Starcraft 2 confirmed for 2009

It is official, Starcraft 2 will be released in 2009.

[6:55] There will be a Starcraft II beta test later this summer, and Morhaime offers to get anyone in attendance into the program. Morhaime expects to launch Starcraft II by the end of the year, though he also notes that it will only ship once the game is done.

This is from the Gamespot coverage from E3, and as you can see, it’s not a guarantee, but when a Blizzard-man says it will be released during the year, we believe him. Another thing to notice, is that we will be getting a Starcraft II beta later this summer, which you can read more about here. You have to have a battle.net-account, where you can opt-in to the beta by configuring your “Beta Profile Settings”. You have to have at least one Blizzard-game in your Battle.Net-account to join the pool of potential beta-players.