StarCraft II officially dated

Bobby Miller 3 May, 2010 at 5:19pm ET Article published in Gaming

The highly anticipated sequel to one of real time strategy’s finest showcases, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, has been given an official release date by Blizzard Entertainment. The game, which was a questionable release for this year, has been officially slated for launch on July 27th, 2010. Players will be able to purchase the game directly from Blizzard Entertainment following the retail launch.

The release is near-worldwide. Blizzard stated that the game will see release on July 27th in multiple countries. Those countries include the United States, Canada, Europe, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Mexico, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, and the regions of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.

Blizzard Entertainment’s CEO and co-founder, Mike Morhaime, had this to say of the pending release:

“We’ve been looking forward to revisiting the StarCraft universe for many years, and we’re excited that the time for that is almost here. Thanks to our beta testers, we’re making great progress on the final stages of development, and we’ll be ready to welcome players all over the world to StarCraft II and the new Battle.net® in just a few months.”

Prepare yourselves for war, because the Zerg rushes begin in just two short months. You can pre-order both the Collector’s Edition and standard versions now at Amazon.

Comments

3 May 2010 ~ 5:26pm Winfrey WHEEEEE!!!

Too bad it won't be out in time for EPIC 2010, maybe if enough of us got beta keys...
3 May 2010 ~ 5:37pm Colgere Just a couple small errors in that article, I took the liberty of making the necessary corrections.

The highly anticipated sequel to <S>one of</S> the most beloved RTS of all time, StarCraft II Wings of Liberty, has been given an official release date by Blizzard Entertainment.
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The highly anticipated sequel to <S>one of</S> real time strategyâ€™s finest showcase, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, has been given an official release date by Blizzard Entertainment. The game, which was a questionable release for this year, has been officially slated for launch on July 27th, 2010. Players will be able to purchase the game directly from Blizzard Entertainment following the retail launch.
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Blizzard Entertainmentâ€™s CEO and co-founder, Mike Morhaime, had this to say of the pending release:

<O:pâ€œWeâ€™ve been looking forward to revisiting the StarCraft universe for many years, and weâ€™re excited that the time for that is almost here. Thanks to our beta testers, weâ€™re making great progress on the final stages of development, and weâ€™ll be ready to welcome players all over the world to StarCraft II and the new Battle.netÂ® in just a few months.

Prepare yourselves for war, because the Zerg rushes begin in just two short months.

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3 May 2010 ~ 5:41pm Linc That's not the release date, that's when Operation CWAL 2 commences.
3 May 2010 ~ 5:44pm Colgere Guess what new tournament will be taking place next year at EPIC....
3 May 2010 ~ 6:48pm Anthony sweet! i've been waiting for this game FOREVER! About time I can finally use those new Protoss Collosus to destroy the swarm...
4 May 2010 ~ 1:07am Tim We'll have to make a friends list, and those who don't like my posts and opinions can get me in the game!
4 May 2010 ~ 11:31am pigflipper

Tim wrote:

We'll have to make a friends list, and those who don't like my posts and opinions can get me in the game!

Here you go, Little Troll, have a troll snack!
5 May 2010 ~ 5:35am Tim I was just thinking, in the next 3 months, Blizzard is going to have to burn MILLIONS of SC2 DVDs, probably 8-10 million, and have them already to go, so development will probably end in the next month or so to have a final release version ready. Then they can start working on patches.