Starcraft II Delayed

Brian Ambrozy 5 Aug, 2009 at 4:50pm ET Article published in Gaming

That’s all she wrote. Those who were eagerly awaiting Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty are going to have to buckle down and wait until 2010.

From the press release:

Today we announced that StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty will not be ready for release by the end of 2009. Over the past couple of weeks, it has become clear that it will take longer than expected to prepare the new Battle.net for the launch of the game. The upgraded Battle.net is an integral part of the StarCraft II experience and will be an essential part of all of our games moving forward. This extra development time will be critical to help us realize our vision for the service.

The press release goes on to suggest that we will see the final product in the “first half” of 2010.

Comments

5 Aug 2009 ~ 4:51pm shwaip I AM SO SURPRISED THAT A BLIZZARD GAME WAS DELAYED.
5 Aug 2009 ~ 4:52pm Thrax A DELAYED GAME FROM BLIZZARD? UNPOSSIBLE.
5 Aug 2009 ~ 5:17pm Koreish Le Gasp

What makes it even funnier is it was delayed for a reason many people seem to not want to buy it.
5 Aug 2009 ~ 10:11pm GnomeWizardd boooooooooooo I have my copy already paid off!!!!!!!!!
5 Aug 2009 ~ 10:16pm pigflipper So what if it is delayed, name the last bad game that Blizzard released.
5 Aug 2009 ~ 10:24pm Garg What Koreish said. It's like "don't worry guys, we're going to get the shitty part right!"
5 Aug 2009 ~ 11:13pm Linc They had the balls to actually name a date more than a week beforehand? Fools.
5 Aug 2009 ~ 11:37pm CB If the "new" battlenet is going to be less like battlenet, and more like Steam, then it'll be worth the extra wait.
6 Aug 2009 ~ 1:38am RyanFodder Why don't they just use Steam? It works!
6 Aug 2009 ~ 1:56am Koreish

Because Steam doesn't help them make money, like it helps Valve or the Indie companies. We may eventually see SCII on Steam but it will probably be several months after its release.

Quoting myself because I'm a tool.
6 Aug 2009 ~ 1:59am RyanFodder

Koreish wrote:

Quoting myself because I'm a tool.

As long as you said it first... :P Where did you say that before?
6 Aug 2009 ~ 2:03am Koreish The other SCII thread.
6 Aug 2009 ~ 8:51am Nemikan The thing with blizzards is they never release games without them being ready. I for one am hugely in favor of this concept vs. the RELEASE DATE GOGOGOOGOGO o frick no time /sigh /scrapgametogether........
6 Aug 2009 ~ 12:13pm Zuntar Crap.
6 Aug 2009 ~ 1:02pm Thrax If the issue is with Battle.net, and Diablo III is unaffected by the delay, 10/1 means that Diablo III is a 2010 release.
6 Aug 2009 ~ 2:53pm Cliff_Forster Pre holiday projections are starting to come out for video game earnings, and it is looking bleak.

First off, reports are coming out showing the effect of the recession has finally caught up to games, some showing a revenue decline on new product near double digits.

Add that to the fact that employers that usually offer bonuses for discretionary holiday spending are not going to this year, that means people are going to have to tighten their belts this holiday, and that is when the game industry normally butters its bread with its most anticipated titles.

This may be because the game needs a little more time in the oven, but I mostly think its because they want to hold release until this thing blows over so they have a better chance at making a successful launch.
6 Aug 2009 ~ 3:37pm CB

Cliff_Forster wrote:

This may be because the game needs a little more time in the oven, but I mostly think its because they want to hold release until this thing blows over so they have a better chance at making a successful launch.

So, you think they're looking at a 2018 launch, then?
6 Aug 2009 ~ 4:10pm Cliff_Forster CB,

Lets us all hope not. Plenty of prominent holiday 2009 titles are being pushed out though. Trick with a hit game, is you only have a narrow window to command that full premium in the current market, so why blow it in a down market? Especially when the competitive stakes will be high at that point in the year.

New Starcraft, Bioshock, Max Payne, Splinter Cell all being pushed back, and that is just the tip of the iceberg.

What may be encouraging is the expectation that allot of AAA titles that we may not have played might hit that budget title shelf just in time for the holiday. I think that is the strategy they are going to employ this year with a few sure fire hit exceptions to the rule (Modern Warfare 2 anyone?).
7 Aug 2009 ~ 5:53pm Zuntar my comment still stands then.
7 Aug 2009 ~ 8:19pm GnomeWizardd Well went to gamestop got my preorder money back and ent to starbucks and got a Crap load of coffee!!!!!!
7 Aug 2009 ~ 11:16pm Koreish Just to add to the list of games being pushed back. Dragon Age: Origins was just pushed back until November.
10 Aug 2009 ~ 12:15pm Rexxar Meh hopefully when they mean delayed they will put extra stuff in there. Or they are just being lazy : /
10 Aug 2009 ~ 3:30pm ardichoke Feh.... they can release it whenever they want. Unless they restore LAN play I'm not going to buy the damn thing.
10 Aug 2009 ~ 3:34pm GnomeWizardd Hitler is right on this one
10 Aug 2009 ~ 3:37pm Thrax Godwin's Law again.
10 Aug 2009 ~ 3:43pm GnomeWizardd Hey I didnt post it first! lol Revv did! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHA71B_wbXY