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Blizzard Announces World of Starcraft

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Officially confirmed on the front page of three major websites. Blizzard is beginning development on World of StarCraft. The info is sketchy at best, but the game is going to be a paradigm shift from previous RPG's. Screenshots

Here's what we know so far
1) There will be no 'stand alone servers' as in World of Warcraft. Each area of the world will have a unique map run by a dedicated server and travel between maps will be possible (think Horde/Alliance in WoW). In otherwords if you want to travel to where the koreans play you can, but you'll be using asian servers. I think this is an amazing idea and truely adds to the massiveness of these games.

2) There will be four races. This confused me at first, but apparently the Xel Nada will be an unlockable race for high level players. I have no idea how they are going to pull this off.

3) The game has just started production. No release dates have been set however Blizzard typically spends 2-3 years on a normal project. One of this size could take longer. Also keep in mind that they probably won't release this until WoW loses profitability.

4) WoW was created using 14 dedicated map designers. WoS is said to be using over 100.

Sources (shouldn't be too hard to find as this is front page news)

www.theinquirer.net
www.gamespot.com
www.blizzard.com (basically saying "no comment")
 
jesus christ. last i read, the company is raking in over 1 billion a year from all the subscriptions. they have money coming out of their ass right now.

 
Is Starcraft a good game to play?

I tend to play games like Myst. I did play Everquest for awhile but it got old quick.
 
Originally posted by: SagaLore
Is Starcraft a good game to play?

I tend to play games like Myst. I did play Everquest for awhile but it got old quick.
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It's still great. I love the money maps. I wish they would remake it so you could have more units in the money maps =)
 
Obviously an edited WoW screenshot. Look at the buttons on the bottom left, they are straight from WoW. April Fools.
 
The models, etc are photoshopped from SC: Ghost pics. 😛 Such an obvious April Fools, there won't be another StarCraft game aside from Ghost. And who knows if that is still going to come out.
 
I :heart: Starcraft. I have been waiting for Starcraft 2, but if this is true then I might have to give into the whole MMORPG thing. dam it.
 
That a pretty long ass article for being an april fools day joke. I'd much rather have blizzard work on Starcraft II than a world of starcraft... I think it's ridiculous blizzard has been so stupid with the franchise that they've yet to update it, not even a graphics update for heaven sakes!
 
you sure this is a fake? besides the bottom left thingies and the date it was posted...?

but cmon blizzard, WORLD of starcraft? hell make starcraft 2 and 3 and their expansions before moving on to the world series...like warcraft did.
 
In response to this news, The entire country of Korea has declared a national holiday until the games release.
 
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