Starcraft 2 confirmed?

Source: An eagle-eyed GameSpot News reader. (Keep the tips coming, kids!)

The official story: It's no secret that this weekend, Blizzard Entertainment will reveal a new game. Last month, the developer-publisher took a break from counting its massive World of Warcraft revenue to reveal it would be making a major announcement at the forthcoming Blizzard World Wide Invitational (WWI) event in Seoul, South Korea.

Given the massive popularity of Starcraft in Korea, the announcement's venue led many to believe that the unnamed game would be a sequel to the real-time strategy title. Others felt that, given the fact that Blizzard is hiring developers for a next-generation massively multiplayer online project, the new game might actually be an MMOG based on Starcraft, along the lines of a major game site's 2006 prank announcement of World of Starcraft. (Ahem.)

On Monday, the Irvine, California-based developer-publisher began a teaser countdown on its Web site, Blizzard.com, showcasing its biggest games from the past 13 years. A timeline on the bottom of the site begins with the company's 1994 debut Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, and ends with a gigantic question mark, which sources close to Blizzard told GameSpot would be a "massive surprise."

However, said surprise's impact looks set to be diminished somewhat. That's because a countdown identical to the one running on Blizzard.com is also running on Starcraft2.com. The page also bears the imprimatur of Blizzard Entertainment, and is registered to the company, according to a Network Solutions WHOIS search. Though Blizzard has owned Starcraft2.com since 2003, the fact the site is now actively promoting a game--and not merely redirecting to Blizzard.com--is indicative of something in the offing.

What we heard: Blizzard had not returned requests for comment as of press time, which is not entirely surprising, given that much of its PR department is currently badgering flight attendants for cocktails in transit to Korea. However, a search of other potential game titles doesn't turn up any more sites officially registered to Blizzard. Diablo3.com and Worldofstarcraft.com are fan pages, and Starcraftmmo.com and Warcraft4.com are both owned by cybersquatters.

Bogus or not bogus?: Blizzard has been characteristically tight-lipped about its forthcoming announcement, expected Saturday. However, it is looking more and more likely that it will be Starcraft-related.

379 Comments

  • zachman1234

    Posted Jan 2, 2009 3:45 am PT

    thers a diablo 3 in the works to fo you go to thyr site

  • zachman1234

    Posted Jan 2, 2009 3:43 am PT

    i herd the relece date is febuary 2nd 2009

  • MJwater

    Posted Jun 4, 2007 3:17 pm PT

    starcraft 2would be great ,amazing news

  • Grim062000

    Posted May 21, 2007 7:49 pm PT

    Well, I was hoping for Diablo 3

  • saggo

    Posted May 21, 2007 10:17 am PT

    ups wrong url.. it was http://www.starcraftnews.com

  • saggo

    Posted May 21, 2007 10:16 am PT

    Haha totally nice.. i also found really good videos and information at http://www.starcraftnews.com Starcraft 2 News

  • cytheh

    Posted May 19, 2007 5:09 pm PT

    2008 is 10 year anniversary of sc so it should be a sc game

  • bastek89

    Posted May 19, 2007 6:01 am PT

    Official trailer (good quality):
    http://vplanet.pl/filmy/Animacje/548

    And oficial screens:
    http://vplanet.pl/szukaj/?szukaj=starcraft+2&search=+&kategoria=galeria

  • jordasher2002

    Posted May 19, 2007 12:13 am PT

    I was a pretty big fan of StarCraft so I hope its StarCraft sequel they are talking about. Diablo was wicked awesome aswell but I believe Diablo 2 is where it ends cause World Of WarCraft is basically a large scale version of Diablo only its based on the WarCraft universe. I honestly hope its not going to be World Of StarCraft because first of all StarCraft was one of the most amazing Strategy (RTS) games ever, thats just what it is, its a strategy game I don't really know how to elaborate on that, but I think you know what i'm trying to say. Second I don't see how different they can make it when comparing it to World Of WarCraft anyway. World Of WarCraft has got everything you could possibly imagine in an MMO game. the only difference would probably be a whole library of new Textures and updated graphics which would be cool... for a while, but knowing Blizzard it just doesn't seem like the best idea for them. unless they decide to do something drasticaly different and unique, I think its best they stick with the RTS style of gameplay we all know and hopefully add something super cool to it, which I know would probably be pretty hard considering how far we have come and running low on new inovative ideas. I have faith in Blizzard with whatever decision they make, but dang it must be hard work, know wonder it takes them so long to perfect a game. Hey wait a minute I just thought of something. If it is indeed World Of StarCraft, ("I hope blizzard reads this" ) a really cool addition to this new MMOG would be the fact that in the StarCraft universe you can travel into space. Now that alone opens doors to new grounds doesn't it. Owning a space ship, traveling to other planets, space stations, space battles and possibly owning your own Citadel, all this including what we saw in World Of WarCraft. This could be big, this could be very big, and I could be dreaming, but they do say dreams can come true haha.
    In this case I think I change my mind I'd like to see a Star Wars MMOG done right. FANTASTIC YA.

