StarCraft II delayed to 2010

Posted by RayPharma on 08 5th, 2009

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In an official press release, Blizzard announced today that StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty , the first installment of the Starcraft II trilogy, previously indicated to be released in the last quarter of this year, is delayed to the first half of 2010. The release cited the massive amount of work necessary to overhaul Blizzard’s online matchmaking service, Battle.net , as the main culprit for the delay. Since the new BNet will be part of every new Blizzard game from here on in — including World of Warcraft , as players with BNet accounts have seen — it’s vital that the service be working properly before the game’s release. StarCraft II was never officially dated — only an on-the-sly indication — and multiple financial sites have reported the now-official release date as the first half of 2010 following this announcement and Activision-Blizzard’s quarterly financial report. What does this mean for the WoW player? Well, it means that if you were expecting the focus of BlizzCon , or one of the focuses of BlizzCon, to be a StarCraft II release date, you’d be incorrect. Gives you pause when you consider what else they could be announcing instead, eh? Filed under: Blizzard , News items StarCraft II delayed to 2010 originally appeared on WoW.com on Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink