Starcraft 2 now a trilogy

[interman]

The big news today out of BlizzCon is that StarCraft II is being divided into Terrans: Wings of Liberty, Zerg: Heart of the Swarm, and Protoss: Legacy of the Void, three separate standalone campaigns that will be sold separately, each highlighting one of the game's races, with the decision to subdivide the real-time strategy sequel said to be the alternative to either delaying or scaling back the release. Shacknews quotes Blizzard's Rob Pardo saying the second and third games "will be like expansion packs, but we really want them to feel like standalone products." Word is the Zerg campaign will emphasize RPG elements, the Protoss campaign will focus on diplomacy, and the Terran campaign will also feature a Protoss mini-campaign. Shacknews also offers a coupe of cut-scenes, one fully rendered, and the other using the game engine.

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Looks like it's going to get expensive. Who knows what the mega-pack will cost :S

It's great that we're getting a lot of content, but this is still kind of crappy

[Gazz]

Making a bunch of maps is extremely easy if you have all the resources anyway. Talk about cashing in on your product. 3 chapters and millions will buy them all. Just like the herd does with every crappy WOW expansion to get your elf druid character up another level.

Gay stuff from Blizzard if you ask me, but the ones getting it are the source of this type of business.

[Magus]

Next to that, Warcraft 4 will also be coming

[KamisoriX]

if it's true then fuck blizzard. i would have bought a CE/LE box for 100 bucks but not 1 game separated into 3.

[interman]

Some pretty interesting info here BlizzCon 2008: Starcraft II gameplay panel notes - Joystiq