  • Bricom40

    Posted May 18, 2007 11:18 pm PT

    bout time! i cant wait for another blizzard RTS

  • japuks

    Posted May 18, 2007 8:28 pm PT

    I really hope this isn't another thing for warcraft! Let's see some Starcraft! They released patch v1.15 recently. Could this possibly be something to hype the people to play starcraft again?

  • dta2us

    Posted May 18, 2007 4:54 pm PT

    As long as its Starcraft related, Blizzard can have my next 3 paychecks for all I care. I just want some new Starcraft.

  • V-Nine

    Posted May 18, 2007 11:01 am PT

    I wonder about Starcraf Ghost. Where the heck is it...or did I miss it by a long shot?

  • teh_leeto

    Posted May 18, 2007 6:28 am PT

    if starcraft 2 is what is revealed and the game ends up sucking, there will be a riot at my school ( ithink around 33% or more of the students are korean, and many of them and other kids play starcraft. NOTE: i dont live in korea)

  • iamgian

    Posted May 18, 2007 1:19 am PT

    DO IT DO IT DO IT!!!!

  • PaoloPiedad

    Posted May 17, 2007 11:57 pm PT

    It's gonna start tomorrow. The Blizzard World Wide Invitational. Oh, and a little conspiracy trivia for all you Blizzard fans. Starcraft, heavily plagiarizes Warhammer 40,000. Warcraft, somewhat copies (The Orcs most obviously)Warhammer. I'm not trying to offend, I like Blizzard games, but I thought I should inform those who didn't know. Anyways, let's hope for the best.

  • UltimateCloud5

    Posted May 17, 2007 10:38 pm PT

    agreed star craft two will be awesome. just as long as they dont do something stupid and go beyond that.

  • GabuEx Site moderator

    Posted May 17, 2007 9:37 pm PT

    Blizzard: "We announce that we are working on... WORLD OF WARCRAFT 2 LOL STARCRAFT FANS = PUNK'D"

    Seriously though, if it's Starcraft 2, my life will officially be complete. I have been waiting so long for Starcraft 2.

  • UltimateCloud5

    Posted May 17, 2007 9:14 pm PT

    Star Craft the original was a great game, played it for years and still play it from time to time... only thing i dont want to see is them make another crap MMO like WOW out of SC. if they do it will be yet another disappointment. trying to make a game from RTS to MMORPG is just stupid and yes its working but only cuz there are a lot of people out there dazzled by graphics and something simple to play... i stand by games such as Everquest and Final Fantasy XI along with EVE-Online. games which are sucky like WOW... in my humble opinion its not a game worthy of the title mmorpg. casual gamers play it and some hardcore ones just not up to the challenge of better MMORPGS. having said that i know not everyone has time to look for groups in EQ, ffXI but if you want to be hardcore you gotta play the hardcore games with challenge. not a piece of crap like WOW... I KNOW not everyone will agree with me but thats ok, thats what opinions are. not everyone agrees. i want to leave you all with something to think about it...

    Marketing, it it wasnt for it im willing to bet not nearly as many people would be playing it. as well as Xbox 360 which claims to be better then ps3 which it is not. its all about marketing my friends. if it wasnt for marketing and a few other things we wouldnt all be using windows right now. probably be using linux or even mac osx. dont be a slave to marketing and brainwashing people think for yourselves. open your eyes and your mouth ask questions and let your likes dictate what you buy. thank you

    your humble friend UltimateCloud

  • MattyMaggs

    Posted May 17, 2007 6:59 pm PT

    sfenty

    "I'm not a PC gamer anymore so until thinking about StarCraft 2, I didn't thik any game would make me upgrade my 5 year old PC, but SC2 will. StarCraft, if it lives up to what SC1 was is worth becoming a PC gamer again."

