What ever happend to starcraft... 2?

[XTTX]

I haven't played starcraft in ages, but I remember vaguely about a starcraft 2 rumor. I believe it was supposed to be a FPS featuring ghost or something. Anybody know anymore?
Edit: Did some searching and found out a Blizz rep has dropped hints about SC2/SC Ghost (IGN)

Also, found this video online (I think it's just someone with a little too much time on their hands and is amazing at Maya :))
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3980165796053569246&q=starcraft+2

[Oni]

Everytime Blizzard is asked, they always say the same thing:

"We haven't forgotten about the Starcraft Universe, and we're planning on revisiting it, but not at this time."

It's been that way since Starcraft first came out. As it stands, they were recently recruiting people to start work on Diablo III (artists, coders and whatnot, seeing as Blizzard North is now Flagship Studios), but even so, there has still not been an official announcement of that, either.

Time will tell, but I don't think we'll see it for quite a while.

[WejRepus]

I think that we will see Diablo III and then Starcraft II, but I won't expect to see either until after the second WoW expansion, which I estimate will be in 18-24 months.

[XTTX]

Meh, I prefer starcraft over WoW anyday (and I'm a MMORPG fan to tell you the truth) WoW just doesn't cut it for me; too over-rated. BTW I found out that video was a mod for Comand and Conquer: Generals Zero Hour

[Roofles]

Well the rumor mill has got some info for you.

http://digg.com/gaming_news/Blizzard_Hints_At_New_StarCraft_By_2008

Some little tidbit but doesn't really disclose much. Enjoy!

[Hardin]

Diablo III > all other games

[fault&fracture]

Well the rumor mill has got some info for you.

http://digg.com/gaming_news/Blizzard_Hints_At_New_StarCraft_By_2008

Some little tidbit but doesn't really disclose much. Enjoy!
id like to know what he said exactly...

but i still think it will be world of starcraft! they could use the ghost engine...

[Alucard]

id like to know what he said exactly...

but i still think it will be world of starcraft! they could use the ghost engine...

http://www.pro-g.co.uk/news/15-01-2007-4502-1.html

"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.

[Goateh]

I was never really a Starcraft fan, I was horrible at it. But I did enjoy it when I played it, I kinda wish they'd bring it out :D

[Seven]

World of Warcraft happened, that's what.

Essentially, look at it this way.
Blizzard pays a team of a few hundred, I'd expect, to make new stuff for each WoW patch, which is usually once every month or so. This doesn't cost nearly as much as it does to do R&D on a brand new game and get it out to the public.

Believe it or not, WoW has 8 MILLION people worldwide hooked. That's $15 per month times 8,000,000. Of course, some of that is being poured into servers, bandwidth, and new developments, but that's a LOT of money for Blizzard's coffers. It's simply more cost-effective to release an MMORPG with monthly fees than to make a few fans of really old games happy.

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[Mr.DLucey]

I would love to see a new StarCraft my self. Ghost got shelved when WOW ran away with the ball. They didn't just get a hit, they got the hole park and parking lot to boot. Makes more sense to but your best and brightest on a project you got 8 mill fans to keep them happy. Maybe they will get another expansion out next year for WOW.

[mage_x]

SC: Ghost was cancelled and SC2 was never announced in the first place, and probably never will be. I have a feeling that if it were released, they would somehow end up ruining it by adding crap like creeps and heroes (ala wc3).

[zexmarquies01]

SC: Ghost was cancelled and SC2 was never announced in the first place, and probably never will be. I have a feeling that if it were released, they would somehow end up ruining it by adding crap like creeps and heroes (ala wc3).


WOOT!!!! someone else who actually agree's that the creeps and heroes idea in WC3 sucked!!! I friggin HATED the hero system. i can handle the creeps. that isn't so bad. But the hero system...argg. just annoying. totally destroyed the whole feeling of WC and WC2 and SC.

[PYROMANIAC]

i would like to see sc2 but i dont really care b/c i still play sc:bw :) custom maps ftw

[MEMex]

Everytime Blizzard is asked, they always say the same thing:

"We haven't forgotten about the Starcraft Universe, and we're planning on revisiting it, but not at this time...

With Burning Crusade released, if they start on another thing for WoW and not Diablo or Starcraft I will supress any memory I had with SC:BW and burn their CDs.

It should read more like "We have forgotten about the Starcraft Universe and never intend to revisit it." :rolleyes:
I try not to think about SC2... I loose sleep over it. SC2 should of came out years ago IMO

WOOT!!!! someone else who actually agree's that the creeps and heroes idea in WC3 sucked!!! I friggin HATED the hero system. i can handle the creeps. that isn't so bad. But the hero system...argg. just annoying. totally destroyed the whole feeling of WC and WC2 and SC.

