Blizzard Confirms New Product Next Month!
"It took a good day of calls and emails, but Blizzard just got back to us about the rumor floating around that Starcraft 2 will be announced next month during their World Wide Invitation in Seoul, South Korea.
According to a Korean website, StarCraft 2 is being developed in 3D with a new race and lots of changes for existing units. The site went on to say that additional details would be revealed during Blizzard's WWI on May 19th in Seoul.
When reached for comment today this was Blizzard's official response:
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.
So that's a yes on a StarCraft 2, eventually, and a yes to a product announcement next month. The only question now is are they one in the same. " -Brian Crecente, from Kotaku.
So what do you guys think? A lot of people still believe it's gonna be Starcraft (which would be fine too because, honestly, who wouldn't love to see that game revisited just as much as Diablo?) but after a statement like that, I'm thinking it's gonna either be an announcement for Diablo 3 or a completely new Blizzard title. If it's not a Diablo or Starcraft game, I'm putting my money on TacoCraft.
Alright, let the speculation begin! May 19th simply cannot come soon enough.
-RoG-
Best Regards,
Lucrin
Starcraft 2 - Korea
Diablo 3 - Blizzcon
and maybe next year theyll unveil another product....
irrelevant your ideas of how things work at blizzard do not apply. Too Many people are riding on assumptions.
I didn't post to say its not going to be starcraft, or its going to be diablo.
It's For people on either side, you need to realize the "it's goto be starcraft 2 because its being held in korea Idea" has very little validity.
Thats all. period.
For people in this forum, for other news websites, for other forums. It's all bullshit, All accept the official announcement.
Next Gen- Recently has been applied a lot to new gaming consoles. (IE, Xbox 360, PS3, Wii) Blizzard Entertainment was negotiating with Microsoft during developement phase of Starcraft Ghost. Blizzard has wanted a console game for quite some time.
With the developement of Starcraft Ghost, they (Blizzard) had exactly what they wanted, a First Person Shooter, that was the offspring from a hit title. This ment huge sales on Platform and PC. Blizzard again was recently on the table with Microsoft for a console game. Most people speculated that it was, World of Warcraft for the console. Blizzard is highly realize's it will not want to compete against itself for sales. Their is still a huge amount of WoW gamers playing on the PC. They will not want to pull away subscribers from one to another.
I believe we will be getting some sort of Starcraft FPS for the console. Like Starcraft Ghost, this would not be a sequel to Starcraft but infact an entire new line of game, much like Battlefront to the Lucasarts Empire.
Blizzard Official response indicates that they will not announce anything about Starcraft at this time and hints toward the future. It is not unlike Blizzard to play this sort of strategy to through off speculators like you and I.
Being that we are all Diablo fans then we all know that the Purple Gem was exactly of the same ploy. "Working as intended. Infact working better then expected."
So you say, but I have yet to read your explanation why it isn't valid.
Thats fine, but Logic, and Reasoning is not fact.
Ive Stated why it is not valid in previous posts.
People need to keep an open mind.
Dude, you're making an ass of yourself-
READ WITH YOUR DAMN EYES
there is logic all over this subject, but none of it is from you!
Phrozen is correct and logical in his assumptions, it WILL most likely be Starcraft in KOREA. It's a BUSSINESS MOVE. You are completely failing to recognize the connection, which must mean you either can't read, or you're just an idiot! Blizzard is a company full of very creative very wise bussinessman, who obviously know what they are doing- to not release a starcraft game in Korea would earn them less publicity and less sales. if you say there isnt proof of this, then go over there and do something as simple as turning on a televison- YOULL SEE STARCRAFT.
So, my point is, stop being an ignoramus and arguing something that you can't argue. The facts are here, all we can do is speculate on what makes PERFECT sense, well, perfect sense to everyone but an idiot who couldn't recognize the simple connection...
People need to have an open mind, true, but that does not mean we should weight all implications and reasonings equally. A person with an open mind right now supporting a Starcraft announcement will change sides if the other sides arguments start to weight more heavily. So far though, I can't see that they do.
