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StarCraft Beta in 2009

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During the BlizzCon 2008 show, a StarCraft II Q&A session was held with the long haired and rockin' Chris Sigaty and Samwise Didier. Among the answers they give, we are informed on what changed with Blizzard after the Activision merger (free Guitar Hero boxes to all employees), the reason for the trilogy (if you had not already heard about that lot already) and a confirmation that the StarCraft Beta will start in 2009!
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Published: 426 days ago | News | PC
 
 

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thetamer - 426 days 2 hours ago
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I love StarCraft and can't wait for teh second one!
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Leord - 426 days 1 hour ago
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I'm betting for beta to come out shortly after new year's!
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Dorjan - 426 days 2 hours ago
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beta beta beta!

I managed to get into RA3 beta, I just hope I get SCIII!
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Rovdjuret - 426 days 2 hours ago
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hope this game really lives up to my expectations =)
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Leord - 426 days 1 hour ago
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Poor thing to not have tried it yet ;)

Actually, I tend to forget only a few thousand people outside of Blizzard has. WWI, BlizzCon, press events and a few game expos. Possibly closer to 50k people migth have tried it, but compared to the millions of fans, it's a drop in the bucket...
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kalos - 426 days 1 hour ago
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Guess we'll almost definantly be seeing the game in 2009 then, usually once the closed beta starts the game itself launches three or four months afterwards.
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Maticus - 426 days 1 hour ago
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Indeed, it's been a long time coming but glad to see it's finally nearly ready.
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Leord - 426 days 1 hour ago
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Well, it just seems logical that they will wait until after Christmas with the hype, so everyone who wants to have gotten WotLK and are ready for a brief pause when the SC2 closed beta hits ;)
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Terrice - 426 days 1 hour ago
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I'm looking forward to this beta, there's a lot of stuff I want to try.
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Leord - 426 days 1 hour ago
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Seeing how active you are at that StarCraftWire.net site, I'd be almost positive you'd get in to the beta...
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Terrice - 426 days 1 hour ago
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Well that's good news :)
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Wuushu - 426 days 1 hour ago
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Can't wait for the BETA! :D
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Rovdjuret - 426 days 1 hour ago
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anyone with a link to the system speccs needed ? :)
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Leord - 426 days 1 hour ago
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Try this:

http://www.starcraftwire.ne...
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Terrice - 426 days 1 hour ago
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There hasn't been any official confirmation on the system specs, but the article posted above is a good start.
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Maticus - 426 days 1 hour ago
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No mention of exactly when the beta will be though, but it must be close now, surely.
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Leord - 426 days 1 hour ago
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Yeah, I mean they did give away keys, as they did on WWI. Blizzcon is not far off to January 2009. Kind of like June - July is short, and January is right after Christmas, they'll probably wait until all that is sorted before pushing SC2.
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Elly - 425 days 23 hours ago
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So it's a 2009 release for sure then? Beta could be on during WWI and release shortly after that.
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ZidaneNL - 425 days 22 hours ago
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Yes, finally! Can't wait to get my hands on it! *Must use time travel!*
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moe84 - 425 days 22 hours ago
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My prediction... March 09 for Beta!
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Adriana Lima - 425 days 21 hours ago
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beta only for the ones at blizzcon?
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Leord - 425 days 20 hours ago
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It will probably be for a big portion of random people as well as fansite visitors.
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kalos - 425 days 20 hours ago
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During the closed beta it'll be the Blizzcon/WWI people with thier tickets getting in first, then the fansites with thier tickets to dispurse, and after another few weeks we'll be getting waves of signups on Blizzard domains but very selective. It'll then evenually slide into Open Beta where they let anyone who wants a go most likely.
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