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Blizzard Announces New Starcraft Game

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the rolling-forth-the-juggernaut-of-hype dept.

About a zillion readers wrote in to tell us about all the commotion over at the Blizzard site. Following a countdown, they've announced the latest Starcraft game, Starcraft: Ghost. Note that this game will be console-only, and the FAQ is very adamant that this is not a Starcraft 2.

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  1. What week is this? by fo0bar · · Score: 3, Funny

    I forget, do we like or despise Blizzard this week?

  2. can't wait... by ashot · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll make sure to tell my grandkids..

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  3. Release Date by Disevidence · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Starcraft Ghost will be out late 2003"

    So we can expect it sometime in 2006.

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  4. A zillion readers?? by Kappelmeister · · Score: 4, Funny

    About a zillion readers wrote in to tell us

    Whoa! Karma inflation!

    I knew I should have gotten in on the ground level. Tomorrow my Excellent is going to be Can't Buy A Stick of Gum No More (mostly affected by moderation done to your comments)

  5. zerg by StandardDeviant · · Score: 5, Funny

    so in this case if the site gets terminally slashdotted, is it a zerg rush?

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    1. Re:zerg by huntz0r · · Score: 4, Funny

      Slashdot: News for Zergs. Stuff that matters.

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  6. Starcraft: Ghost by sielwolf · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sounds all very... Metal Gear Solid. Hmmm. I've never been a big fan of Starcraft (but most RTS's don't put wind in my sail).

    And now Blizzard is going to go from their gold standard (the RTS) into unfriendly waters (the Tactical Sim)? Of course they can never go long with this dialogue:

    Ghost: "The truck have started to move!"
    Templar: "I feel asleep!"

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  7. Re:Bleh by autocracy · · Score: 3, Funny
    *Fires up WarCraft III on his laptop*

    Yeah, you're right - it's all gone to the consoles. Nothing left for us PC people anymore - even Blizzard has dumped us in abandon. Alright, back to the latest edition of WarCraft.

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  8. Re:Blizzard will pay. by foobar104 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Rest assured I was on the internet within minutes registering my disgust throughout the world."
    -- Comic Book Guy

  9. Re:Damn it! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    He probably didn't do a [ /sarcasm ] tag because that tag is gay.

  10. You know you've been using computers for too long by da+cog · · Score: 5, Funny

    when you see "Console Only" and think "COOL! Finally, ASCII art is making a come back!"

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  11. Re:Blizzard will pay. by cvas · · Score: 3, Funny
    They just gave a slap in the face to StarCraft fans, adding insult to injury

    Are you listening to yourself? It's a GAME. I consider myself a hardcore gamer but damn, lay off the Dew.

    Your post screams "I'm in my parent's basement!" like no other before it.
  12. It's a shame, really. by Inoshiro · · Score: 4, Funny

    You could've made +5 if you'd said:
    "Slashdot: News for Zergs. Stuff that mutates."

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  13. somethingawful.com by naChoZ · · Score: 3, Funny
    Does anyone follow this site?

    They poked fun at Blizzard a few months ago.

    Excerpt:

    Warcraft I: Play as humans fighting the Orcs, or fight as Orcs playing the humans, or as a human playing the humans playing the Orcs fighting the humans. Either way it will just end up with you building a really long highway until your serial connection gets yanked out by your college roommate's ugly girlfriend.
    Diablo I: Point and click your way through a world full of monsters... monsters that want to KILL YOU but you must KILL THEM FIRST! Although your character's strength, intelligence, and dexterity stats will increase based on the number of times you repeatedly smash the left mouse button, you will personally experience a decrease in your own strength, intelligence, and hygiene stats based on the number of hours you play.
    Starcraft: It's not at all like Warcraft in space! It's something different! For example, can you perform peon rushes in Warcraft? Yeah, that's what I thought! Also there are no trees or lumber to harvest in space because that would just be silly. Make sure you have a lot of Space Supply Barns because the only way to colonize small square sections of the galaxy is by constructing countless Space Supply Barns. In addition to playing as humans, you can either choose to play as the Zerg (gross aliens) or the Protoss (Egyptian poop-shaped guys who somehow launched themselves into space).
    Warcraft II: This game is completely different from Warcraft I, except in the regard that it is exactly the same (without the road-building part). I think maybe the trees and goldmines look more realistic, but I don't remember. Oh, and there are turtle submarines.
    Diablo II: Point and click your way through a world full of NEW monsters... NEW monsters that want to KILL YOU but you must KILL THEM FIRST! There are also a bunch of new character classes such as the Amazon, Barbarian, Necromancer, Neuromancer, Hamstermancer, and Haberdasher.
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