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Speaking during the Activision Blizzard Q4 earnings call last night, Paul Sams, CEO of Blizzard Entertainment, revealed that players can expect the StarCraft II beta to begin in the months ahead.
“Also coming up in the months ahead will be the StarCraft II beta test,” said Sams. “The beta will be played on a basic version of our new Battle.net architecture, which will give us the opportunity to test the game and the service in a live environment. Over time, we will be adding features to deliver a second generation Battle.net experience.”
The months ahead doesn’t exactly narrow down the launch window for the beta, but we can be optimistic and hope it’ll be soon.
Regarding the game’s full release, Sams said: “We know that the demand for StarCraft II is very high. The original StarCraft has sold more than 11 million copies worldwide and the sequel has been named on several most-anticipated lists. We are aiming to release StarCraft II as soon as possible, but as with all previous Blizzard games; we won’t ship it until we feel it is ready.”
Later questioned on the StarCraft II release date, Sams added: “Blizzard intends on delivering one front line release per year.”
He continued: “As it relates to which title we will be releasing at this year, we are not prepared to say.”
So, we’re still no clearer on which game we’ll be seeing first, StarCraft II or Diablo III.
Which highly anticipated Blizzard game do you think we’ll see first? Let us know in the comments section below.
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