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Rumor: StarCraft 2 Beta By Year's End?

Mishtram | April 13, 2007 | News | PC 
A possible release of a BETA for Starcraft 2, which has had no news of any releases for years, was recently brought into light. Blizzard has not commented as of yet, so it's recommended to stay skeptical.

If this is happening, it may also mean the end of the Starcraft servers running.
According to Fighter Forum, StarCraft 2 continues the story of the original and adds a new race based on Kerrigan, making a total of four races. While that wouldn't be totally off the mark, we figured the new race would be more the super-race mix between Zerg and Protoss rather than Zerg and Terran or at least the mystically advanced Xel'Naga. The three older tribes will each be receiving around two additional units.

The report also claims that Blizzard plans to shut down its original StarCraft servers in order to ensure the success of the sequel.

As popular as StarCraft was on these shores, it doesn't come close to the enthusiasm the game still enjoys in Asia, where televised, professional matches are held regularly. Blizzard has an event coming up in Korea where they are expected to make a large announcement, so it could very well be that the company has chosen the area where StarCraft is the most popular to announce its sequel.

As of this writing, Blizzard could not be reached for comment.

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    BASGTA | April 13, 2007
    Awesome. I hope they don't make it super 3D like that new Command and Conquer game. Having a race based off of Kerrigan would be pretty weird. Since she's Human-Zerg.

    Either way, Starcraft's awesome.
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    Number6ofthe6Beast6 | April 14, 2007
    I would rather see a new installment of the Diablo series than this. Blizzard needs to look at the sales of the Starcraft and Diablo series and get on the ball.

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