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Just surfing a few blogs and found this piece of information that may interest you guys.
http://firstadopter.tumblr.com/post/109489028909/exclusive-activision-blizzard-insider-says
To sum up:
The next Starcraft 2 game is already done and ready to go. The release date is still not settled. The current time window ranges from April to June.
The insider says the members of the Diablo III team have been moved to a new project set in the Starcraft universe. The game will be similar to Warframe and contain gameplay aspects from Left4Dead, DayZ, Smite, and other MOBAs. It is in early pre-production, which means late 2016 or later.
I'm new to TL and sorry in advance if this thread is not appropriate :D
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I really can't see LotV being released in only 3-5 months... what about the closed/ open beta?
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On January 30 2015 02:57 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: I really can't see LotV being released in only 3-5 months... what about the closed/ open beta?
maybe they do it like other publishers, releasing the beta as version 1.0 and patch all day every day.
Yes I mean you EA and your teams Maxis and Dice
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I was thinking more along the lines of late late 2015...
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April - June could be beta release date I guess, but it can't be full game I wouldn't think.
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On January 30 2015 03:03 iMrising wrote: I was thinking more along the lines of late late 2015...
Yea, I figured it would come out after Blizzcon. I would be seriously surprised if they released the game mid-WCS 2015.
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I can imagine the game going into beta at around april and released in june. they won't have an extensive beta since it not a new game
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On January 30 2015 03:01 Clonester wrote:Show nested quote +On January 30 2015 02:57 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: I really can't see LotV being released in only 3-5 months... what about the closed/ open beta? maybe they do it like other publishers, releasing the beta as version 1.0 and patch all day every day. Yes I mean you EA and your teams Maxis and Dice
Blizzard's beta/ release model for WoL and HotS were different though; I don't see why they would change things that drastically for LotV.
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I think this one does synchronize well with the facts that a lot of pros are taking break. Maybe they know something we don't.
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On January 30 2015 03:12 _TMT_ wrote: I think this one does synchronize well with the facts that a lot of pros are taking break. Maybe they know something we don't. I would kind of agree with you but my understanding of it is that Blizzard has never been in too close of contact with pros, so it doesn't seem likely. Most of them just seem to be bored of SC2
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Pretty much alings with what we know from Blizzcon, although on the rather optimistic side.
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Sounds like complete BS to me. A mix of, Left4Dead, DayZ, Smite and other MOBAS while it will be similar to Warframe? How is that even supposed to work? And the "The next Starcraft 2 game is already done and ready to go." sounds really fishy too. We're still talking about blizzard here and not EA. They will probably get a Beta out first just to test all the new balance stuff, who thinks they would just put it out there with so many changes not tested on a big scale? EDIT: Also, why would they switch while we are still in the middle of a WCS year, earliest its gonna get out is probably after the big blizzcon tournament.
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On January 30 2015 03:12 _TMT_ wrote: I think this one does synchronize well with the facts that a lot of pros are taking break. Maybe they know something we don't.
You honestly think if 50+ young adults knew something the general population didn't that it wouldn't leak out by now?
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I won't take a random rumor post on tumblr as credible source when it comes to releases and such.
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If there is any legitimacy to this individual then this 'timeframe' they refer to must be for beta.
As far as the new game... not sure what DayZ has to do with those other games, but I could see a 3rd person action/shooter game with Warframe style PvE and Smite style PvP. Perhaps building on the missed opportunity of Starcraft: Ghost. I think the ship has sailed on that experience for me though. The SC universe is no longer the dark and gritty world I was so interested in getting immersed in as a kid. Now its all about happy endings and cheesy inspiring speeches delivered by Jim Raynor and pretending that one of the greatest moments in the history of video game dialog never happened.
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On January 30 2015 03:32 digmouse wrote: I won't take a random rumor post on tumblr as credible source when it comes to releases and such.
Also how this insider seems to have intimate knowledge with every single project going on at Blizzard. Unless this insider is a fairly high level position I doubt that random developer Bob on Diablo3 knows all this stuff even if he's the king of the water cooler.
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On January 30 2015 03:03 SetGuitarsToKill wrote: April - June could be beta release date I guess, but it can't be full game I wouldn't think. This seems the most likely.
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On January 30 2015 03:32 digmouse wrote: I won't take a random rumor post on tumblr as credible source when it comes to releases and such. That has nothing to do with it's credibility. Tumblr is a popular blogging platform. It's credibility depends on how credible the insider he's citing is and/or if it exists. Not the platform it's being posted on.
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On January 30 2015 03:35 imJealous wrote: If there is any legitimacy to this individual then this 'timeframe' they refer to must be for beta.
As far as the new game... not sure what DayZ has to do with those other games, but I could see a 3rd person action/shooter game with Warframe style PvE and Smite style PvP. Perhaps building on the missed opportunity of Starcraft: Ghost. I think the ship has sailed on that experience for me though. The SC universe is no longer the dark and gritty world I was so interested in getting immersed in as a kid. Now its all about happy endings and cheesy inspiring speeches delivered by Jim Raynor and pretending that one of the greatest moments in the history of video game dialog never happened.
Which moment was that? Been a long time since I went through the bw campaign
Edit: On topic, this sounds like bull. Blizzard stuff doesn't usually get leaked, and even if they had come out and said themselves that April-June was the current window for launching the beta we all know better than to hold our breath.
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ok, the LotV part sounds unlikely. But the other one? Blizzard developing a game that is in early pre-production and assuming that it will come out late 2016. Yeah sure. Blizzard is so known for creating and testing games in 2years from scratch...
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