Blizzard Korea? Must have been formed over night real quick.
Anyways thoes are still just rumers bro..
But, this led me to Blizzard's Korean website which is formatted different than it's national one with interesting pictures.... (if thats what you were refering too)
Check it.
http://www.blizzard.co.kr/
And here ..movie
http://wwi.blizzard.co.kr/
I don't know whether to think Diablo or Starcraft lol
Images from site -
Let me remind you, I am only posting these images because It is from the Official Blizzard "Korean" Page. For the upcomming event. WWI
Seems, Some are Warcraft, Frozen Throne Related.
Sorry I cant Read Korean
I have noticed there is a Wow zone and Starcraft zone, there is not a Diablo zone.
http://wwi.blizzard.co.kr/quest/elekk.html <--Diablo on the wall Future announcement of Diablo?
http://wwi.blizzard.co.kr/quest/theater.html <--Stracraft booth? Maybe sneak peak of a product?
Either way I still doubt that they will release Starcraft 2.. I still believe this will be a console first person shooter from the Starcraft line. Either Starcraft Ghost or some other named title along that line.
***Edited***
Also to add in extra proof that Blizzard is, does, and will play to the korean fan base.. here is a link to a starcraft bungee setup for WWI..
http://wwi.blizzard.co.kr/facilities/bungee.html Its will be available until 5-20 the day after the announcement.. /cry
We are going to have to wait a few months for D3
It is another diablo3 site.
"Diablo 3 takes place in heaven. Hell is trying to take it over and it is AWESOME looking … Imagine the brightness of heaven being taken over by the darkness of hell … Imagine WoW but in a Diablo world in amount of size and playability … Also, guild housing is available in this game for those of you who know about it. They should have a gameplay demo to show at BlizzCon."
Apparently, according to this former Blizzard employee, Blizzard should be showing a D3 demo at BlizzCon. Now whether they will announce the game at BlizzCon or in Korea, I do not know. However the logical conclusion I made was D3= Blizzcon, SC2 = Korea. I am a die-hard D3 fan but I must state that May 19th is StarCraft 2. Sorry.
PS. All you Starcraft fans, find your own forums. You're biased half-assed statements are clogging OUR news forums.
Buisness moves!
That information was from last year. August 29th, 2006 at 2:33 pm
Anything NEW would be greatly appreciated
By the way.. I am a huge Diablo Fan.. US West hardcore Dueler for 3 years.. I still say it will be a starcraft game.
When asked by GameSpot if the Warcraft universe was all that's left for the company to mine, chief operating officer Paul Sams said, "No. Absolutely not. We have multiple games in development, currently, they are just not announced… To the outside world--and the reality of it is--we are laser focused on what is the thing right then, but there's a ton of additional focus being put toward these other [games] that are in development."
Though i may (alright, am) stating the obvious, people shouldn't get disappointed if SC2 is announced in Korea and not D3 as Blizzard has clearly pointed out that they have more than one project going on unrelated to WoW (*sigh of relief). There is plenty of hope for D3 if it is not announced in May. My top post shows that D3 is definitely(DEFINITELY) not dead.
I understand that this was from last year, but i doubt that BlizzCon wasn't planned ahead of time. Therefore, this statement of a demo at BlizzCon shows that they must have been planning the release of D3 for several months, if not a year. Al I'm saying is that Blizzard isn't stupid, they've been strategically planning their game announcements to both drive gamers crazy and raise the most money possible in the quickest way possible. (Wow that was long-winded)
Diablo 3 was going to be announced last year, but they later pulled it when they had to scrap what they where working on at Blizzard North.
Again this information is way old and in no way refers to this years Blizzcon or WWI.
However Blizzard is smart and intelligent in the way they market and sell there games, which is why there is so much support from everyone that this will be a Starcraft product. D3 will come.. one way or another. But I and 75% of the Blizzfan population believes it will be Starcraft based.