Starcraft - Ghost Delayed Until 2004

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.

Comments

Blizzard delaying a game? Not possible.

[cgenman]

See sarcastic subject line.

I admire Blizzard's dedication to making games highly polished and playable before release. But never, ever expect them to hit a ship date, even if it is next week.

I've always thought they should write their release date in an automatically self-incrementing javascript. It would save them some trouble, so that they could spend more time focusing on finishing.

Surprise surprise...

[Frac]

When was the last time Blizzard actually hit a ship date they initially promised?

Unless they promise "when it's done - but definitely before Duke Nukem Forever".

THEN I'll believe it.

Blizzards choice

[suineg]

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.

Is it just me...

[der_joachim]

... 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