Posted Jun 28, 2007 at 12:21PM by Enrico S. Listed in: News Tags: Blizzard, Hollywood, Acclaim, Rob Pardo
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Blizzard's Rob Pardo says Starcraft Ghost may not be dead - Image 1 A lot of fans mourned when Blizzard cancelled Starcraft Ghost. However, the same community also applauded the company for its willingness to "pull the plug" on a game it felt was not up to Blizzard's standards.

After all, this is one of the few companies with an almost perfect track record. Every PC game it has released received much acclaim from critics and created loyal fan base among gamers.

World of Warcraft Lead Designer Rob Pardo recently spoke at the Hollywood and Games Summit and disclosed a lot of interesting details about how Blizzard runs its company.

What would interest most gamers though is the fact that Starcraft Ghost may not be dead after all and is just sleeping. This became clear as Pardo was discussing cancelled projects/games by Blizzard,

We're just willing to cancel the products that fail. That's important to our brand. We're willing to bite the bullet and write off those expenses. Sometimes six months into development, the idea doesn't flow. Our most recent one was Starcraft Ghost.


With that game we were very stubborn. I still believe in that game and the characters but we were not able to execute at the level we wanted to... Rather than work on that we had to focus on our other games. We're hoping one day to return to it.


"Hoping one day to return to it..." - These are the words that bring hope to myself and other gamers who desperately wanted Starcraft Ghost to come out. Well, nothing to do now but wait and hope Blizzard finds the magic balance that'll make the game worthy of being released.

While waiting, we will all have Starcraft II to chew on so no big loss really.


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   by awesome (Unregistered) - 2007-06-28
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amazing cameltoe =)


   Re: jx1 (Unregistered) - 2007-06-28
 » lol!

i would have never noticed if you hadn't said anything.
Hopefully this comes out. ^^
heck who knows, might even come out beside "Duke Nukem Forever"

   Re: Mister Common Sense (Unregistered) - 2007-06-28
 » ...

"amazing cameltoe +)" You must be a PS3 user *rolls eyes*

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   Re: HG99 (Unregistered) - 2007-06-28
 » @Mister Common Sense

hahaha we gladly take that as compliment
   by XiuX (Unregistered) - 2007-06-28
 » Hola

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   by hush404 - 2007-06-28
 » lol

Yeah i noticed that too in the full sized pic.

I would love to play some SCG on my PS3.

   by why do you have to be so bitter (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » ?

mister common sense...... why must you hate? go get laid dude. i have two girlfriends, would you like one? yes i'm a ps3 user, THATS WHY I'M ON A PS3 FORUM!!!!! why are you here? no one likes you! go out! have a life!! get laid!!! *shakes head* sad little man


   Re: AsunaNegi (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » Dumbass

Hey dumbass, take a moment to realize that this news post is posted on blogs OTHER THAN THE PS3 BLOG. Do your research before insulting others. Otherwise you'll just look like the retard you are. Have a nice day.


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