Beta Starcraft 2?

Closed and open beta of sorts.

 

ign also said there was gonna be 4 races 2 weeks before the WWI when blizz said "3 races"...
the beta is gonna be at blizzcon anyways.

 

You can't have a beta right now because it is only in internal alpha stage now. They gotta polish it up and make it all working right before it goes into beta phase for final balance testing and bug fixing.

 

The beta will come when it's comes, if it comes and if Blizzard stops beings teasers all the time. BULLIES!

 

I dont think it will be released this year. By the looks of it even if there are units and the technologies and such it will take massive ammounts of time to get everything into the sort of balance we can expect from blizzard. there will probably be a limited sign-up closed beta testing and from there the open beta stress tests and then i expect there to be a lot of patches in the first few months following the release

 

they should just release a demo , maybe the one that will be playable at blizzcon, and focus on finishing the
real game until quarter 2 next year

 

They'll be done when they're done. Blizzard doesn't have strict deadlines like other developers/publishers.

 

I don't wanna be a dick or something by saying this, but you do know beta is for testing purposes only? (with the additional bonus of getting to test the game, i suppose... but you get my drift)

 

i'd rather be patient and wait for the entire thing to come out. i don't want any spoilers

 

True that, ElemenTT. People should just stop worrying about beta and start worrying about release instead, so that they can hype to some hellish extent and buy the game even though they will hate it, which they won't since anything with SC can't suck, not even a sequel. My humble opinion.

 

lets get hyped!
WAHOOOO!

 

I know i'm hyped. I'm practically jumping around.

 

Haha, I don't know if it is just me, but I have a feeling that at BlizzConn, someone is just gonna pirate the demo for SC2 and it's going to be DLable everywhere. Heck, maybe Blizzard might release the demo worldwide right after BlizzConn.

BlizzConn is gonna be a big day. I'm very excited to learn all the new units for the Terran and Zerg on that day.

 

They could just put something into it where the demo is only playable on those computers because of some server connect or something.

 

Yeah, i'm hoping that a lot of new stuff comes out of Blizzcon. I'm excited.

 

I think it is plausible that the beta is out this year. They seem to be a lot further along with the game when they announced it than they have been with games in the past. With a playable multiplayer at Blizzcon an online beta is easy to expect soon. Then again it is Blizzard, and they obviously aren't known for being timely.

 

Blizzcon is like E3 but it's only Blizzard games. They showcase what they are working on and sometimes reveal new things for the first time. I think they announced Brood War at one of the past Blizzcons. They are going to have a playable version of SC2 there so everyone is pretty pumped about all the new footage and information we're going to get.

 

no, it shouldnt. it needs to come out when it is ready.

 

Maybe it's terran at E3 and then zerg at blizzcon and beta until mid 2008 and then release...

 

You will "get" a beta key at Blizzcon, and get to participate sometime later this year hopefully.