    --------------------------

    I couldn't agree more.

  • PDM999

    Posted May 17, 2007 3:36 pm PT

    Uh, look a little closer. Starcraft2.com just redirects to Blizzard.com, same as it always has. Blizzard.com has the splash page. As does every game site owned by Blizzard. If Starcraft2.com hadn't existed before now, THEN it would be an indicator. The fact that its been around for a few years simply means they're covering all their bases by having it redirect to the splash screen like everything else. Thoroughness is not an indicator of future development :b Could it be Starcraft 2? Sure. Is this proof? Not in the slightest.

  • edhc44

    Posted May 17, 2007 2:46 pm PT

    At this rate, if it isn't SC-related, it will me a major disappointment to almost everyone.

  • Biomatt77

    Posted May 17, 2007 2:24 pm PT

    StarCraft 2 would be cool. Unfortunatey www.starcraft2.com is still a redirect to Blizzard.com. Saying it's running on both pages is not completely true.

  • Destructort1st

    Posted May 17, 2007 1:16 pm PT

    What if it's just a starcraft rpg not a mmo one but just an rpg or maybe it will be a prequel to the starcraft games who knows? Blizzard dose...

  • JEEBUS_BOGONDO

    Posted May 17, 2007 12:25 pm PT

    it looks like blizzard will take back the throne as the king of real time strategy. All hail Blizzard!! Long live the King!

  • darksamurai3000

    Posted May 17, 2007 12:01 pm PT

    yeah finally a starcraft 2

  • Dwbot

    Posted May 17, 2007 11:00 am PT

    hopefully its not starcraft ghost. That game had to of been a waste of money for the company. i remember putting a resrve down in like 2003 for it. I hope its starcraf 2! i will never forget the long nights of playing starcraft

  • Srinivassa

    Posted May 17, 2007 10:46 am PT

    Yeah, I don't buy the "big surprise" thing. The only thing that would be a "big surprise" is if they were announcing a brand new property. (not Diablo, not WarCraft, not StarCraft) The industry is too sequel-oriented for that to happen IMO, especially with so many people clammering for Blizzard sequels. Still, StarCraft 2 would be the best news, IMO. If they were making an MMO net to catch the people who are getting tired of WoW, (some kind of World of StarCraft, or World of Diablo, or something) that would be the worst news, but it might turn the biggest profit for Blizzard. *crosses fingers* They are in Korea, which would be the perfect place to announce SC2.

  • radiostyle

    Posted May 17, 2007 10:25 am PT

    maybe they're making starcraft:ghost again and it would be FPS game like a Natural Selection which is MOD of Half-Life.
    just kidding.. : )

  • pos3

    Posted May 17, 2007 9:03 am PT

    Damn I hope its SC:2 I've been waiting for almost 10 yrs for this, Blizzard don't let me down.

  • Someguyinavan

    Posted May 17, 2007 8:41 am PT

    My Wc4 dreams are dead... I guess maybe when all the WoW expansions are released... Remakes of Wc and Wc2 could be cool tho since I like the lore .. Diablo 3 would be amazing but im pretty sure they are talking about StarCraft 2.. Still playing Wc3 on my computer its the only game that I play on my computer

  • abr_alex

    Posted May 17, 2007 6:17 am PT

    There is no cow level

  • relset

    Posted May 17, 2007 6:11 am PT

    I really do not like surprizes, becouse every time I waited for something great I was disappointed. I personally waiting for a Diablo 3 or a Starcraft 2 . In this topic someone mentioned that it will be a shooter....well this idea hit my mind too but I hope they will not release another boring Xtreeme grafics "need to upgrade my PC for $2000" shooter. Of course I liked Blizzard all the time becouse they made their games ru on slower PC`s and they are still very very good.
    Another thing that it`s not enough to be starcraft related...if will not be an RTS it will ruin millions of people worldwide and evryone who played Starcraft will remain to play their good old "precious"
    amlmost 99% chance is for an RTS or a completely ne genre, becouse if you admire blizzards product list you can figure somethin out:
    Warcraft 2 (RTS)
    Diablo (RPG)
    Starcraft (RTS)
    Diablo 2 (RPG)
    Warcraft 3 (RTS)
    WOW (RPG)
    ....
    Starcraft 2 (RTS)
    So they are specialized to 2 genres RPG and RTS, if they keep this list alive it will e an RTS and the only candidate here is Starcraft becouse it`s the only game without a sequel, the chance for another warcraft related game would be a bit "unintelligent" I get bored from so much warcraft
    The last candidate is a Diablo RTS that really would be a big surprize but I hope this won`t be happen.
    And one last this maybe they gonna get bored to make only RTS and RPG maybe they come out with somethin really new....like a card game )