I didn't think it was too bad but prefer it to stay in Warcraft. Like Artanis said 'This is not Warcraft in space...'

[Seven]

You guys just need to understand the way Blizzard works. They operate on the "It's not done until it's done" mantra, which has given them some superior games in the past. It's just that they've found a way to create virtual crack people can't get enough of, but also keep it entertaining.

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[-_{MoW}_-Assasi]

Time to boycott WoW until they give us what we want!

[TUK101]

I would just be happy if they where to release a patch that would let me run SC BW at more than 800X600, and the same goes for D2. The graphics arent that bad, but at those small of resolutions it is a bit hard on the eyes to be zoomed in that close all the time.

[ajrettke]

I don't know a ton about business management, but I think blizzard would be wise to increase their staff to work on games like SC and diablo, as well as (and most importantly from a business aspect) WoW expansions, and WoW2

[Seven]

I feel like World of Warcraft II will be released when there's significant improvement to be had graphically, probably DX11 which is god knows how many years away. Expansion packs seem to work for them pretty well though.

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[Oni]

Time to boycott WoW until they give us what we want!

Yeah, that's going to happen. I'd rather deal with a heroin addiction than a Warcraft addiction. At least heroin makes you feel good :-/

[BlitzPuppet]

WoW killed every game in the PC market (from blizzard anyways). They dropped SC:2 in order to focus more on WoW I bet.

I hate WoW with a passion, lost many friends to it and lost my favorite game to that childish ****.

SWG was my favorite game till the developers wanted to copy wow and made a carbon copy of WoW, and absolutely killed it for me.

When wow dies off (2-3 years) MAYBE just MAYBE will SC2 come out.

[-_{MoW}_-Assasi]

Yeah, that's going to happen. I'd rather deal with a heroin addiction than a Warcraft addiction. At least heroin makes you feel good :-/

I feel good without heroin :D

[MEMex]

WoW killed every game in the PC market (from blizzard anyways). They dropped SC:2 in order to focus more on WoW I bet.

I hate WoW with a passion, lost many friends to it and lost my favorite game to that childish ****.

SWG was my favorite game till the developers wanted to copy wow and made a carbon copy of WoW, and absolutely killed it for me.

When wow dies off (2-3 years) MAYBE just MAYBE will SC2 come out.

I absolutly feel the same way. :cry:

[Linux_Box]

Starcraft was a blast. We use to lan up to 8 peeps. We'd meet online and do battles. It was really fun.

Never played WOW. It just doesn't appeal to me. I did play Warcraft and it was fun.

[>HyperlogiK<]

Diablo III > all other games

I don't understand, it isn't being made by valve, so how could this be? :D

[K.Snail]

Yeah, that's going to happen. I'd rather deal with a heroin addiction than a Warcraft addiction. At least heroin makes you feel good :-/

Haha! Man WoW is so hard to give up.. I played for the span of 3 months mutiple hours a night.. Thank god i went cold turkey!

[SteveLord]

I remember when people found the marine and firebat units in warcraft3....and it started newbs screaming allover internet forums "omgz iTs an easTr e66 for SC2!!!111oneone"

[shard]

WoW killed every game in the PC market (from blizzard anyways). They dropped SC:2 in order to focus more on WoW I bet.

I hate WoW with a passion, lost many friends to it and lost my favorite game to that childish ****.

SWG was my favorite game till the developers wanted to copy wow and made a carbon copy of WoW, and absolutely killed it for me.

When wow dies off (2-3 years) MAYBE just MAYBE will SC2 come out.


It is just a game.... Which I am picking up tommarow :D Never thought I would, but I have tons of friends that are begging me to play. Oh well, I never was one known to keep at an MMO :)

[BlitzPuppet]

It is just a game.... Which I am picking up tommarow :D Never thought I would, but I have tons of friends that are begging me to play. Oh well, I never was one known to keep at an MMO :)

Just like skydiving is a sport, or even russian roulette as a game :beer:

lol I completely hate the game and I can't wait for it to burn (I'm bettin 2 years :P).

[PYROMANIAC]

WoW killed every game in the PC market (from blizzard anyways). They dropped SC:2 in order to focus more on WoW I bet.

I hate WoW with a passion, lost many friends to it and lost my favorite game to that childish ****.

SWG was my favorite game till the developers wanted to copy wow and made a carbon copy of WoW, and absolutely killed it for me.

When wow dies off (2-3 years) MAYBE just MAYBE will SC2 come out.

swg..you mean lucasarts terrain engine and chat room? :beer:

i'll agree with you on how wow makes people irritable in real life, my roommate played it for a few months and changed now he's normal again..until i ninja the rest of the bread in the house.

