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Following the impact of Diablo III’s confirmation this week, Blizzard have announced some rather more dis-heartening news; their sequel to the 1998 Starcraft will not be released in 2008.

Blizzard executive VP Rob Pardo revealed the news whilst at the companies Worldwide Invitational, and stated that the games campaign was only “one third complete”, but revealed that they would have made significant progress by the end of the year.

Starcraft has received universal acclaim since its release in 1998, and is still played widely around the world in RTS tournaments, including the i31 LAN parties here in the UK. Such popularity has fuelled hype for the sequel, which was first announced way back in May 2007.

The delay has come as no real surprise to fans, who have become used to Blizzards ‘when it’s done’ mentality. This frustrating policy does however guarantee near-perfection upon release.

All Starcraft fans can hope for now, is that the game does not continue to be pushed back, especially now Blizzard are concentrating on Diablo III.