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Killroy
May 17th, 2007, 01:59 PM
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Well, it looks as if we may be seeing a Starcraft 2. Rumors are flying on the eve of Blizzard (http://www.dreamindemon.com/forums/www.blizzard.com) making some sort of "secret game" announcement in front of a large group of South Korean gamers at their Worldwide Invitational. Another MMORPG is probably not in the cards as WoW is doing exceptional already. Also, some have pointed out the newly registered Starcraft2.com (http://www.starcraft2.com) is now up. Also, last year, Blizzard Chief Operation Officer Paul Sams stated that there will be a "major project announcement in 2007" as well as

"StarCraft is my absolutely favorite game of all time. As you probably already know, there is no doubt that we will continue the StarCraft and Diablo franchise, and trust me, I will be the happiest person in the world when we announce StarCraft 2."

Now obviously none of this truly means anything definite, as Blizzard has stayed quiet on the subject aside from letting everyone know about the announcement in general, but what do you think? Are all these Starcraft (http://www.dreamindemon.com/forums/www.blizzard.com/starcraft/) fanatics finally getting their wish after all these years?

Does seem awfully convenient to be announcing this secret game in South Korea since Starcraft players over there are treated like celebrities as well as the fact that as of 2006, over a third of total sales, or 3.5 million copies of Starcraft, have been sold in South Korea alone.

Killroy
May 19th, 2007, 01:46 AM
For anyone here that gives a shit (judging from the slew of replies, I am guessing only myself) the announcement is around 15 minutes away from now.

Horrorholic
May 19th, 2007, 11:03 AM
Starcraft takes me back to my middle school years (It was a great way to spend the weekend, especially when you weren't old enough to actually go out and do something on a Saturday night).
I don't play games much anymore (I think the last game I bought was KOTOR) but I would definitely shell out some cash for this one. This game rocks. I'm just surprised that it took Blizzard so long to make a sequel to a fan-favorite. I mean, they pimped the hell out of WarCraft with two sequels, a bazillion expansion packs for all of them, a adventure game that they quit half-way through development (Which I was REALLY looking forward to) and a possible movie that has been thrown around for the past few years.
Whatever happened to Starcraft: Ghost (I think that is what it was called)? It was suppose to come out ages ago (Maybe early 2002?) and I haven't heard anything about it since. Did it actually get released and just slipped out under my radar?

Killroy
May 19th, 2007, 11:16 AM
It's official. Starcraft 2 on the way (http://www.dreamindemon.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1486).

dop
May 23rd, 2007, 12:09 PM
Cool, never got into the first one but its all a group of friends talk about so perhaps I can get into this one so im not constantly bored by their bickering about "protos".