We already blame World of Warcraft for most of the problems in the world -- loneliness, social atrophy and, generally, man's inhumanity towards man -- but now we've got another grudge to harbor against the MMO juggernaut: It delayed StarCraft 2 development for an entire year. That's 365 days of sweet, sweet strategy (by which of course we mean constant, unwavering zerg rushes) that we could have already been enjoying.
This startling revelation came to Eurogamer by way of Blizzard vice president of game design Rob Pardo, who explained, "A fair amount of the design team went onto World of Warcraft for a year to really help finish that game off." We guess that explains why Starcraft 2 took six years to finish. See, and here we assumed it was because they were all hopelessly addicted to WoW, not because they were actually making it.
Reader Comments (29)
Posted: Jun 29th 2009 1:11PM Ballistic H said
I blame the Xbox 360 for the tardiness of Final Fantasy XIII.
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Posted: Jun 29th 2009 1:14PM (Unverified) said
I blame Square for that bud
They love hype
Even if they have to make people squirm to get it
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They love hype
Even if they have to make people squirm to get it
Posted: Jun 29th 2009 1:13PM (Unverified) said
I blame the WOW for SC2's long development, but not because of the year that some staff were transferred over there... that only account for 1 of the 6 years on what should have been a 3 year project.
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Posted: Jun 29th 2009 1:32PM (Unverified) said
Reminds me that i have been waiting long. LoL. It also reminds me of my friend during graduation when he didnt get his diploma. Now he has to right a 10 page essay to get it LOL.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7UwXqcx0bE
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7UwXqcx0bE
Posted: Jun 29th 2009 1:37PM (Unverified) said
I now regret every month that I was subscribed to my account... well, I already did before, but now I really do.
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Posted: Jun 29th 2009 2:06PM The Pie Pieper said
WoW is the cause/solution to all my/the worlds problems
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Posted: Jun 29th 2009 2:23PM cottonrabbit said
Fully 3D RTS's existed before Starcraft II even went into development. i.e. Age of Mythology released in 2002. SC2 itself hardly looks like it'll be taxing on systems you can build for $500 today.
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Posted: Jun 29th 2009 2:34PM Cap Morgan said
I blame WOW because they're obviously rolling around in the piles of money they made from it.
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Posted: Jun 29th 2009 3:11PM (Unverified) said
Want to know what to blame for StarCraft 2's delay? The same thing that is to blame for Diablo 3's, Blizzard's lack of a release time tables and developmental priorities.
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Posted: Jun 29th 2009 9:53PM Foetoid said
Actually they're releasing one this year, thats not 'forever'. They've said there will be 1 big-release game every year now for the next half-decade. I think it will be:
2009: Starcraft 2: Terran Campaign
2010: Diablo 3
2011: Starcraft 2: Zerg Campaign
2012: Diablo 3 Expansion
2013: Starcraft 2: Protoss Campaign
2014: WoW 2
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2009: Starcraft 2: Terran Campaign
2010: Diablo 3
2011: Starcraft 2: Zerg Campaign
2012: Diablo 3 Expansion
2013: Starcraft 2: Protoss Campaign
2014: WoW 2
Posted: Jun 29th 2009 7:50PM AtomicPlayboy said
I blame WoW for the sorry state of single-player,offline RPGs today. Sigh.
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Posted: Jun 29th 2009 8:28PM (Unverified) said
NEWS FLASH: Blizzard likes teh monies!!11 Also suck at making MMO's!!1
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Posted: Jun 30th 2009 12:25AM (Unverified) said
I believe they will have the following schedule for upcoming games.
2009: Starcraft 2: Terran
2010: Starcraft 2: Zerg, Diablo III, WoW: Emerald Dream
2011: Starcraft 2: Protoss, Diablo III: Exp 1, WoW: Maelstrom
2012: Diablo III: Exp 2, New Blizzard MMO
2013: WoW: Endgame
2014: New Blizzard MMO: Exp 1
2015: WoW 2
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2009: Starcraft 2: Terran
2010: Starcraft 2: Zerg, Diablo III, WoW: Emerald Dream
2011: Starcraft 2: Protoss, Diablo III: Exp 1, WoW: Maelstrom
2012: Diablo III: Exp 2, New Blizzard MMO
2013: WoW: Endgame
2014: New Blizzard MMO: Exp 1
2015: WoW 2
Posted: Jun 30th 2009 7:53AM (Unverified) said
I hope the quote "A fair amount of the design team went onto World of Warcraft for a year to really help finish that game off." is an exact quote. Makes it really sound as if they are trying to kill their game.
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