Expansion Cycle Time Expectations

[Hav0x]

They said a year is the absolute bare minimum.

[RedPineApple]

It all depends on the content of which they will be adding to the expansion packs. If they just add a campaign and a unit for each race, probably 12-16 months we can expect the games. However, if they do major overhaul work to the game engine and add in content that forces the dev team back to the drawing board multiple times (Ex: Battle.net 2.0 and the trilogy split) we can see significant delays. Seeing as to how they have ironed out the foundation for Starcraft 2 itself, I can't really see a dramatic development time on these expos. I certainly cannot see them taking as long as WoW expansions.

But then again, I was one of the optimists that said SC2 would be released in 2008 so my theory is usually way off dead center. =/

[Triceron]

We need a 'Soon' option.

[Chili]

Sigaty himself said approx 18months a few weeks ago, I think it was during the bestbuy chat.
Taking Blizzard logic: 2 years+

[TheEconomist]

Which means it took them 2 years to do the Terran campaign.

The game was delayed for Battle.net. Plus, they had to create so much new art assets. If it took them two years, the new expansions should only take them less than 18 months.

[//MavericK\\]

Well I voted for one year but I think it might be a bit longer than that.

Like a year and a half.

[dustinbrowder]

every 18-24 months.

Though I expect D3 to be released before the next SC2 expansion!

[SinsWage]

I just expect much closer to 2 years than to 1. 20 months or something like that.

[Asfastasican]

We need a 'Soon' option.

:P :P :P

[DemolitionSquid]

As TF said, a big factor is that probably close to 85-90% of the models and tilesets are done. Things will go far smoother when the guys designing the campaign don't have to wait for those art assets to start building and balancing their maps.