[BlitzPuppet]

swg..you mean lucasarts terrain engine and chat room? :beer:

i'll agree with you on how wow makes people irritable in real life, my roommate played it for a few months and changed now he's normal again..until i ninja the rest of the bread in the house.

hey that game was really cool, it actually had a community (OMG one of the many things wow lacks) lol. I had a roomate my freshman year of college that played wow non-stop....I kicked him out and lived alone for the rest of the semester. Playing a damn game at 3am when I have class at 9:00 is not acceptable...

[SteveLord]

hey that game was really cool, it actually had a community (OMG one of the many things wow lacks) lol. I had a roomate my freshman year of college that played wow non-stop....I kicked him out and lived alone for the rest of the semester. Playing a damn game at 3am when I have class at 9:00 is not acceptable...

yeah, a community of justified complainers.

[mage_x]

Hints for a possible 2008 release:

http://pc.ign.com/articles/755/755925p1.html

[firemarX]

With WoW having 8 million+ subscribers, Blizzard doesn't need to worry about making another game for a LONG time. Maybe never.

[Jedi Mind Trick]

WoW is weak.
I still enjoy playing Broodwar more than I do playing WoW.

[nebulus06]

I haven't played starcraft in ages, but I remember vaguely about a starcraft 2 rumor. I believe it was supposed to be a FPS featuring ghost or something. Anybody know anymore?
Edit: Did some searching and found out a Blizz rep has dropped hints about SC2/SC Ghost (IGN)

Also, found this video online (I think it's just someone with a little too much time on their hands and is amazing at Maya :))
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3980165796053569246&q=starcraft+2

LOL I just stopped playing starcraft about 1 week ago I was just 2 addicted i had to stop. HAHA i ended up breaking my cds in my microwave. It was my last resort. The google video is a mod for warcraft III. Its still being tweaked as we speak.

I'm also really mad at Blizzard for not commiting themselves to their fans. Yet i shouldn't only hate on them. They did work on Ghosts the kerrigan first person shooter. They have also updated diablo a few times with new items and quests. Yet what really gets me is how they never got to solving the duping problem on diablo.!!!!!!!!!!! ARGH that gets me.

I'm also mad at bnet for always being slow. I know its free but CMON! I'm also mad that blizzcon has not held gaming contests this year. Oh well at least the creators of diablo that are true to their fans are about to release Hellgate London (which i strongly recommend but be wary of addiction).

[nebulus06]

Haha quoting what some people wrote:
"I can see it now:
Oh jeez....S. Korea is going to hell when this game comes out..."

"BREAKING NEWS: ENTIRE COUNTRY OF SOUTH KOREA SHUTS DOWN (AMAZING!!!!!)"

[>HyperlogiK<]

Haha quoting what some people wrote:
"I can see it now:
Oh jeez....S. Korea is going to hell when this game comes out..."

"BREAKING NEWS: ENTIRE COUNTRY OF SOUTH KOREA SHUTS DOWN (AMAZING!!!!!)"

Maybe Starcraft was the reason the the economic decline in east Asia during the mid to late 90s.

[Inceptor]

Diablo III > all other games

Truer words have never been spoken. I played Diablo on PS and I really liked the game. I started playing D2 on computer and I ended up playing that game like it was a career.

The Blizzard communities are horrible though. It's almost as if Blizzard wanted ripping people off to be a hidden skill that their servers full troglodytes could level by finding new and innovative ways to con the unsuspecting.

I have a maxxed out troll defiler on EQ2 wasting away and a maxxed out undead rogue twiddling his thumbs on an epic mount in WoW that I havent played in a while. I'll probably just sell him to a buddy or something, maybe my Father-in-law.

SWG looked FANTASTIC on paper pre-release. Unfortunately that release came about a year too early and just about everything in the game suffered from some kind of critical flaw. I had a master architect on scylla and a master commando on tempest a few months after release and finally had to quit out of frustration. My architect was like another full-time job and my commando had grenades that had a blast area of 15m. He could only throw them 10m. I had high hopes for SWG.

At the risk of angering the SC fans (and a friend of mine is a rabid SC fan that argues endlessly about this) I hope their next release is D3 in any form. I'll forsake all other games until its been thouroughly beaten.

[Mr.DLucey]

You guys got me all nostalgic. I load up and played 3 games and I wasn't that bad really. Still got some skills (very little) compaired to what was out their this day any way.

[~(o)-(0)~]

Meh, I prefer starcraft over WoW anyday (and I'm a MMORPG fan to tell you the truth) WoW just doesn't cut it for me; too over-rated. BTW I found out that video was a mod for Comand and Conquer: Generals Zero Hour


yeah I thought some of the sounds sounded familiar, and when that genereal's promotion came down I was almost sure