14 DAY TRIAL // There are plenty of games set to appear this fall season, with headliners like Modern Warfare 2, Uncharted 2 or Assassin's Creed 2. But one big sequel that won't make its estimated release date is Blizzard's StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, the first chapter in the StarCraft II trilogy.
What was speculated by multiple analysts and even some skeptic fans has now come true, much to the disappointment of millions of fans all around the world, especially in South Korea. The piece of news was delivered during a recent conference call by Activision Blizzard executives, in which they revealed their financial earnings and apologized to fans for the delay.
One of the main reasons why this delay occurred is the Battle.Net online service, which isn't exactly up to par, according to Blizzard and Activision executives. “Over the past couple of weeks, it has become clear that it will take longer than expected to prepare the new Battle.net for the launch of the game.”
According to Blizzard the new Battle.Net is an “integral part of the StarCraft II experience and will be an essential part of all of our games moving forward.” Most likely, we will see StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty “early next year,” according to Activision CEO Bobby Kotick.
Hopefully the development team will use this delay to further polish up the game and give it some extra time in the beta stage, which will most likely span a four to six month period in order for fans to explore its gameplay mechanics and find out all of the problems, glitches and errors.
Until 2010 though, Blizzard fans can catch a certain glimpse of the game during this year's BlizzCon, which will be held this month in California, and perhaps at a few other game shows until the year is over.