shacknews.com - 8/5/2009
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Update: Blizzard says that Diablo 3 is unaffected by the delay .
In the long battle between Blizzard's standards and the calendar year, the calendar again came out the loser today with the announcement that the studio's anticipated RTS sequel StarCraft II has been delayed into the first half ...
shacknews.com - 8/6/2009
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shacknews.com —
Despite the delay of StarCraft II into 2010,
Blizzard says the release of Diablo III will not...
be affected by the shift. "I will confirm that the move of StarCraft into 2010 does not affect the release schedules of any of our other games," said ...
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Blizzard: Diablo 3 Unaffected by StarCraft 2 Delay, Two ...
forums.battle.net - 8/6/2009
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forums.battle.net —
Today we announced that StarCraft II: Wings of
Liberty will not be ready for release by the...
end of 2009. Over the past couple of weeks, it has become clear that it will take longer than expected to prepare the new Battle.net for the launch of the ...
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English Forums -> StarCraft II Update
arstechnica.com - 7/30/2009
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arstechnica.com —
The World of Warcraft forums are buzzing with
complaints from players claiming that their accounts have been...
suspended because of chargebacks filed against them by a company that they have no connection with. The ...
(more)
Unauthorized charges getting WoW accounts suspended
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StarCraft 2 release pushed back until 2010
TechSpot —
A small bit of disappointment came from Activision today after they confirmed that StarCraft II will not be released on its original schedule. Rather than coming out in the second half of this year, the game has been pushed back to the first half of 2010 . Though disappointing to eager fans, the delay is not surprising. Not only had Blizzard put themselves up against a wall with a tight time window for the beta, it also claimed numerous times before that if delays were necessary they would implement them. Blizzard attributed the delay to needing additional development time for ...
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Blizzard postpones StarCraft II until next year
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... . The post provides the following explanation for the delay: Over the past couple of weeks, it has become clear that it will take longer than expected to prepare the new Battle.net for the launch of the game. The upgraded Battle.net is an integral part of the StarCraft II experience and will be an essential part of all of our games moving forward. This extra development time will be critical to help us realize our vision for the service. According to Shacknews, Blizzard has big plans for a new version of the multiplayer match-making service, which will launch together with ...
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