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Claim: StarCraft 2 at May 19th
Claim: StarCraft 2 at May 19th
A new South Korean source claims that, according to a leak, Blizzard will be announcing StarCraft 2 at the World Wide Invitational, on the 19th of May 2007.
According to a post at Thisisgame.com, Blizzard will announce the sequel for StarCraft in the home land of StarCraft: South Korea. The World Wide Invitational (WWI) is a Blizzard event where top gamers are invited to play Blizzard's games, and that's where the announcement is claimed to be.
Blizzard's strategy for announcing new games have traditionally been by surprising the crowd at one of the major game events. According to Thisisgame, over 100 international media partners have been invited to the World Wide Invitational, and to the possible announcement of a sequel.
Here's the English version, freely translated, of the original source at Thisisgame.com:
Starcraft 2 will be announced to the public on May 19th at the Blizzard Worldwide Invitation (WWI).
On April 25th, according to the game company Blizzard Korea Entertainment, it is confirmed that they will announce Starcraft 2 demonstrating it with both videos and images. Furthermore, the developers of Starcraft 2 will be there, and have time to answer the questions.
Starcraft 2 is being developed in 3D and there will be new race and some specific changes to remaining races. Details of only minor parts will be released at WWI.
Blizzard invited more than a hundred of broadcasting teams from around the world for this announcement. Prior to this very secret moment on May 19th, they will not release any information.
However, from the people who previously worked with Blizzard, there is trusted word about this information. A person who recently retired from Blizzard said there is development of Starcraft 2 and there will be an announcement.
The chairman of Blizzard Korea said “we cannot answer anything about Starcraft 2, we will have a new game on 19th so please come and find out”. He refused to answer if new game is Starcraft 2.
The shout caster “Um Jae Kyung” said “I expect it to be very balanced but have concerns regarding E-Sports, but I doubt there will be changes about E-sports in regards to Starcraft I. However, there will be most likely be another league for Starcraft II and e-sports will be much bigger. Since I’m one of the gamers, I’m very excited about this”.
The 3rd WWI will be on May 19th ~ 20th in Seoul, and it seems there will be a lot taking place.
No smoke without a fire
Whether or not these claims are true will be difficult to confirm because of the nature of the source (anonymous leak). Over the years there have been much said about the sequel - Blizzard has repeatedly mentioned that they have always been interested in "revisiting the StarCraft world". However, only recently has there been an increasing number of leaks regarding Starcraft 2, all hinting that it is indeed coming out soon. Here's the recent history:
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| Thisisgame.com - Source |
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| Posted by: | Jonatan "Mazor" Littke | |
| Date: | 2 years ago | |
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| woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow #1 :D |
| translation here: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage .php?topic_id=52433 |
| starcraft is gonna die ... for me T_t sad day for true fans |
| Will it die or will it grow? Who knows. So mixed on this since it seems to finally be happening, a decade later. When it finally comes out my children will have a sweet game to play :) |
| one more SC2 promise?! ;P |
| yeaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALELUYA :D |
| prolly first koreans has to wait before they can buy it on the market then we have to wait for the date of announcing in the whole non korean countrys so I guess next year we can play it with a 50 % rate^^ |
| NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! after allmoste 9 years this day come...i cant bilive...my only game i ever love to play...will die ????????????????? HELPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!! BLIZARD DIE !!! |
| OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG SC2!!!!! but deep down inside I really hope its just another expansion. |
| LoL... Guys download a life... Btw.. yey sc2^^! And until I see it, I dont belive it... |
| OMG YES YES YESYE S!!!! THIS IS SOMETHING I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR!!! Ill play it through and then come back to sc 1. ...or not |
| #10 it's not a game nor life it's a hobby ! I HATE when i cant share passion for my hobby with others .... |
| ah... |
