HOTS Debut Trailer

[HydraHydra]

WOW! Awesome!

[Alex06]

What I meant for Frozen Throne was 4-6 months from its announcement. Development of it was a year, but compared to SC2 right now, we're already 8+ months in, so another 4-6 is what I'd expect.

As for people saying no expansion this year? That was Activision Blizzard statement by Kotick. He handles the console side of things, Blizzard ultimately isn't affected by that and they could very well release it this year if the game is done and ready. Same goes with Diablo 3, if it's done and ready by this year.

Oh, then it makes sense and I'm going to have to agree with you there.
Thanks for clarifying! :P

To be fair to all those who speculate about releases, though, I'll have to point this out: Blizzard has made its betas last about 4 to 5 months ever since WoW released...With the current way things seem to be going, D3 will likely have a beta in mid-September...5 months later, we're almost in March, and Blizzard likes to take its betas off 1-2 weeks before release. So yes, expect D3 at the earliest in February, with a most likely release of March 2012. As for HotS, they have said to be previewing SP content only for now, and that's what we'll be seeing in the coming days. They want to show MP content at BlizzCon, so the beta will likely be after that. I'd like to think that the beta will happen in November or December, then 5 months later, it would be either April or May. That means you can expect to be playing HotS by this time next year, if not have 2 weeks to wait before playing the campaign, but we'll all most likely have played it [in beta form] by this very day next year.

[Alex06]

For those who want to see the trailer:
http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/05/sta...leaked-online/
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6316115...inematic-leaks
http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Sta...urn-32381.html

I'll be posting this video on youtube I think. All I need is the original video and I can crop out the "GT" logo on the bottom right corner. They won't be able to claim copyright on it as their logo won't be on it and the original video is not their property.

[HydraHydra]

I put more attention on the trailer.

It seems like Nova and a group of marines and a Spectre (?? why spectre? they supposed to be on raynor's side) run to get kerrigan. They seem to be racing Raynor to get her.

At the end, the marines and spectre enter the gates to the room and probably die because of that Kerrigan's energy blast.

Pretty interesting... i'm wondering about that spectre.

[Alex06]

I think I spotted 2 new terran units; A weird white marine and the Spectre in ghost colors...Unless it's a Ghost and Blizzard was too lazy that they just recolored the Spectre character model from WoL to look like a Ghost...

[Hav0x]

I think I spotted 2 new terran units; A weird white marine and the Spectre in ghost colors...Unless it's a Ghost and Blizzard was too lazy that they just recolored the Spectre character model from WoL to look like a Ghost...

White marine could be a medic. Also the Spectre is probably just a Ghost.

[Alex06]

White marine could be a medic. Also the Spectre is probably just a Ghost.

They have guns and they have blue helmets. My best guess would be that they are some kind of "science" version of the marine suit meant for emergency use in hospitals and medical/science facilities/compounds/vessels. Kind of like how most buildings have fire extinguishers, which are meant for emergency cases despite the fact that firemen have fire trucks and hoses.

Medics have marine helmets and a shield with nano-injectors...These guys don't. So I doubt that. As for the Spectre, yeah, that's most likely the case, since it is recolored to look like a Ghost (And it's the WoL Spectre character model, as there is no Ghost character model in WoL), I'm guessing it's just lazyness on Blizzard's part or just a filler/placeholder model.

[Hav0x]

They have guns and they have blue helmets. My best guess would be that they are some kind of "science" version of the marine suit meant for emergency use in hospitals and medical/science facilities/compounds/vessels. Kind of like how most buildings have fire extinguishers, which are meant for emergency cases despite the fact that firemen have fire trucks and hoses.
Medics have marine helmets and a shield with nano-injectors...These guys don't. So I doubt that. As for the Spectre, yeah, that's most likely the case, since it is recolored to look like a Ghost (And it's the WoL Spectre character model, as there is no Ghost character model in WoL), I'm guessing it's just lazyness on Blizzard's part or just a filler/placeholder model.

Perhaps it's up to the ghost what type of armor they want to wear. I doubt they force Spectres/Ghosts to wear a certain type of armor. They seem to be sort of the Special Forces of the StarCraft universe and Special Forces are usually allowed to dress and use what they want.

[Alex06]

Perhaps it's up to the ghost what type of armor they want to wear. I doubt they force Spectres/Ghosts to wear a certain type of armor. They seem to be sort of the Special Forces of the StarCraft universe and Special Forces are usually allowed to dress and use what they want.

Really, even if it's nothing at all but a pink thong? :P
And anyways, no big deal, I guess, but how cool would it have been to have a ghost character model available? I know I'd have made use of it in a cinematic.

On a side note, here is an edited version of the video, with a new watermark. This one covers the GT watermark, so it's no longer recognizable and GameTrailers can't claim the video as their own and have youtube take it down as a result:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YUsI3V0OEQ

[Hav0x]

Really, even if it's nothing at all but a pink thong? :P
And anyways, no big deal, I guess, but how cool would it have been to have a ghost character model available? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YUsI3V0OEQ

Now you're just arguing semantics. This IS a ghost model is what I'm trying to say. I haven't seen anything released by blizzard that said specifically how a ghost or spectre has to look. Spectres are pretty much just powerful ghosts. It's not suprising that they would have similar or shared armor.