  • bizsumpark182

    Posted May 17, 2007 5:30 am PT

    And if you go to Starcraft2.com you will see a light up question mark at the bottom right corner after all the other game titles. Man, if the do make a Starcraft MMO I will be all for it...and I guess I would finally have to start playing MMOs.

  • Woozy_Gem

    Posted May 17, 2007 5:01 am PT

    A Starcraft First-Person Shooter would be cool

  • Dontais

    Posted May 17, 2007 4:47 am PT

    Starcraft 2 *drools* or Diable 3 , All would be amazeing to hear .. and dare I say WoW2? lol

  • MacBrother

    Posted May 16, 2007 11:34 pm PT

    I really don't like it that you see Diablo 2 first. If it's Diablo 3 I will unsubscribe to WoW in protest. I love my cow level, but I need my friggin Carriers. I'm a Blizzard RTS fanboy, not a Blizard Hack n Slash fanboy.

  • oldogg

    Posted May 16, 2007 10:50 pm PT

    "especially if it offers free online gameplay (i.e. StarCraft 2). Now why would they want to release another title that will compete with their own product? And GHOST will be targeted at console gamers, so profit is maxed out"

    Because its Blizzard.... not microsoft.

  • Xouber

    Posted May 16, 2007 10:15 pm PT

    Blizzard give me a Kick ass Halo Killer FPS

  • Yan1978

    Posted May 16, 2007 10:14 pm PT

    I hope ill get to see this game before my time comes... i mean im already 28...

  • thyeshin

    Posted May 16, 2007 10:13 pm PT

    I think it's StarCraft: GHOST. They probably stopped production on GHOST because they knew that the PS3, Nintendo Wii and XBox 360 were going to get out, so the timing wasn't right. So now that all 3 platforms are out and all 3 seem to be doing pretty well, I think it only makes sense for them to revive the project.

    Releasing a StarCraft MMO or StarCraft 2 is only suicide, IMHO... They're already doing so well with WoW; the last thing they'd want to do is release another online-playable game, especially if it offers free online gameplay (i.e. StarCraft 2). Now why would they want to release another title that will compete with their own product? And GHOST will be targeted at console gamers, so profit is maxed out. Afterall, starcraft2.com is just a redirect to blizzard.com, and the look and feel of the announcement seems StarCraft-ish.

  • TurambarGS

    Posted May 16, 2007 8:55 pm PT

    I don't care if it takes four years, just knowing that they haven't forgotten PC RTS players is enough for me and as long as I know that StarCraft 2 is coming, at last, I'm happy and I'll wait for it. I'll just say again, I hate MMO's, and I hate WoW

  • McHenry2

    Posted May 16, 2007 6:51 pm PT

    man i hope its an rts.. ive been playing starcraft since i was 7 on N64 and have the computer version it has since been one of my favorite games and has a killer story

  • McHenry2

    Posted May 16, 2007 6:50 pm PT

    I AM A HUGE STARCRAFT FAN man i hope its an RTS plz plz plz plz plz plz be a starcraft 2, starcraft owns warcraft anyday

  • RaphaelDrake

    Posted May 16, 2007 5:23 pm PT

    Finally, Starcraft 2, althought, what is the next story, the Terrans and Protoss Vs Zerg. The last Episode of Starcraft Broodwar, the Zerg won the battle and the General Gerard DuGalle suicide. Thats great and i know the SC Series are the best RTS.

  • Tophery

    Posted May 16, 2007 5:11 pm PT

    Thank you jesus!

  • trickazzmark

    Posted May 16, 2007 4:35 pm PT

    a new starcraft game is long over due

  • deadkat

    Posted May 16, 2007 4:32 pm PT

    Well, I don't really care about an entirely new StarCraft.
    But I do wish that Blizzard would just improve the AI.
    I mean, admit it, the units are way too stupid sometimes.

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