Starcraft 2: A 2009 Release Schedule
- Scribbled on September 4th, 2008 by Derrick Schommer
- Filed in Mac, PC, Release Date(s), Strategy
If you thought you’d be getting a release of Starcraft 2 for the holiday of 2008 you’ll be upset at the news. The heavily awaited RTS title Starcraft 2 will be arriving sometime in 2009. The original title arrived in 1998 but we’re not going to see the first sequel until sometime next year, amazing people even remember the game after eleven years, right?
Activision Blizzard hardly makes a game we’d forget. The reason we all have fond memories of Starcraft, Warcraft and Diablo is due to the craftsmanship that goes into the game titles (and a bit of the marketing). The developers take their time to hand craft and test a solid product, which is reason alone to see a release next year rather than in this one.
“Next year’s offerings from Activision Blizzard should include highly anticipated PC strategy title StarCraft II, the sequel to one of the world’s most enduringly popular games.”
It won’t make the 2008 holiday schedule, making us wonder if it’s a 2009 holiday schedule. Although Activision Blizzard doesn’t need to time their games for the biggest sales seasons it doesn’t hurt to push the title out when gamers are actively looking for new blockbusters.
Personally, we’d love to see a Spring/Summer release time frame to give us something to fill the void, but we’re sure Activision’s marketing team has plans revolving around money than a few gamers personal preferences. Regardless to the launch time we’re at least privvy to the knowledge that it’s coming next year.
(Thanks, Starcraftwire.com. Originally posted at Gaming Podcast.)
September 5th, 2008 at 5:07 am
Thanks for the link! =) I think you probably meant:
“Thanks Gaming Podcast. Originally posted on StarCraftWire.net”
September 5th, 2008 at 11:53 am
No, we thank the original source (for the quote). Normally, there would just be a (Thanks, [source].) But since Derrick wrote this article at Gaming Podcast, we add it was initially posted there before we reprinted it here.