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StarCraft II Closed Beta Begins
Blizzard announced today that the multiplayer beta test for StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is now underway. The client downloader is available through Battle.net for people who have received invites, and the system requirements have been posted as well. A list of known issues is up on the official forums. StarCraft II and the revamped Battle.net are planned for release "in the first half of 2010."
No Mac version yet, unfortunately. Both Mac and PC versions are going to be released together on the same media, but no word yet if Mac users will get to play with the beta.
Nope. Announced Dates:
StarCraft II - May 19, 2007
Diablo 3 - June 28, 2008
Although, it would not be inconceivable for Blizzard to have done that. They are all about taking as much time as it takes to get things done and have never shied away from pushing a title or patch back in order to ensure it was as polished as possible. This is why all of their games kick ass and kill Koreans imo. They go for quality over cutting content for a early release (KOTR2) or a pretty release date (Hellgate).
Nice the disclaimer at the end is bigger than the article.
Article == 338 words
Identifier == 88 words
Disclaimer == 393 words
So if nothing happens in the end they are coverd.
Post 6: Just in case any of us want to create some videos for YouTube ... may we share any replays?
Zhydaris: There will be no NDA.
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Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking.
1. No, this has been answered plenty of times. Blizzard obviously has no interest in catering to the small percentage of the population that wants to play multiplayer with no internet connection.
2. I would imagine that the answer is yes, though that is just my speculation. This game has been in development for a while, with what is sure to be quite an impressive team. Further, even the relatively resource light WoW supports multi-core execution. Blizzard would have to try quite hard to fail this criteria.
Nice to know my trusty old 3.0Ghz P4 with 1GB RAM and an NVidia GeForce 6800GT is still available for friends who can't bring their box to Starcraft LANs! Well, assuming Blizzard allows it.
"A witty saying proves nothing." - Voltaire
In order to sign up for possible beta access, you have to download a program that sends your system specs to your battle.net account. The system test application for Windows worked without issue in Wine, allowing me to upload my specs and be considered for beta access.
Howdy. Bit self-promotional... but.. Read my blog. It is the best StarCraft Blog on the web. :)
I am in the beta, all the info that was published this month (including the massive SC2 Beta FAQ) is there, system requirements, screenshots, and will soon be posting replays/videos. Currently 500 users online, so I can handle bit of slashdotting
Cheers.
My Starcraft 2 Blog
I'm not upset that they're being up front about it, I'm upset that they're doing it at all.
See, instead of selling me "Starcraft II", they're selling me "Starcraft II, Terran Campaign" and pretending it's a full sequel to the original.
The reality is, to get the full sequel to the original, I'm going to have to buy three games.
Between that and the lack of real LAN play, they can count me as a lost customer.
They're separate stories and most likely priced as expansions too.
They have given no indication the second and third games will be priced as expansions. In fact, given their claims about campaign lengths, they're indicating that they will be priced as full games, not as expansions.
Not if you want to fire it up... with Terrans, it's Supply Depots.
I was about to ask why I got modded Troll, and then I realized that it was probably just someone modding me "-1 Disagree".
Note to moderators: You may like Starcraft 2. Heck, I'm sure I would like Starcraft 2. But I'm willing to forgo its potential awesomeness, because Blizzard has made some choices with which I strongly disagree. This is called "voting with your wallet", and I am in no way saying you're wrong for buying the game; I'm simply saying I'm upset about it. This isn't trolling, it's simply an explanation of why I won't be buying the game.
Maybe I missed it, but where does Blizzard say that you must play on Battle.Net?
StarCraft 2 ships with single-player campaigns, just like the first one did. And I haven't heard anything that says you cannot play games againt the computer.
What I *have* heard is that, during the beta, they are only focusing on player vs player games. And these, of course, require Battle.net. But I don't believe this applies to what will actually be shipping.
-David
It would be "date(s)" because they plan to release SC2 as a series of three separate games, each one containing one species' campaign. They did this because (a) they wanted to tell more story for each species than would fit in 8-10 missions, and (b) that way the mattress made of money that BlizzVendiVision collectively curls up on every night can be three times as thick and comfy.
Rampant carbon sequestration destroyed the Dinosaurs' tropical paradise. I'm here to help repair the damage.
Mescaline is a psychedelic stimulant with subjective effects similar to LSD, magic mushrooms, and MDMA. To wit: morphing colors, compassion and understanding, creative thoughts. Pretty much the exact opposite of belligerence.
I think you might have mescaline confused with destructive drugs, like alcohol and/or PCP.