StarCraft 2 Beta Information Found!

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Ever since its announcment on the Worldwide Invitational in Korea 2007, fans and critics have all been guessing when Starcraft 2 will enter its beta stage when a few lucky players in possession of a beta key will get to play and evaluate the game’s progress on a day to day basis.


Just a few days ago the world took a step closer to that day. A German fan named “Zimms” posted on a German starcraft fansite information that indicated a Blizzard community manager, Xordiah, had informed him of a beta date at the ESL Finals held on January 9th in Vienna, Austria. He stated that:


- Blizzard already has a set date for the beta, however it is still a well kept secret.
- The multiplayer is finished with just a few details to fix.
- Blizzard will give fans and players several possibilities to aquire beta keys. Throu competitions and similar events.
- In Blizzard’s (current) internal build supposedly include Dark Pylons, which has a cooldown ability: that enables probes, within range, to harvest faster.
- The Command Center also possesing a cooldown ability. It can summon a “larger SCV” which harvests better.
- And the Terran Supply Depot can be upgraded to add two more supplies.


Xordiah, who is a Protoss fan, which doesn’t come as a big shock since her avatar on the Battle.net forums is a Protoss Archon unit, mentioned that she is very happy regarding Protoss Immortals in the current build, since they are apperently extremely strong.
For all of you who know some German, or know the power of “babel fish”, be sure to check out the original post here. This is very exciting news for the StarCraft 2 community. Let's hope we see a date very soon for beta testing!


Source: Starcraft2.4players.de


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Special thanks to Epo for a great article!

 

And special thanks to seradin for finding this quite a while ago but being to lazy to submit it.

 

So where to the beta testers get to test out SC2?

lol seradin, missed out on the glory

 

oh well!

i dont need glory, just the minerals.

and of course the satisfaction of enlightening you fine folks.

 

I'm surprised this is an article, it's not exactly official (yet).

 

well im guessing the beta will either be officially anounced, or starting on, this years blizzard world wide invitational. agreed?

 

I'm guessing by the time the WWI comes around we'll be in a later phase of beta so blizz will announce more campaign info and set a release date. Being very hopeful though xD

 

How much for an article nowadays?

I don't like the last three pieces of information - they're mad ideas and reek of desperately wanting to add dynamics to the game. Seriously, larger SCV? Goblin shredder, anyone? And since when do dark Protoss increase speeds? Just a copy of creep for the Protoss, with minor differences to avoid striking suspicion. Maybe the supply upgrade is fine because it has the drawback of losing more supplies if your wall if breached but the other two is just :no:

 

I think this is actually quite big news, to be honest.

It's a clear indication we are quite close to beta.

 

When is the WWI? I did a search for "Blizzard Worldwide Invititational 2009" in Google and got nothing. Have they given a date yet or are you just assuming there will be one?

How is it a copy of the Zerg Creep? The Dark Pylon only affects Probes and and the Zerg Creep doesn't effect Drones.

 

It doesn't tell us anything, really. A "set date" doesn't have to be anytime soon.

 

Actually it tells us a lot. A set date is much closer to completion than TBA is.

 

Just the fact that Blizzard seems to have acknowledged that the word "beta" even exists is major news.

 

This news along with the X-Play video makes it pretty clear that the beta is soon ... in relation to Blizzard's long development times. I'd say it'd definitely be out before the summer.

 

MjehehhehehehhehheahhhahahahahaBWAHAHAHHAHAHHAAHAHHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:} Soon....soooon.........sc2.......

 

StarCraft 2 is sooo close I can almost taste it

 

it tastes purple

 

Silly .. We all know you can only hear purple; not taste it.

-- Here's my prediction. The beta will be released March 5. I say this because there have been reports (with screenshots) that the captures at the Battle.net forums are giving us clues to when the beta will be released. So, I assume the beta date will be announced soon and the date above will be given.

 

I Want A Beta Key!

 

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