Starcraft II Unveiled!

[Raku]

(Taken from Blizzard's company site)

http://blizzard.com/index2.shtml

May 19, 2007
StarCraft II Unveiled!
We're pleased to announce our latest project: StarCraft II! The epic interplanetary battle between the Protoss, Terran, and Zerg will take on new dimensions in this sequel to the classic real-time strategy original. With new units and functionality for each race, upgrades to several familiar units, and a powerful 3D engine that supports explosive fast-paced combat between massive armies, StarCraft II will be the ultimate competitive real-time strategy game.


Highlights of StarCraft II include:
Tightly balanced competitive real-time strategy gameplay that recaptures and improves on the magic of the original game
New units and gameplay mechanics that further distinguish the Protoss, Terran, and Zerg races
An all-new 3D engine that supports fast-paced play with realistic physics, massive units, and massive army sizes
A groundbreaking single-player campaign that continues the epic StarCraft story
A powerful map editor that puts the tools used by the game's designers into the hands of players

We'll be revealing much more information about our plans for StarCraft II in the months ahead, so please stay tuned to www.starcraft2.com for the latest updates. In the meantime, you can check out the announcement press release here for further details.

I know its a bit late (In fact i knew about it no more then an hour after the official announcement in Korea), but hey, someones gotta post it =].

Discuss.

[hessan]

It looks great and everything, but when will Blizzard actually come up with something new and original?

[Zorbon]

starcraft is my least favorite blizzard franchise... even the Viking game is better ^^

I’m still awaiting Diablo 3

[Vahn]

Our chances for "Diablo 3" are really the spiritual successor, Hellgate:London, or the tribute game, Titan Quest.

I never really got into Starcraft. I handled my own in Warcraft 2, but the future bit never sucked me in. Until Supreme Commander. That game has owned me for a little while now. Unless Blizzard does something absolutely amazing with Starcraft 2, I will likely stick to Supreme Commander.

But hey, at least it didn't turn out to be World of Starcraft :P

[Zorbon]

with the success of wow, and the godo sells of d2 they will make a diablo 3, probably when the dev team is done milking wow

[Svage]

I always saw Sacred as a failed Diablo 3. Great game, they just never took the time to fix the bugs.

But then again one of my all time favorites is "Arcanum: Of steamworks and magica." which most people seem to hate. so I guess my overall view is Skewed.

[Masamune]

I just wish that Starcraft: Ghost wasn't scrapped. That game looked like it had promise.

[SunWuKong]

Yeah, never got into Starcraft the much.
Blizzard got a little bland for me after Warcraft2.

[hessan]

Same here.