Rumors of Starcraft 2?
Moderator: EG Members
- ZoddsNo1Fan
- This is my new home
- Posts: 222
- Joined: Sun Dec 04, 2005 8:28 pm
- Location: US, east
Rumors of Starcraft 2?
Perhaps the extremely long wait for any anouncement of a sequel to SC(1998) will be ended this year?
[quote] ilovezil United States. April 09 2007 15:32. Posts 635 PM Profile Buddy Quote
Better, the translation is now up! However...I cannot take credit for this work. Everyone thank mk..)) when they have a chance, because when I was asking for translation help, he went ahead and spent his time translating this, which I will be using to explain the Sc2 situation. In his humbleness, however, he said that he wouldn't post this, but leave me to it. Thanks for your awesomeness, mk..))!
The korean
+ Show Spoiler +
e스í
[quote] ilovezil United States. April 09 2007 15:32. Posts 635 PM Profile Buddy Quote
Better, the translation is now up! However...I cannot take credit for this work. Everyone thank mk..)) when they have a chance, because when I was asking for translation help, he went ahead and spent his time translating this, which I will be using to explain the Sc2 situation. In his humbleness, however, he said that he wouldn't post this, but leave me to it. Thanks for your awesomeness, mk..))!
The korean
+ Show Spoiler +
e스í
-
- n00b eater
- Posts: 852
- Joined: Fri Feb 17, 2006 8:03 pm
- Location: Portugal
Haha I thought the exact same when I read that lol. I agree completely tho...SC2 would be great but I won't get my hopes upDeathbringer wrote:"Kerrigan race"?
What the hell is that supossed to be?
As far as that rumor goes and knowing Blizzard, i´ll only believe it when i see it on their pages.
"Your father sucks the flaking cocks of lepers in the lowest circle of HELL!!!"
..."Does he swallow?" ~Hellblazer
"Imagination is intelligence with an erection"~Victor Hugo
"Life is a disease...Sexually transmitted & fatal"~Neil Gaiman
..."Does he swallow?" ~Hellblazer
"Imagination is intelligence with an erection"~Victor Hugo
"Life is a disease...Sexually transmitted & fatal"~Neil Gaiman
- Vicissitude
- Professional Bastard
- Posts: 420
- Joined: Tue Feb 14, 2006 1:49 am
I'm assuming one of two things:Deathbringer wrote:"Kerrigan race"?
1) A hybrid race consisting of units that take the best genetic traits of various Zerg, Protoss and Terran units.
2) Kerrigan is trying to recreate the Xel'naga and it'll be something entirely different from each of the current armies.
doesnt sound like they are adding anything more than a dawn of war expansion here, which makes me think its not real info (i will be very happy to be wrong on this) ive been a big fan of SC/BW and have heard countless rumors and fake "leaked info" of SC2 over the years. the kerrigan race doesnt sound too original compared to the lame storyline of the forsaken aswell.Source from hanbitsoft who had a relationship with the original starcraft has also commented that he heard such news. Source said " I heard of new starcraft2, as far as I know there will be a new race and couple additional units for each race".
they were too slow in making ghost i think, and console development kinda left them stranded or forced to play heavy catchup
- lon3vvolf
- n00b Smasher
- Posts: 698
- Joined: Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:36 pm
- Location: Just outside of Midland
Are you serious? You know how blizzard is with releasing games. If they're not confident with a game at any point in its development they'll cancel it or totally redesign it. Ghost was original planned for previous gen consoles, ps2 and xbox, but they were over ambitious which pushed beyond their limit. Then they started retooling the game for next gen consoles... but since it was so long in development and not going anywhere they decided to focus on other projects. From a business standpoint its totaly understandable.raoh wrote:
they were too slow in making ghost i think, and console development kinda left them stranded or forced to play heavy catchup
-
- n00b eater
- Posts: 852
- Joined: Fri Feb 17, 2006 8:03 pm
- Location: Portugal
Hum....maybe this has a chance of being legit.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/ar ... ?id=162775
More and more rumors about it, this time from "oficial" webpages.
