(OT) Warcraft III

Azazu · Feb 5, 2002

Does anyone know when this game is coming out. I am a big Warcraft fan but can find no mention of a date on Blizzards website.

Thanks

Darkness · Feb 5, 2002

There's a good unofficial site; I think they also have forums - maybe someone there knows?

http://www.warcraftiii.net/

Dieter · Feb 5, 2002

I vaguely remember seeing a sneak-peek trailer in the Diablo II
box. Of course, that was Summer 2000 and it's now Winter 2002.

I have no doubt that it will be good...for 2000 standards. But as with Diablo II, the production time seriously hampered the potential for the game.

Darkness · Feb 5, 2002

Dieter said:
I vaguely remember seeing a sneak-peek trailer in the Diablo II
box. Of course, that was Summer 2000 and it's now Winter 2002.

I have no doubt that it will be good...for 2000 standards. But as with Diablo II, the production time seriously hampered the potential for the game.

Yeah, it's a serious problem for an industry if the production techniques advance faster than it takes to finish a product!

Grendel · Feb 5, 2002

The recently closed their open call for beta testers.
they are putting out tons of screen shots.

I am betting that another 6 months tops (as long as there are no major issues with the online test).

Moon_Goddess · Feb 5, 2002

As with all blizzard products, it will be done when it's done.

That's as close to a release date they'll say until it gets done.

There's a reason why Blizzard makes the best games out there, becuase they spend 3-4 years on one game, not shell out 3-4 games a year.
As for Technology, Look at the Screenshots, They are still ahead of the curve.

LightPhoenix · Feb 6, 2002

As Grendel said, the beta test just recently finished. Blizzard has said the beta test will last as long as it needs to; popular opinion puts the length of the beta test at three to four months, but it could very well be six. I would say June at the earliest.

LightPhoenix

Umbran · Feb 6, 2002

Small correction here. The call for beta testers closed on Jauary 11, I believe. They were saying that people who had signed on for testing would hear within a week or two of that date. Then beta testing would begin, and take 2 or 3 months.

So, realistically, beta testing done... end of April? Release after that? Who knows?

Moon_Goddess · Feb 6, 2002

Well, If memory serves me, with Diablo 2 and Diablo 2 Expansion they went gold less than a week after beta, then anywhere from 1 week to 1 month to print CD's and packaging.