Quote:I'd be lying if I said I haven't started to regain a great deal of last year's beta hype.

I mean, wee have had a LOT of activity lately, coming from an almost standstill to this. Is it just that the EU team don't have many events to plan, so they have time for community work, or is it the beta? Wee know it's "soon", but it's been "soon" and "the final stretch" for a loooong time (almost exactly a year).

In just the last week wee've now found out a great deal of stuff, including increased interest for fansites, third party scammers sensing a budding beta, possible open beta (may or may not be true), non-major info updates, new model updates (Nullifier & Infested Terran), a new character bio, BlizzCon 2010 in planning, gaming media comments, and even more from the previous few weeks of StarCraft 2.

Wee try to collect it all in the StarCraft 2 Beta Centre, so check that out!

Now, something that might or might not be related to the weird Battle.net/WoW forums maintenance is the appearance of the StarCraft II Beta Forums.

Clicking the link will get you here, but you end up in a redirect loop, and nothing happens. Wee assume this is not intentional, and wee're likely not even supposed to see that link yet, but there is actual connection to the forums. It's just not available for us yet, but IT'S THERE!

UPDATE:
As you can see in the image to the left, once in a while, some fans get to see some actual coding behind it. Very buggy, and using the olf WoW forum styling and images, but still very clear. It appears wee'll be getting Beta forums for:

    * General
    * Technical Support/Bug Reports
    * Suggestion/Balance

http://starcraft.incgamers.com/blog/comm...ning-soon/



Some might not find this terribly interesting, but this is the game I've been wanting for many years now, and with the Beta about to be announced (likely tomorrow), I think wee'll start seeing videos and lots of feedback soon. God I can't wait!! I have a buddy who is in the Beta, so I'll at least get some hands-on time with it (I hope...).

its a distinct possibility

Quote:As part of Activision's year-end earnings report today, Blizzard president Mike Morhaime has now answered that question, saying that the closed beta test for Starcraft II will begin later this month. Morhaime also affirmed that the sci-fi real-time strategy title is "still tracking toward our goal of a mid-2010 release."

source (1 of like 200 as of 4pm): http://www.gamespot.com/news/6250190.html

:D

ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:Woo, heard the Battle.net update will put more focus on custom 3rd party mods/maps.

Yeah, a lot more. The best of the best user maps will be used by Blizzard to sell, giving the map maker a profit (increasing interest in this area), and will let the community get amazing maps.  Of course, those maps that aren't accepted for sale will be played casually. The campaign editor is so ridiculously deep that any kind of game is possible... this is actually why my buddy got a Beta key. He wants to start working on his own maps immediately, so any hands on time will greatly influence how this goes.