Blizzard's next release will be for the World of Warcraft (population 12 million) expansion Cataclysm on December 7. With that bit of news out there, hopefully BlizzCon's big reveal will end the hellish wait for a Diablo 3 release date.
Battle.net chief: next StarCraft is 18 months away
by Alexander Sliwinski 
on Oct 8th 2010 12:30PM
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Blizzard's next release will be for the World of Warcraft (population 12 million) expansion Cataclysm on December 7. With that bit of news out there, hopefully BlizzCon's big reveal will end the hellish wait for a Diablo 3 release date.
Reader Comments (35)
Posted: Oct 8th 2010 12:32PM acefondu said
YAY! Loved the single player campaign in this one. Can't wait!
Posted: Oct 8th 2010 12:42PM Captain Planet Planeteer Power said
@acefondu
Apparently you'll have to. Like 18 months.
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Apparently you'll have to. Like 18 months.
Posted: Oct 8th 2010 12:32PM Ezio Auditore da Firenze said
So... more like Farcraft?
No?
Oh...
No?
Oh...
Posted: Oct 8th 2010 12:42PM Shadowbender said
@Ezio Auditore da Firenze Sorry, but the word "Far" is already trademarked.
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Posted: Oct 8th 2010 12:35PM Fokman said
Blizzard: The only company it takes more than a year and a half to make an expansion.
Posted: Oct 8th 2010 12:44PM Captain Planet Planeteer Power said
@Fokman
Blizzard: The only company it takes more than a year and a half to make an Awesome™ expansion to an already Awesome´™ game.
*fixed
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Blizzard: The only company it takes more than a year and a half to make an Awesome™ expansion to an already Awesome´™ game.
*fixed
Posted: Oct 8th 2010 12:50PM Shadowbender said
@Captain Planet Planeteer Power
Well isn't this great! "Awesome" is trademarked now, isn't it? Might as well trademark the color of my eyebrows!
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Well isn't this great! "Awesome" is trademarked now, isn't it? Might as well trademark the color of my eyebrows!
Posted: Oct 8th 2010 1:16PM Demon G Sides said
@Shadowbender
Trademarked. Your eyebrows that is. Everytime you move them, you owe $20 in royalties. Good luck.
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Trademarked. Your eyebrows that is. Everytime you move them, you owe $20 in royalties. Good luck.
Posted: Oct 8th 2010 1:24PM Captain Planet Planeteer Power said
@Shadowbender
Now why on Earth would you trademark YOUR eyebrows? That's just mental.
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Now why on Earth would you trademark YOUR eyebrows? That's just mental.
Posted: Oct 8th 2010 12:38PM koehler83 said
Blizzard is the innovation center of the industry.
Releasing a single game for $150 over 3 years. This is a paradigm shift.
Releasing a single game for $150 over 3 years. This is a paradigm shift.
Posted: Oct 8th 2010 1:26PM Falcon6 said
@koehler83
You know, Starcraft 2 certainly felt like a full game to me. I don't get why people are still thinking with this logic.
It's not like the expansions are going to be lackluster if they're dedicating this amount of time to it. I mean, it's Blizzard, for God's sake. If they can make a supposed 3rd of a game feel like a full game, then I'll be surprised what they could do with the "2nd half".
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You know, Starcraft 2 certainly felt like a full game to me. I don't get why people are still thinking with this logic.
It's not like the expansions are going to be lackluster if they're dedicating this amount of time to it. I mean, it's Blizzard, for God's sake. If they can make a supposed 3rd of a game feel like a full game, then I'll be surprised what they could do with the "2nd half".
Posted: Oct 8th 2010 12:39PM Frivolous said
Heh, Diablo 3 "release date", more like rough estimate for beta announcement
Posted: Oct 8th 2010 12:39PM Apollo26 said
FUUUUUUU!!!!!!!
Posted: Oct 8th 2010 12:39PM Kinney said
Ok, now you're just being lazy.
Posted: Oct 8th 2010 12:50PM Dalrint said
*sigh*
They're going to use the long time between games as an excuse to claim it isn't an expansion pack and charge full price.
They're not as clever as they think.
They're going to use the long time between games as an excuse to claim it isn't an expansion pack and charge full price.
They're not as clever as they think.
Posted: Oct 8th 2010 1:14PM Dismissile said
@Dalrint
Or maybe this is more than your typical expansion.
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Or maybe this is more than your typical expansion.
Posted: Oct 8th 2010 1:07PM (Unverified) said
Even DNF and other games will come out before Diablo 3.
Posted: Oct 8th 2010 1:10PM einhanderkiller said
Blizzard already said this around the time they announced that they were going to do two expansions.
The expansions will be spaced 18 months between each other.
The expansions will be spaced 18 months between each other.
Posted: Oct 8th 2010 1:24PM blueskyv201 said
That sounds reasonable, especially for Blizzard. Can't say I'm looking forward to the Zerg campaign but, hey, next in line - Brotoss!
Posted: Oct 8th 2010 1:43PM Marco le Polo said
Yea a D3 release date would be splendid.
Posted: Oct 8th 2010 2:02PM husher said
bring back lurkers!
Posted: Oct 8th 2010 3:10PM einhanderkiller said
@husher
Lurkers are available in the map editor. :)
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Lurkers are available in the map editor. :)
Posted: Oct 8th 2010 2:57PM Killimus2188 said
So Blizzard basically has 18 months to fix the horrid custom maps system in order to earn another purchase from me.
God speed.
God speed.
Posted: Oct 8th 2010 4:25PM archipelagos said
18 months? So...um...anyone care to guess how long it will be until we see a GotY version?
Posted: Oct 8th 2010 5:30PM carg0 said
who cares?
the single-player campaign in WoL was a joke and, since you already get all three races in multi-player, who needs the next two sequels.
their whole excuse behind selling us this game in thirds was to provide us with a "deeper and richer" storyline.
well, that was a flat-out lie. i can't remember the last time i've seen such a patronizingly uninspired storyline with such brain-dead dialogue and utterly forgettable characters.
i'll stick with my copy of WoL and pass on the next two.
the single-player campaign in WoL was a joke and, since you already get all three races in multi-player, who needs the next two sequels.
their whole excuse behind selling us this game in thirds was to provide us with a "deeper and richer" storyline.
well, that was a flat-out lie. i can't remember the last time i've seen such a patronizingly uninspired storyline with such brain-dead dialogue and utterly forgettable characters.
i'll stick with my copy of WoL and pass on the next two.
Posted: Oct 8th 2010 11:16PM Ozewa said
@carg0
to refresh your memory
uhhh, just about anything else that activision ever released, any military shooter, and any command and conquer game.
But as far as that goes, they said that the target was to have cataclysm out 14 months after LK was released, so I wouldn't hold my breath about this being released in 18 months.
But in all honesty, I've never really played a game for a "Deep and rich" storyline, as the medium doesn't really lend itself to good story telling, and I'll bet that you'll eat your words once you figure out that there is going to be a few new units in HoS that dramatically change the way the game is played.
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to refresh your memory
uhhh, just about anything else that activision ever released, any military shooter, and any command and conquer game.
But as far as that goes, they said that the target was to have cataclysm out 14 months after LK was released, so I wouldn't hold my breath about this being released in 18 months.
But in all honesty, I've never really played a game for a "Deep and rich" storyline, as the medium doesn't really lend itself to good story telling, and I'll bet that you'll eat your words once you figure out that there is going to be a few new units in HoS that dramatically change the way the game is played.
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