Yes, it’s real this time. The rumor frenzy was justified. Predictions proved to be correct. This is not a drill! The StarCraft 2 beta will launch this month, and it’s as official as can be.

During the much-anticipated conference call, broadcast live to the public, the following slide went up as Mike Morhaime, Blizzard’s president, was talking:

Mike also mentioned a mid-2010 release date for StarCraft 2, in line with previous Blizzard representatives’ estimations of 4-6 months of beta testing.

Indeed, there is no doubt about it. Battle.net 2.0 was likely the reason for the previous delay of the beta, which was promised to begin last year. With the new Battle.net preview page going live yesterday, Blizzard has made it clear that most preparations are complete and that the time for the beta has come.

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18 Comments to “StarCraft 2 Beta Launching This Month!”

1. ScoRpp — February 10, 2010 @ 4:33 pm
   

   Okay. It’s on.
   Tic-toc.

2. SikTh — February 10, 2010 @ 4:37 pm
   

   This shit just got real.

3. Zechs — February 10, 2010 @ 5:07 pm
   

   Guess I need to start praying to get into the beta!

4. Rafa — February 10, 2010 @ 6:17 pm
   

   Your site has a virus on it. You better remove it if you want me to keep linking to it on my social networks.

5. Nfx — February 10, 2010 @ 8:00 pm
   

   is this for real???

6. Adam — February 10, 2010 @ 8:25 pm
   

   I was one of those people refreshing the website for SC2 10 minutes before it was actually up, THIS IS FUCKING AWESOME!

7. Larry — February 10, 2010 @ 10:24 pm
   

   You gotta be kidding…

8. BoB — February 11, 2010 @ 2:47 am
   

   Nice news.
   I got a virus alert aswell, it looks like some cross-site-scripting. It might be from the facebook-widget or a banner.

9. Chef — February 11, 2010 @ 4:38 am
   

   Jizz

10. jaebong — February 11, 2010 @ 5:33 am
    

    i wonder if there will be any beta keys give aways

11. splanchnic — February 13, 2010 @ 10:45 am
    

    I also got a virus on this site, but that was a while back

12. InnT — February 13, 2010 @ 7:24 pm
    

    I think the exploit thing got solved. It wasn’t much of a virus, just a Java related exploit, and now it seems to be gone.

13. J — February 14, 2010 @ 6:05 am
    

    I want to be picked.

    Well… If not, then there’s always the torrents c/o our friendly neighborhood crackers.

14. Gojeerah — February 14, 2010 @ 9:18 am
    

    Going to blizzcon 2008 was the best decision of my life.

15. BoB — February 15, 2010 @ 4:38 am
    

    #14 – Gojeerah
    Lucky Bastard

16. Alfaro — February 15, 2010 @ 10:10 pm
    

    i really need a beta key lol! when will they give away beta keys ?

17. Keith — February 20, 2010 @ 1:03 am
    

    Anyone knows where I can starcraft cdkey cheap? It’s still go for quite a bit on blizzard store

18. SC Maniac — February 20, 2010 @ 1:07 am
    

    You can get it for $3.55 on http://www.g2buy.com/index.php?gOo=goods_search_list.dwt&gcat=1904. I bought mine there last year, works on Blizzard store if you need to download the game client too xD