The long-rumoured new instalment of Blizzard’s massive StarCraft series is set to be unveiled later this month – and it’s another massively-multiplayer online game in the style of World of Warcraft, CVG can reveal.
Well placed US sources have revealed to us that the StarCraft MMO will be unveiled at an upcoming Blizzard event on May 19 in South Korea – the epicentre of the sci-fi RTS series’ rabid fandom.
The unveiling of the new instalment has previously been rumoured for the South Korea event, though we now know that the title is in fact an online spin-off and not a new RTS game as previously assumed.
I guess we will know one way or another on May 19th. With so much money being made and to be made it’s no wonder game makers want a piece of the MMO marketshare. Unfortunately, this is not necessarily good for the consumer at the moment. According to a small poll posted by Voodoo Extreme VE3D, snapshot to the right, it’s quite obvious that most people polled would rather have an improved version of Starcraft as Starcraft 2, much like Supreme Commander as the sequel to the wildly popular Total Annihilation RTS, rather than yet another MMO. Also, if true, fans of the Diablo series must be getting nervous. Truth be told, a Diablo III RTS and MMO would likely be accepted and played.
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