Starcraft 2 'in the final stretch,' beta this year 'unless something crazy happens'
by Griffin McElroy 
{ Feb 19th 2009 at 1:10PM }
To manage these unanswered queries, Starcraft II lead developer Dustin "Cavez" Browder began a new FAQ thread, in which two titilating timelines were referenced -- first, he explained that the beta will be opening in 2009 "unless something crazy happens." Second, while he couldn't give any set-in-stone answers regarding the game's launch date ("our target dates are not something we hit more than half the time," he explained), Browder teased that the dev team is "in the final stretch." Sounds like it's nearing completion -- could Starcraft II be Blizzard's promised "frontline release" for this year?
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acefondu @ Feb 19th 2009 1:16PM
*aaaargh* - Marine Death noise. Yeah...it's a happy thing.
Nushio (NDF - Blue) @ Feb 19th 2009 1:29PM
Keh keh keh!
Strategy_Panda @ Feb 19th 2009 1:30PM
Final release of SC2 to be around November 2009 as predicted early this week by many game news outlets. The reason given is mainly financial, as releasing SC2 late in the year will show massive sales for 4th quarter 2009 and probably 1st quarter 2010.
t3kni9e @ Feb 19th 2009 1:34PM
I NEED THIS GAME. I thought I was done with PC gaming but damn everytime I see these screen shots it just brings me back to those times of playing Lost Temple, just mass expanding and dominating.
NaeemTHM @ Feb 19th 2009 1:34PM
Koreans REJOICE!
I wonder if they'll have a national holiday when the game is released.
Dirty @ Feb 19th 2009 1:51PM
Probably not intentionally, but it will be the biggest call in sick day of the year.
Sir Buzz Killington( The Artist formerly known as Jakka) @ Feb 19th 2009 2:53PM
귀하의 모든 이제 한국인에 속해있다 기뻐하게. 우박 스타 크래프트!
Apollo @ Feb 19th 2009 1:36PM
So by Final stretch, do they mean the FIRST part of the trilogy?
DarrenHollywood @ Feb 19th 2009 1:38PM
After playing the game for a brief 20 minutes and promptly getting my ass handed too me by everyone else in every game I played, I am really looking forward to spending some more intimate time with the game.
The Protoss will reclaim all that they've lost.
Shmil @ Feb 19th 2009 1:54PM
Something tells me that some crazy shit will happen.
Hashbrown Hunter @ Feb 19th 2009 4:11PM
A black guy is elected as president! Hah! That'll never happen in a hundred years! And even THEN the chances are slim! Hohohoho...
...oh wait, nevermind.
Rudolphe @ Feb 19th 2009 1:58PM
Blizzard's final stretch = another 18 months left in development.
Ignatius @ Feb 19th 2009 2:00PM
You're being very generous.
BigD145 @ Feb 19th 2009 1:59PM
Will that be 1, 2, or 3 Beta's?
SAGExSDX @ Feb 19th 2009 2:26PM
"unless something crazy happens"? that sounds like what Kaz Hirai said:
"And," offered Hirai, "unless things go really bad, there's no way that at the end of a life cycle our competition is going have a higher install base."
So does that mean SC2's beta isn't happening this year?
Corey @ Feb 19th 2009 3:03PM
I'd much rather see Diablo 3 than this. It's been several months since we first heard officially about D3, and I don't think waiting until what would likely be mid to late 2010 will be any sort of fun at all.
Blazur @ Feb 19th 2009 3:09PM
Dude...SC fans have been waiting over a decade for a sequel. And you can be certain SC2 will happen before D3 does.
UltimateQ @ Feb 19th 2009 3:57PM
Yeah wasn't SC2 announced in like 2006?
Daniel @ Feb 19th 2009 3:34PM
i for one wished wow was not as big as it is. we would probally have our sc2 and d3 by now. but it will be nice to get these. woner what will be realse first though duke nukem forever or any of these blizzard games.