We all know Korea is the home to the Starcraft Invitationals, where Starcraft is a sport. and according to ThisisGame Starcraft 2 will be announced to the public on May 19th at the Blizzard Worldwide Invitation (WWI).
Well, at least if it´s false, it won´t take much time to be confirmed.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/ar ... ?id=162775
More and more rumors about it, this time from "oficial" webpages.
We all know Korea is the home to the Starcraft Invitationals, where Starcraft is a sport. and according to ThisisGame Starcraft 2 will be announced to the public on May 19th at the Blizzard Worldwide Invitation (WWI).
Well, at least if it´s false, it won´t take much time to be confirmed.
-
- Dirty Sennin
- Posts: 2286
- Joined: Fri Apr 01, 2005 7:40 am
- Location: The Eye of The Storm
- Contact:
I wouldn't hold my breath. Everytime Blizzard.com places a request for programmers and developers everybody starts flipping out about "Diablo 3" or "Starcraft 2" or "World of Starcraft" or "Warcraft 4". In my mind it's more than likely that the "big reveal at Invitational" is going to be another Expansion for WoW.
- ZoddsNo1Fan
- This is my new home
- Posts: 222
- Joined: Sun Dec 04, 2005 8:28 pm
- Location: US, east
The original translation from teamliquid.net.StarCraft 2 will be revealed for the first time to the world at Blizzard's World Wide Invitational (WWI) on May 19th.
On the 25th, according to the game developers, it has been confirmed that Blizzard Entertainment Korea (aka Blizzard Korea) will present VODs and game content at the WWI that is starting on May 19th. Also, StarCraft 2's main developers will also attend to answer some questions.
It has been confirmed that StarCraft 2 is being developed in 3D, a new race has been added and existing units' characteristics will have many changes. Additional details will only be revealed to certain parts of WWI.
Blizzard has invited over 100 international media and has prepared both Seoul Olympic Gymnastics Stadium and Fencing Stadium for this event -- the biggest area ever for a short-term game event.
StarCraft 2's announcement preparation is proceeding with secrecy, and only the core group at Blizzard Korea knows the specific details and situation. As they have done in the past, Blizzard is not planning to reveal or release any details for the "best surprise announcement".
However, trustworthy information is being leaked from previous Blizzard employees, and through an acquaintance of ex-Blizzard North employees, StarCraft 2's development and its announcement at the WWI has been confirmed.
Last February 28th, Blizzard president, Mike Morhaime, has hinted that "At the WWI in May, there will be a surprise announcement" for the announcement of a sequel, Blizzard Korea has confirmed, on the 25th, an unrevealed sequel's announcement.
Blizzard Korea's Park Young-Mok director said "There is not content available for answer for the sequel. The sequel will be released at the WWI on the 19th. Please confirm it at the site on the 19th" and denied the confirmation on if StarCraft 2 is indeed the sequel that is to be announced on the 19th.
MBC Game's Lee Sang-Ho head said "Frankly, it's half anticipation and half worry. If SC2 is released in a form that is compatible with e-sports broadcast, there will be many new gamers and the entire industry will develop. However if it comes out in a form that is not easy to broadcast, like WarCraft 3, StarCraft fans will focus on the sequel while the original league will suffer a decline", expressing a cautious mindset.
OnGameNet's StarCraft commentator Um Jae-Kyung said "Blizzard has probably already grasped the difference between this nation's gamers and foreign gamers' difference in inclination through WarCraft 3. So I'm hoping for a more balanced structure, a structure with e-sports in mind. However, I believe that the e-sports league will continue to focus on StarCraft and a new league focusing on StarCraft 2 will form, the industry growing bigger as a result. As a gamer, I'm really looking forward to it.
Blizzard's WWI is on its third year and will take place from May 19th to 20th at the Seoul Olympic Gymnastics Stadium and Weight Lifting Stadium (translator's note: I thought it was fencing? o.O). Many e-sports games as well as events such as WarCraft 3 ladder season 5 Asia region preliminaries, for the first time, a World of Warcraft Arena Tournament Off-line Regional Finals will take place.
Note also that Korea is HUGE with Starcraft. Entire Starcraft networks and television airings are dedicated to Starcraft alone! What a better time to announce the sequel to Starcraft then in Korea?
