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Starcraft - Ghost Delayed Until 2004

Posted by simoniker on Friday May 23, 2003 @05:02PM from the ghost-not-yet-the-most dept.

Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to the announcement on the official Blizzard website that "..we have decided to extend our StarCraft: Ghost development schedule." The tactical-action game being developed by Nihilistic for all 3 major consoles will now come out in 2004, and the official site at Blizzard has more details, including a number of new E3 previews.

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Blizzards choice by suineg · 2003-05-23 20:37 · Score: 3, Insightful

This may not be a surprised but you have to admit that when they do release games most likely they are well made. I commend them for taking their time. They are taking a very popular RTS and making it an FPS this is not something to screw up and something they should take their time doing.

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Is it just me... by der_joachim · 2003-05-23 20:48 · Score: 4, Insightful

... or is Blizzard past its prime? These days, all they seem to do is make sequels to popular games in the 1995-1997 era (Starcraft, Warcraft, even Diablo). Release dates are notoriously postponed (WC3, SC-G). Granted, some games are still popular, even three years after their release dates (Diablo II).

Don't get me wrong: most Blizzard Games I played were very good. Occasionally, I still play Diablo II (although it looks like shit on 1024x768). I just wonder how long Blizzard can go on building upon previous succeses.

der Joachim

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