SC2 Release Expectations

[n00bonicPlague]

good point lol

It still amuses me to read in the cover of the SC:Ghost novel about how the book is supposed to give a good back-story to the upcoming game XD

[Freespace]

I'm gonna have to say sometime between May and July 2010.

Btw, I love how no one chose 3 months, lol

[SpikeVorador]

a year and im being optimistic...

[Perfecttear]

Wow , people actually expect it to be released in the next 6 months. The beta hasn't even started, heck it hasn't even been anounced ( they don't just start the beta, they announce it's start in advance) So with that in mind i doubt the beta will only be 3-5 months, and you have also remember it takes 1-2 months for the game to finalize and to publish .

[trace wm]

hoping for beta to start by the end of November, then a Mid-May release (the day after spring semester finals, maybe?)

[rcp181]

Wow , people actually expect it to be released in the next 6 months. The beta hasn't even started, heck it hasn't even been anounced ( they don't just start the beta, they announce it's start in advance) So with that in mind i doubt the beta will only be 3-5 months, and you have also remember it takes 1-2 months for the game to finalize and to publish .

Plenty of betas for their previous games have started without any kind of warning announcement. Sometimes hints are dropped/leaked a day or two before.

I don't know enough about past game betas to say they've never given official warnings, but I definitely expect the first wave of beta invites to go out with little or no warning (which is usually a pretty good warning in itself, since a lot of first waves are very limited).

[Crazy_Jonny]

I'm predicting it comes out in June, so Ill round that to 9 months. Not only that, but Im hoping it comes out in June. Ill have a new computer by then, and it will be nice to play it for the first time on a brand new computer.

[Kimera757]

IIRC, Warcraft III gave a one month heads-up for their beta. It was their last RTS that saw production, too.

[SlickR]

I'd say in about 6 to 7 months!

[Crazy_Jonny]

IIRC, Warcraft III gave a one month heads-up for their beta. It was their last RTS that saw production, too.

Thats good to know, I think we'll get our heads up in November, then beta starts in December. And then a 6 month beta, knowing the expectations SC2 has as an e-sport.