Also notice:
They said sequel, not expansion. Why would they announce a sequel to Diablo or Warcraft at a major RTS outing(with the fact that its in Korea-huge starcraft).Last February 28th, Blizzard president, Mike Morhaime, has hinted that "At the WWI in May, there will be a surprise announcement" for the announcement of a sequel, Blizzard Korea has confirmed, on the 25th, an unrevealed sequel's announcement.
Blizzard Korea's Park Young-Mok director said "There is not content available for answer for the sequel. The sequel will be released at the WWI on the 19th. Please confirm it at the site on the 19th" and denied the confirmation on if StarCraft 2 is indeed the sequel that is to be announced on the 19th.
Now all we can do is wait(a couple weeks too long) and see if redemption and satisfaction have been made reality.
According to a Kotaku post yesterday, Blizzard has confirmed that they'll announce a new productat their World Wide Invitation in Korea next month. The statement issued by Blizzard verified that they 'do intend to announce a new product [...] next month" and "plan to revisit [Starcraft] at some point in the future,' but did not confirm the rumor that the new game would be Starcraft 2 — but we can certainly hope."
-
- n00b eater
- Posts: 852
- Joined: Fri Feb 17, 2006 8:03 pm
- Location: Portugal
Psi beat me to it, good to know that some rumors turn out to be legit.
Thing is that if Blizzard is going to announce a new major game in Korea and in a Starcraft tournament the most obvious choice is that is going to be a Starcraft related game, here´s hoping for a Starcraft 2.
Very good news, i´ve been tired of WoW lately.
Thing is that if Blizzard is going to announce a new major game in Korea and in a Starcraft tournament the most obvious choice is that is going to be a Starcraft related game, here´s hoping for a Starcraft 2.
Very good news, i´ve been tired of WoW lately.
ah ive been reading blizzard game forums too much so i keep falling for the stuff like that which gets posted over the years. i still play BW/TFT and to be honest i feel like blizzard lost a lot when vivendi took over then bill roper & co left, but they should be freaking loaded with the cash that wow has raked in and they still have rob pardo so im really hopeful about SC2,lon3vvolf wrote: Are you serious? You know how blizzard is with releasing games. If they're not confident with a game at any point in its development they'll cancel it or totally redesign it. Ghost was original planned for previous gen consoles, ps2 and xbox, but they were over ambitious which pushed beyond their limit. Then they started retooling the game for next gen consoles... but since it was so long in development and not going anywhere they decided to focus on other projects. From a business standpoint its totaly understandable.
- ZoddsNo1Fan
- This is my new home
- Posts: 222
- Joined: Sun Dec 04, 2005 8:28 pm
- Location: US, east
http://www.pro-g.co.uk/news/15-01-2007-4502-1.htmlItzik Ben Bassat, Vice President Business Development and International for Blizzard Entertainment, took the stage at HMV Oxford Street, London, and said some rather revealing words.
"I'm a StarCraft player myself and I hope it's not a decade, and we launched StarCraft in 1998, before I'm standing here again, celebrating the next game in the series," stated Bassat while on stage.
More hints toward when we can expect SC2
(taken from psi's link)
im confused, does this mean:
"we have a new product to announce which i am not allowed to speak about yet, but id like to mention that we do have intentions about future starcraft games *wink wink*" or "we have a new product to announce which i am not allowed to speak about yet, but we wont make any starcraft concerning announcements for a while".
We do intend to announce a new product at the Worldwide Invitational next month in Korea, and we appreciate the enthusiasm and interest in getting an advance look at what that will be, but players will have to wait until May 19th to find out more. Also, we have a very strong connection with the characters and settings of StarCraft, and we do plan to revisit that universe at some point in the future, but we don't have anything new to announce in that regard at present.
im confused, does this mean:
"we have a new product to announce which i am not allowed to speak about yet, but id like to mention that we do have intentions about future starcraft games *wink wink*" or "we have a new product to announce which i am not allowed to speak about yet, but we wont make any starcraft concerning announcements for a while".
- ZoddsNo1Fan
- This is my new home
- Posts: 222
- Joined: Sun Dec 04, 2005 8:28 pm
- Location: US, east