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StarCraft II Delayed Until 2010
Blizzard has just announced that StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty won't be released this year. From their announcement: "Over the past couple of weeks, it has become clear that it will take longer than expected to prepare the new Battle.net for the launch of the game. The upgraded Battle.net is an integral part of the StarCraft II experience and will be an essential part of all of our games moving forward. This extra development time will be critical to help us realize our vision for the service. ... As we work to make Battle.net the premier online gaming destination, we'll also continue to polish and refine StarCraft II, and we look forward to delivering a real-time strategy gaming experience worthy of the series' legacy in the first half of 2010."
1996 called. It wants its internet back.
Doesn't seam to effect me, as I wont buy the game with out LAN.
I hope other people vote with their wallets so when they come out with Diablo 3, Blizzard will include LAN.
The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive
It is an indication, it's just not a guarantee. I do realize how pedantic that sounds, but really, we're not supposed to try to learn from history?
Ooooo a new word! pedantic -
academic: marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
Characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned
Cool word! But to answer your question, NO people are most definitely NOT suppose to learn from the past. Governments and Corporations would fail and we would live in total anarchy since there would be no one to protect us from ourselves, let alone anyone to protect the children. This is why we drink fluorinated water, to corrupt, I mean correct! our precious bodily fluids.
You CAN still have LAN parties with Starcraft 2 though, so it's NOT a (entirely) valid point. The only difference is people have to own the game to play it.
So in other words, what used to be a $50 game for four players is now a $200 game for four players. If I want to buy a $200 video game, I'll buy Rock Band or something. Even games on the lowly DS tend to have at least some capacity for spawn installations.