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StarCraft II Beta To Begin This Month

Posted by Soulskill on from the zerg-inc dept.

mrxak writes "It's official; Activision Blizzard's much-anticipated sequel to 12-year-old StarCraft is going to enter closed beta 'this month,' according to company President Mike Morhaime during an investor conference call. This comes in the wake of the SC2 beta forums showing up briefly on Battle.net. If you've got a Battle.net account, it's probably not too late to opt-in for upcoming Blizzard beta tests."

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  1. Re:This beta should be...fun? by tepples · · Score: 0, Redundant

    PC games are losing ground to consoles because the fucking game manufacturers keep trying to turn the PC into a console.

    Turning PCs into consoles? That won't happen easily in the RTS genre because the controls are so different.

    But in other genres, let me know when multiplayer PC games designed for use with a single PC and HDTV become common, and I'll agree with you. But right now, they appear to be limited to Serious Sam, Left 4 Dead, and EA Sports.

  2. DIABLO!?!?!?! by alta · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Yeah, I enjoyed starcraft. It was fun, yes... I could kick my coworkers asses. Blah Blah...

    But I preferred diablo. So where's Diablo 3? Wasn't it announced first? Wasn't it started first? Anyone got sales numbers on their games? I guess they expect to make more $$ out of Starcraft, but I can't wait for D3.

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