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by Chris Faylor, Apr 27, 2007 10:26am PDTFollowing rumors from Korean website ThisIsGame that Blizzard would be unveiling the long-awaited StarCraft II at the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational on May 19, company representatives have confirmed that Blizzard plans to reveal a new game at the event and that the company plans to revisit the StarCraft universe someday--but stopped just short of saying if that to be announced game is StarCraft II. "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," a Blizzard representative told Kotaku. "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." If not StarCraft II, other possible announcements could involve the essentially confirmed Diablo III, another World of Warcraft expansion pack or Warcraft IV. Last August, Blizzard placed a job posting for a level designer "with experience building levels using any popular 3D Real-Time Strategy game toolset," suggesting the company has at least one real-time strategy game in development. According to the rumors, Blizzard's announcement of StarCraft II will involve videos and images of the follow up, which will feature a new race and 3D graphics. The rumors also hint at several changes for existing races and indicate the development team will be present at the unveiling to field questions. The third Blizzard Worldwide Invitational takes place in Seoul, South Korea on May 19 and 20. Set in Seoul's Olympic Gymnastics and Fencing Stadiums, event activities include the regional finals for the first season of World of Warcraft's Arena Tournament, Warcraft III Battle.net Season 5, and invitational tournaments for StarCraft and Warcraft III. In related Blizzard news, the company recently posted job listings for three new positions--lead engine programmer, lead tools programmer, and lead technical artist--to work on a project only referred to as "next-gen MMO."
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STARCRAFT 2
STARCRAFT 2
OMG
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RTS:s been done till death by now (COH, SC, etc) but no worthy successor to D2LOD has emerged.
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I'd rather have SC 2, Been waiting longer for it then Diablo 3. Either one that comes out I'm going to fucking loose my mind in for months.
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Hope for SC2 anyway.
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Am I the only one that reads that as they do have a SC game in production, but that's not what they're gonna be announcing at this time?
Seems like everyone else has pretty much made up their minds that it's gonna be SC related.
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Maintain WoW as a casual, easily-accessible MMORPG for the younger crowd. Keep building on the classes and talents and world.
And then introduce Diablo as a far more serious MMORPG, taking cues from older games such as Everquest, where they create a serious, atmospheric, and difficult world, for those who really want that added challenge. Allow for a few Hardcore and PvP servers, but focus the game on PvE as per usual. Expand the world majorly, keep the really mood-fitting music, keep the blood and gore, keep the dark perversion and pure evil. Center the game around humans, with an unprecedented amount of character customization at creation, fighting the forces of Hell (and maybe Heaven, with some of those angels being fuckheads and all). Could be awesome.
Starcraft would of course be a MMOFPS. Each unit has a series of upgrades. These are accessible after an amount of kills or some kind of combat contribution. Zerglings can upgrade their speed, their attack, their defense, even gain special abilities like a ranged attack, such as a lunge/pounce or a short term speed boost. You could even include the RTS portion, like in Natural Selection, where you have a "Commander" who builds buildings such as bunkers, missile turrets, and all sorts of other centers that allow for further unit upgrades. Imagine actually playing that trench battle in the opening movie for Starcraft. You're that zergling, racing through, with a couple friends by your side, as you descend on a squad of marines who don't even see you coming.
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COME ON BITCHES, YOU KNOW IT TO BE TRUE!!! SEARCH YOUR FEERINGS!
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I'm getting delusional Shack! Why you gotsta be in on secret marketing information that you cant disseminate?!
I cant trust anyone at this moment. too nervous, need water to calm self
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One thing I really really hope the don't do is turn Diablo into a MMO. I don't think Blizzard would be dumb enough to gut the spirit of the series and turn an action/RPG into a plodding grindfest/walkathon like WoW. But even if they keep the essence of the gameplay (fast action lootfest vs. glass cannon monsters) I want a story, I want a single player game, I like co-op, but I don't like partying with random people, and I'm not a fan of paying a monthly fee to play games.
Hopefully this next gen MMO is either SC or a new IP, but that's probably a stretch.
My gut tells me D3.
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Starcraft 2 pretty please!
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C'mon Kerrigan, come back so we can kick some Terran and Protoss ass!
* I think that was the quote she used in Brood War. Something like that, at any rate.