| The newest round of Gamestop flyers, freely available at any of their retail locations, are advertising a June 2 release date for Blizzard’s first installment of Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty. Wings of Liberty will feature a playable campaign from the Terran (human) perspective, but will allow all three races (Terran, Zerg, and Protoss) to be used in multiplayer games.
Blizzard has yet to confirm the date, though they did state that they will be releasing a front-line title this year in a teleconference last month. A beta is said to be getting underway “very soon”.
Admittedly, Gamestop release dates so far in advance aren’t always the most accurate, but with Blizzard being as tight-lipped as they are about their titles, and their reluctance to provide any sort of time frames, this is probably the best we can hope for. |
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March 5th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
This is awesome news, everyone thought it was going to be a later date than this. This is only 3 months to go!
March 12th, 2009 at 12:36 am
i like to have a copy of starcraft 2, but here in the philippines, i knew that is takes a long time for me to grab it so can i have one copy of starcraft 2?
i really love this game since i was a child, i saw my cousins playing starcraft in their computers
if you can give me a copy of starcraft 2, just send it to me…
i live in the philippines and my address is in calicanto, batangas city
thank you very much, i hope you can give me one copy, i will cherish it if it will happen
March 31st, 2009 at 1:48 am
Give it to you for free? are you insane do you know how much it cost? your a funny guy.
April 13th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
Gamestomp certainly aren’t the only ones doing this kind of thing. Read more at the starcraft 2 release date blog.
September 1st, 2009 at 2:11 pm
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January 8th, 2010 at 4:16 pm
A few reasons to BOYCOTT Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty!
I. The development of StarCraft II was announced on May 19, 2007, at the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational in Seoul, South Korea. Blizzard set a release date for the first public beta to summer 2009, but failed to make the release date. StarCraft II is being developed, under the codename Medusa, for concurrent release on Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. Blizzard has not yet announced a release date. Development on the game, initially delayed for a year by the temporary reassignment of Blizzard’s resources to World of Warcraft, began in 2003, shortly after Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne was released. According to Rob Pardo and Chris Sigaty, development for StarCraft II was put on hold for a year in 2005 due to the assistance needed for World of Warcraft.
II. Rob Pardo indicated in a June interview that LAN support would not be included in StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. Removing LAN has the effect of forcing players to connect through Blizzard’s servers, Battle.net, before playing multiplayer locally.
III. At the June 2008 Blizzard Worldwide Invitational, Blizzard Executive Vice President Rob Pardo was quoted as saying that development of the campaign was one-third complete. He also said that Starcraft II is to be released as a trilogy of games, starting with Wings of Liberty, focused on the Terrans, followed by Heart of the Swarm, revolving around the Zerg, and finally Legacy of the Void, devoted to the Protoss. – Consider the fact that we still waiting over 6 years for the SC2: Wings of Liberty, this means that the other two will be released in 2022…
IV. The blizzard make fun of us!
THE CONCLUSION: Just fuck them be a MAN!
March 16th, 2010 at 1:29 am
reading all those news and still no damn cd key! blizzard i hate you!
April 12th, 2010 at 1:29 am
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April 23rd, 2010 at 12:30 pm
I have starcraft 2 beta, yet all attempts to make use of it have failed, I have tried ALL mac/laptop VMs, crossover, wine and the remaining, all result in the identical error. So I’ll bide my time and watch for a mac version to be sent. Kinda inconsiderate to send an individual who states they personal a mac a pc beta :( . I simply wish they will launch the game quickly!
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July 27th, 2010 at 6:50 pm
I still haven’t played even starcraft one! though its surely good news