It's about time.

HOLY FUCK!!!! HOLY FUCK!!!! HOLY FUCK!!!! CYBER ORGASIM!!!! I FEEL LIKE SHIT BUT HIS HAS TO BE THE BEST DAY OF MY YEAR!!!! FUCK YEAH!!!!

I could be misremembering this, but I thought they were going to have a long beta.
 
Probably means the game itself isn't coming anytime soon.  I hope I don't lose interest by then.

 2 'major' products here, eh? Hmm, has me guessing. I've played Blizzard games since Diablo 1, and to them a 'Major' product could just as likely be an expansion. I say lookout, it might not be Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3, it's a good possibility it's just SC2 and Cataclysm. Which would blow...I'd rather be wrong than right here.
 
I didn't search through all 5 pages, so someone may have already said it, but it's worth mentioning

Goddamnit. I was really hoping to have a key by now. Tried every contest and twitter thing short of actually GOING TO BLIZZCON (would have if I could have). Guess I get to hope for the opt-in.... At least it'll probably be out by my birthday.  
 
Also the Blizzard posters on the Starcraft 2 forums are all being really dodgy about naming any date. Or timeframe. They haven't even said straight up that it's coming this month. Which is absurd, considering this news.

" Half-Beard must be pretty stoked about this. "

Yawn.  Could not be less interested.  RTS games are simply not my thing.

What would I do to get in  to the beta?  Well I have this extra kidney that I don't need...

I still don't get this. I don't see how 3 games justify them setting up a system for it.

I'd love to get in the beta, but to be even considered for it, you have to have registered at least one blizzard game to your battle.net profile.

" I still don't get this. I don't see how 3 games justify them setting up a system for it. "

AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH BATTLE.NET IS ACTUALY SKY NET. DIDNT YOU HEAR, THE GUY SAID IT LEARNS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

" I still don't get this. I don't see how 3 games justify them setting up a system for it. "

I wasn't really into the online play (Oh look...another zergling rush...how original), but I'd put that aside just to lay hands upon the new Starcraft.

Sweet!

" I still don't get this. I don't see how 3 games justify them setting up a system for it. "

I bet the Koreans are really fucking excited about this. They'll be playing the living shit out of this game.
 
For me, if it doesn't have achievements to Xbox or Steam then I won't have any interest, maybe when it makes it to the 'bins I will.

So it's either use Steam or use Battlenet, for Blizzard games at least.

" @Blood_for_the_blood_God said:

" since when do game reviewers determine the legitimacy of corporate mergers? "

Since when do commenters decide the job requirements of the guys who work for GiantBomb? "

" Am I the only human on earth who's just completely "meh" upon reading this? "

I would give up my lsat and only klondike bar for a SCII beta key.

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