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10/07/05 - Something's brewing at Blizzard

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Battle.net 's splash page is a teaser for something going down tomorrow.

Is it the Official unveiling for the WoW expansion?

Starcraft 2?

Website upgrade?

Something else?

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Refresh a few times for different splashes....
 
If it was Starcraft 2 I'd have a damn heart attack!!!!! I'm already sick of the Warcraft universe, I wants me Starcraft 2. I still play Brood War to this day, it's just that damn good.

But that won't happen.................... :(
 
Well it doesnt look very Starcrafty from the splashes. And I didnt think WoW was related to Battle.net.

So that leaves Warcraft or Diablo.
 
If they announce Diablo 3 or Starcraft 2 I will get a fucking heart attack :D

Blizzard is a great company. We always have to wait long, but it's worth it.
 
Helznicht said:
Well it doesnt look very Starcrafty from the splashes. And I didnt think WoW was related to Battle.net.

So that leaves Warcraft or Diablo.
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Maybe it's a guy from Protoss. Or a Protoss/Zerg hybrid, like in that secret quest. I can wish can't I???
 
...OMG SC2?

Edit: After refreshing the splash page, I see ogres, a marine, and a zerg species. Guess tomorrow will tell.
 
I was just about to say that skeleton isn't very starcrafty, but I checked myself and I got an image that I think bears a resemblance to a terran marine. They may just be taking things from all their games.
 
When I clicked the site, I found a different splash, a red monster...It makes me think its diablo 3.

EDIT: Eh. Somone posted the image. :D
 
One of them quite clearly looks like a marine from Starcraft. But others look like they are from Warcraft. Damn you, Blizzard!

Maybe they are bringing Warcraft/Starcraft to the DS? They seemed interested, and this would sort of coincide with the Wi-Fi Connection official unveiling.
 
argon said:
One of them quite clearly looks like a marine from Starcraft. But others look like they are from Warcraft. Damn you, Blizzard!

Maybe they are bringing Warcraft/Starcraft to the DS?
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Yeah, I'm confused. The red eye one looks it could be from Diablo also. *shrug*
 
Scotch has posted the proper images. :)

Its clearly something global then? They wouldnt have WC3/WoW stuff showing if it was an SC2/D3 announcement.
 
argon said:
One of them quite clearly looks like a marine from Starcraft. But others look like they are from Warcraft. Damn you, Blizzard!
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:lol

Blizzard am playing games.

Maybe they are bringing Warcraft/Starcraft to the DS?
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It would be the... Right Thing To Do (TM).
 
argon said:
One of them quite clearly looks like a marine from Starcraft. But others look like they are from Warcraft. Damn you, Blizzard!

Maybe they are bringing Warcraft/Starcraft to the DS?
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Are you saying that Warcraft vs Starcraft is inveitable?
 
Just saw another one that looks like an orc.

One of the splashes says .999_ = 1. I knew that already! Any ideas what it is supposed to mean here?
 
Ok, don't get hyped:


.999_ = 1 is a Battle.net forum reference.

It's likely related to them finally going to a forum software that doesn't suck. Hopefully they'll fork out the cash and go with Lithium.
 
ManaByte said:
Ok, don't get hyped:


.999_ = 1 is a Battle.net forum reference.

It's likely related to them finally going to a forum software that doesn't suck. Hopefully they'll fork out the cash and go with Lithium.
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Blizzard can die if they went to all of this trouble for that.
 
Thought I read somewhere that the first WoW expansion was going to be playable at Blizz Con. Probably just prepping that announcement.

Oh, and another retail release of StarCraft for Korea! ;)
 
It could mean anything. A crossover, sequels to all of them, next-gen ports for all of them... anything. Heck, they might throw a curve ball and announce a new franchise. Diablo 3 on a next-gen system would be nice though. :D
 
Seems like it's a new forum or something along those lines to me. The only thing I haven't figured out yet is why there doesn't seem to be any Diablo images mixed in there. It's all Starcraft and Warcraft.
 
Ok, I thought there were three... Until I saw an Orc....

So we have:

Marine
Zerg Hydralisk
Orc
Night Elf
Undead

Both Warcraft and Starcraft games are represented... But, I'm missing their other flagship series, Diablo.. That could probably be because it has somewhat been rounded up (with the Diablo II expansion), but I tend to be me more speculative... Either way, one more night of sleep before we find out. :)

I just hope it's something good...
 
So those splash screens were

A Hydralisk?
A Marine?
A Zealot?

Please please be SC2!!!!!!!!


































Can't get my hopes up..........
 
An animator from Blizzard came into my work the other day. I asked him about Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3 and he just had a blank stare on his face. Then he said, "I really don't know anything at this point." :lol
 
If you look closely guys you can see that ghosted over every eye is a circular pattern, some sort of insignia it looks like... can anyone decipher those?
 
I didn't see a Zealot yet... I wonder why though... We got Night Elves, Orcs and Undead playable in Warcraft III... But then again, no Warcraft human on the splash-screen either. Oh the joys of gamedevelopers messing with people's minds.. :D

crunker99 said:
If you look closely guys you can see that ghosted over every eye is a circular pattern, some sort of insignia it looks like... can anyone decipher those?
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Well, it's not text... Sorry.. It seems to be a a gridlined globe, surrounded by a circular pattern like you said...
 
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