We received news today from an anonymous source from inside Blizzard, confirming that development of StarCraft 2 will be largely postponed until Blizzard's recently announced, and long-awaited Diablo 3 is ready for the market.
[Starcraft 2] is still being worked on, but only by a minuscule amount of people compared to what [Blizzard] put on the Diablo 3 team.
This has yet to be confirmed officially by Blizzard, and I personally doubt they will respond. Because this information was leaked unintentionally through a casual conversation with one of our staff members, we can not reveal the name of our source publicly - so to protect this individual and his/her position within Blizzard. Nor can we say that this came directly from Blizzard.
Nonetheless, this may be good or bad news to you. Personally, I don't mind - both games are equally sought after in my opinion.
We will do all we can to keep you updated with the latest.
Note that the "inside source" only comments on how many people are working on each team. The source says nothing about release dates. That part was added by the creator of the thread.
*If* SC2 has less people working on it currently than D3 does, it is because it is almost done and will be released soon.
More people working on a project does not mean it will be released sooner. It just means that it is at a different place in it's development life cycle.
http://www.battleforums.com/newscomments.php?id=28
Note that the "inside source" only comments on how many people are working on each team. The source says nothing about release dates. That part was added by the creator of the thread.
*If* SC2 has less people working on it currently than D3 does, it is because it is almost done and will be released soon.
More people working on a project does not mean it will be released sooner. It just means that it is at a different place in it's development life cycle.
Furthermore:
http://www.diablofans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14863
Thanks,
Daemaro