Blizzard aiming for release in June?

[TheRabidDeer]

I hear the game's slated to release in June. (if no major issues arise with the beta) My source is very trustworthy and reliable. =)

And Cataclysm should release somewhere between July and November of this year. (Second half of 2010)

This would mean the beta won't last more than 3-4 months! (Which is odd because Blizzard game betas usually last 5-6 months...)

EDIT: Didn't the WoW:WotLK beta last 3-4 months?

I am expecting it to hit around June, it may release a touch earlier than that though depending on how smoothly the beta goes. Cataclysm wont be released until November (they are releasing one more content patch before the Cataclysm patch), so that is pretty much no competition there. The WotLK beta did last around 4 months or so, but thats a different story altogether since it is an expansion of an existing game.

The Warcraft 3 beta lasted 4-4.5 months (come to think of it, war3 beta started about this time of year and was released july 3rd, may be a good indicator)

[TargetBlue]

I'm expecting a June/July release since by then a reasonable amount of time will have been devoted to the beta with participants numbering in the thousands (if not already, even more). The more participants and the more time devoted (It is Feb after all) will speed up the process. Its either summer or next year...they wont have this release so close to the WoW expansion.

[Alex06]

I'm expecting a June/July release since by then a reasonable amount of time will have been devoted to the beta with participants numbering in the thousands (if not already, even more). The more participants and the more time devoted (It is Feb after all) will speed up the process. Its either summer or next year...they wont have this release so close to the WoW expansion.

Blizzard betas never last more than 6 months. It'll be out this year.

[TargetBlue]

Blizzard betas never last more than 6 months. It'll be out this year.

Yep. June/July is my wager. Cheers!

[Rogueleader89]

I'll stick with my september/october release assumption, then i can be pleasantly surprised if it really is out in june.

[Asfastasican]

Blizzard betas never last more than 6 months. It'll be out this year.

Oh buddy, you weren't there for WoW's beta? Were you!?

Blizzard will handle SC2's release like Nintendo handled Smash Bros. Make no mistake about it. June will be the earliest release possible.

Now that B-net 2 has its legs, they will feel free to delay release as long as possible to polish Single Player and try to make MP release-worthy balance-wise.

[TheRabidDeer]

Blizzard betas never last more than 6 months. It'll be out this year.

World of Warcraft beta (for the original) was 9+ months, SC2 will be out this year though.

[//MavericK\\]

Its either summer or next year...they wont have this release so close to the WoW expansion.

Heh. They better not shove SCII into next year in favor of a WoW game. Fans would go ape over that. They should push WoW into next year and deliver SCII whenever they can this year.

[GnaReffotsirk]

I'm hoping for a June release. If not, HulkSmash!

[Caliban113]

Yep. June/July is my wager. Cheers!

August / Sept I'm thinking really - I know the original SC took years to balance, but it also didn't have the e-sports pressure that it does today - I think it'll be a record long beta