Blizzard COO Paul Sams also told Kotaku that Battle.net 2.0 and the Starcraft 2 Beta are on there way in the next few months:"What is it? Blizzard COO Paul Sams wouldn't confirm whether that game is, indeed, the first chapter of the StarCraft II trilogy, only confirming that "Blizzard intends on delivering one front line release per year." Activision Blizzard has factored that mystery game into its estimated earnings for 2009.
"You can see that is contemplated," Sams said during the company's earnings call. "Which title is being released this year, we're not saying."
Considering that StarCraft II appears to be the game closest to completion, we'd think the real-time strategy could make a 2009 release. Diablo III? No way. And while Blizzard did say it has "substantial expansions" planned for World of Warcraft this year, we'd find it hard to believe a retail expansion on par with Wrath of the Lich King will be ready for December."
Good to know we've at least got some exciting things in the pipeline to look forward to this year. I definitely can't wait to see Battle.net 2.0. Here's hoping it's only a few months away!"According to Blizzard COO Paul Sams, the StarCraft II beta is likely just months away. Two months? Ten months? We hope it's not the latter, especially since we're counting on the first entry, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty to hit sometime this year, if only for sanity's sake.
While Blizzard is cagey on locking down a date, Sams says that we'll get a taste of the next iteration of Battle.net when the StarCraft II beta goes public. Exactly what changes Blizzard will be adding to the online matching service that "support online tournaments, eSports, and enhanced communication between players" haven't been confirmed."
While I refuse to believe d3 will not come out in 09' I now accept it.:mad:
Good old tight lipped blizzard.
EDIT: Not to sound ignorant, but will 2.0 work on DII servers? Or... am I dreaming?
Hopefully the beta will be out by then.
PS: By the way I just have a gut feeling that D3 will probably come out in 2010 and not 2011.
Really? I was thinking very late 2010 or early 2011. Very depressing when you try to think from the most realistic point of view possible.
I honestly would have preferred not to know it was even in production... if it's going to take another whole year or more...
Should have waited till this yr to say something, cuz by the time the game actually comes out I'lll be tired of waiting... I already check everyday for updates... but man... be better off if I never knew, atleast then I wouldn't be getting all excited, and then realize that I have to wait even longer, given how long we've alll already had to wait, I am sad now..
Other than StarCraft 2 of course, it should be very close to beta so till the end of the year it should be released.
Since its confirmed that Diablo 3 wont be out this year, i guess we can start expecting it by the first quarter of 2010.
It would be cool if battlenet 2.0 was applied to D2, but that seems unlikely.
I guess I'll have to start playing the starcraft series to hold me over.
This announcement also explains why the updates on their website are small and unfrequent!
I work for bestbuy and they already told our store it will be in stock on 11/3/09. this is OFFICIAL; or it would say winter 09. It?s in our system & I can preorder it as well for $59.99. thats of couse assuming nothing goes wrong of course in the beta testing, or we may have to wait a little longer. but its great to finally have an estimated date set in stone... so this leads us to the question of when is d3 guna be ready? my guess is sometime spring/summer of 2010. but its still way to early to tell. & i can only imagine how much it will cost... im assuming $49.99-99.99