanor]

Perhaps with all this extra time to think, they might consider adding in some functionality to the game. You know, LAN play.

Sigh, I'm still not getting this if there's no LAN play. Seriously.

 

[TaborMallory]

No surprises here.

Will Blizzard never EVER stop delaying their products? They've been doing this for an absurdly long time now.

Call me a Blizzard fanboy all you want, but they still have yet to put out a bad game.

 

[akmarksman]

Will Blizzard never EVER stop delaying their products? They've been doing this for an absurdly long time now.

I know..who do they think they are..VALVE or something?

Maybe it's been setback because of a zergling rush?

 

[Amnestic]

No surprises here.

Will Blizzard never EVER stop delaying their products? They've been doing this for an absurdly long time now.

Call me a Blizzard fanboy all you want, but they still have yet to put out a bad game.

I dunno, I didn't think this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_League_Task_Force_(video_game)] was too impressive.

 

[TaborMallory]

No surprises here.

Will Blizzard never EVER stop delaying their products? They've been doing this for an absurdly long time now.

Call me a Blizzard fanboy all you want, but they still have yet to put out a bad game.

I dunno, I didn't think this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_League_Task_Force_(video_game)] was too impressive.

Hahaha oh jeez, I guess I forgot about the small titles. I actually had Starcraft / Warcraft / Diablo in mind when I posted.

 

[Singularly Datarific]

Before anyone else says it: perhaps they need more vespene gas?

I don't know if Blizzard has missed the boat on this. Much as I'd really like a new Starcraft, it's starting to run that tricky Duke Nukem line.

But plus progress, albiet slow.