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Pinch yourself. Now look around the room and make sure there aren’t any random celebrities embroiled in madcap mud-wrestling battles. Done? Ok, now that we’ve proven you’re not dreaming, feel free to starting hooting, hollering, and dancing embarrassing little jigs, because StarCraft II is coming. Better still, it’s only a few months away. Mark your calendars and cancel your summer vacation plans, folks, because StarCraft II’s launching worldwide on July 27, 2010.
“We’ve been looking forward to revisiting the StarCraft universe for many years, and we’re excited that the time for that is almost here,” said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. “Thanks to our beta testers, we’re making great progress on the final stages of development, and we’ll be ready to welcome players all over the world to StarCraft II and the new Battle.net in just a few months.”
There is, however, a bit of a catch: you won’t be downloading the game online. At least, not initially. If you’re hoping to join the fray on day one, you’ll be forced to jump through whatever hoops your local game retailer has decided to set up. Fortunately, StarCraft II will invade Blizzard’s online store “shortly after” its retail release.
However, as StarCraft geeks, we’re actually looking forward to braving the day-one retail riot. Why? Because it’s probably the closest thing we’ll ever see to a real-life Zerg rush.
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Belboz99
May 04, 2010 at 11:22am
My first-born child is due on July 22nd,
What would it mean if he / she were born on the same day as StarCraft II?
Fitting, I suppose, I was born on the day the Ethernet standard was ratified by Xerox and Intel, thus laying the framework for LANs and WANs, IE, the Internet as we know it.
X2brute
May 04, 2010 at 3:41am
I actually wish it wasn't releasing till a month or so later! I'm getting married 4 days later and to me starcraft is fun, to my fiancee its the greatest game ever made. even the first one sometimes trumps me. this could adversely affect my love life (esp since i promised to play it when it came out) *~* WHY BLIZZARD????? WHY???
If a bear tries to dump in the woods but a tree falls on him with no one around, is the pope's hat still funny?
NSain
May 04, 2010 at 9:41am
It's all a conspiracy man...
Blizzard knew all this and is just trying to screw with your mind!
scottfrye
May 04, 2010 at 2:47am
Or you could be a sane person and just pre-order it from Amazon (or some other online retailer).