| Me too... I feel so sad if SC die. You know what, I played it when I was a college students, I graduate and keep playing... becoming a lecturer, still play Until now, I almost become professor and I still watching replay. Sometime play for fun 2 or 3 game @ Battle.net. So guy, it is life. come and go Thanks all guy here, nice 4rum. ggggggggggggggggggg SC |
| i wonder what the freakin system requirements are gona be O_0 i hope my comp will be able to run it..... lol |
| gogo Starcraft2! |
| I can't believe you people, SC 2 would be a GOOD thing, not a bad thing. |
| for fans of a strategical game, you guys are incredibly narrow-minded. sc2 will most likely mean a bigger community and more opportunities I'm looking forward to the day sc2 comes out and considering the amount of sc2 news lately, I'm sure they will announce it in the near future. |
| 3d will be suck +_O |
| Hopefully its not "full 3d", but rather a 2d/3d-esque game, I don't know how to explain that.. but yea.. |
| we don't need you sc2 |
| "for fans of a strategical game, you guys are incredibly narrow-minded. sc2 will most likely mean a bigger community and more opportunities I'm looking forward to the day sc2 comes out and considering the amount of sc2 news lately, I'm sure they will announce it in the near future." yeah sc will finally not be excluded from todays larger esports communities and events. it opens up a lot of new opportunities. |
| "No smoke without a fire" Dry Ice ftw. |
| MAN..!! NO NEW RACE NO 3D JUST EXPANSION!!!!!!! MAAAAAAN!!! When a new race comes and old units with modifications it makes the SC2 imbalanced for 2-3 years just like wc3 and tft. 3D SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! |
| 3D and control units? it's sux.Look at Warcraft III ;o |
| I'm just so scared! X_X Sooooooo scaaareed. I don't think blizzard still got it. I hope they got true SC players who know a lot of the game on the blizzard manuscripting, private beta testing and programming so they don't do anything stupid like WC3 but scifi and call it Starcraft2. |
| <3 SC, will never die =þ & SC2 it's like a reborn for the best game in the Universe... (=O ^.^)=O |
| "Dry Ice ftw." R O F L |
| StarCraft 2 should be developed solely by Blizzard Korea. End of Story. |
| my experience with blizzard, most leaks inside Blizz, atleast inside WoW section are true. So I assume ppl have to prepare for SC2 is actually incoming. |
| How can u say that SC2 will suck? Its not like blizzard ever made a shitty game, infact all their games are top quality. |
| hmm im not worried about sc2 im worried about the 3d part ;p |
| Seriously, 3D? Way to fuck things up Blizzard. |
| And I don't want this game to die due to a shitty 3D follow up :( |
| On my birthday. gg ;) |
| Only good thing in sc2 will be 4th race...everything else will be shit..:((( |
| no matter what you say we're all expecting sc2 in one way or another. |
| cool |
| who want sc2? nobody? kk sc2 = dead of sc :\ |
| I will be pro in SC2, or at least I will learn the keys of my race. |
| SC2 will not do well imo. SC doesnt require anything demaning from a computer rly.... SC2 with technology these days... will have high demands on the computer and i speak for some when i say that i dont have that great of a comp and will probly not be able to install sc2. Personally i think SC will die, and SC2 will have a short stint and thats about it. Im not looking forward to SC2 =(. |
| i want sc2 ok? |
| sc2 3Dsux my comp rulaz only i can play sc so i wont play sc2 ;) |
| omg new race, omg 3D , might aswell start playing WC3 and get good there and ill get pro when SC2 comes out ffs |
| #41. Paul it's about time to throw that 486mhz pc your dad bought you 10 years ago |
| :( in 3D... i hate WC3 and WoW cuz of that :( too bad |
| It depends if there will be as much micro / gameplay /strategy within sc2 as there is in sc. If they make it too easy to play with no macro at all.. or with some shitty zoom i think we might aswell all go out and have a life. |
| thank god i just bought new comp with kick ass hardware, phew ^^ |
| its funny how all ppl care about is "the new shit" or the most "updated" shit..or "modern"..in the other article i made a few points about this shit but u still got airheads who dont understand it...again i will say how can u make a sequel to a neverending game thats already perfectly balanced..and to all you ppl saying it will bring all these new things to the sc community..it will bring all those things u want to the sc'2' community..which dont count after all that starcraft has accomplished..who cares if the game is fuckin 10 yrs old or not ppl still play it for a reason..so if u guys want these new graphics and 3d and all this modernized dumb shit that will change everything about sc as we know it...go play warcraft..but leave starcraft alone to the true brood warrers |
| nice :D |
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