Starcraft 2 announced! Will not feature battle-tightened ass or camel-toes! Presumably! National holiday in S.Korea declared!

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<스타크래프트2>가 5월 19일 개최되는 블리자드 월드와이드 인비테이셔널(WWI)에서 전세계 최초로 공개된다.

25일 게임업계에 따르면 블리자드 엔터테인먼트 코리아(이하 블리자드 코리아)는 5월 19일 시작되는 WWI에서 <스타크래프트2>의 동영상과 게임 내용을 최초로 발표할 것으로 확인됐다. 또, <스타크래프트2> 핵심 개발자들이 현장에 참석해 질의응답 시간도 진행된다.

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― kingfish, Thursday, 26 April 2007 07:15 (eighteen years ago)

well that didnt' work at all, didnt it.

anyway:

StarCraft 2 will be revealed for the first time to the world at Blizzard's World Wide Invitational (WWI) on May 19th.

On the 25th, according to the game developers, it has been confirmed that Blizzard Entertainment Korea (aka Blizzard Korea) will present VODs and game content at the WWI that is starting on May 19th. Also, StarCraft 2's main developers will also attend to answer some questions.

It has been confirmed that StarCraft 2 is being developed in 3D, a new race has been added and existing units' characteristics will have many changes. Additional details will only be revealed to certain parts of WWI.

Blizzard has invited over 100 international media and has prepared both Seoul Olympic Gymnastics Stadium and Fencing Stadium for this event -- the biggest area ever for a short-term game event.

StarCraft 2's announcement preparation is proceeding with secrecy, and only the core group at Blizzard Korea knows the specific details and situation. As they have done in the past, Blizzard is not planning to reveal or release any details for the "best surprise announcement".

However, trustworthy information is being leaked from previous Blizzard employees, and through an acquaintance of ex-Blizzard North employees, StarCraft 2's development and its announcement at the WWI has been confirmed.

Last February 28th, Blizzard president, Mike Morhaime, has hinted that "At the WWI in May, there will be a surprise announcement" for the announcement of a sequel, Blizzard Korea has confirmed, on the 25th, an unrevealed sequel's announcement.

Blizzard Korea's Park Young-Mok director said "There is not content available for answer for the sequel. The sequel will be released at the WWI on the 19th. Please confirm it at the site on the 19th" and denied the confirmation on if StarCraft 2 is indeed the sequel that is to be announced on the 19th.

MBC Game's Lee Sang-Ho head said "Frankly, it's half anticipation and half worry. If SC2 is released in a form that is compatible with e-sports broadcast, there will be many new gamers and the entire industry will develop. However if it comes out in a form that is not easy to broadcast, like WarCraft 3, StarCraft fans will focus on the sequel while the original league will suffer a decline", expressing a cautious mindset.

OnGameNet's StarCraft commentator Um Jae-Kyung said "Blizzard has probably already grasped the difference between this nation's gamers and foreign gamers' difference in inclination through WarCraft 3. So I'm hoping for a more balanced structure, a structure with e-sports in mind. However, I believe that the e-sports league will continue to focus on StarCraft and a new league focusing on StarCraft 2 will form, the industry growing bigger as a result. As a gamer, I'm really looking forward to it.

Blizzard's WWI is on its third year and will take place from May 19th to 20th at the Seoul Olympic Gymnastics Stadium and Weight Lifting Stadium (translator's note: I thought it was fencing? o.O). Many e-sports games as well as events such as WarCraft 3 ladder season 5 Asia region preliminaries, for the first time, a World of Warcraft Arena Tournament Off-line Regional Finals will take place.

― kingfish, Thursday, 26 April 2007 07:16 (eighteen years ago)

Man, Korea is so intense.

― forksclovetofu, Thursday, 26 April 2007 19:11 (eighteen years ago)

Weird. Watching games on TV is really, really boring, at least in the U.S. The thought of designing a game to be "e-sports" friendly has never occurred to me.

― Z S, Thursday, 26 April 2007 19:22 (eighteen years ago)

There was a mocked up pilot made for an FPS tournament game type thing. I think it was for Halo. It could be done well... I mean, really, if you can make poker interesting enough for TV, you can definitely make a video game interesting enough for TV. throw in good color commentary, interviews, all those stupid effects everyone loves a la CNN, biopics on the players that mention their favourite pizza topping or some shit.

― Will M., Thursday, 26 April 2007 19:53 (eighteen years ago)

Seriously, in S.Korea, they have SC teams with nascar-like full bodysuits. wave of the future, i tells ya.

― kingfish, Thursday, 26 April 2007 21:09 (eighteen years ago)

The "question" post of this thread is fucking killing me.

― HI DERE, Friday, 27 April 2007 01:20 (eighteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

well this is all they're talking about at my job. much better than the WoW shit I guess. Or fantasy baseball.

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 18:34 (eighteen years ago)

I just bought Starcraft 1 to practice for 2. Does anyone want to play me? BRING IT ON. I am the decider.

― brightscreamer, Sunday, 3 June 2007 16:18 (eighteen years ago)

one year passes...

Can you be too stoned to attend a class on 'advanced Starcraft theory'?

― kingfish, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 21:47 (sixteen years ago)

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