StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm not coming until 2013 says analyst

An analyst from Cowen & Company spoke out today about Activision Blizzard withthat included predictions on the payout of the Infinity Ward ♍lawsuit, as well as the prospective release date of the highly anticipated StarCraft 2 expansion pack: Heart of the Swarm.

Doug Creutz said that he 🐟believes Blizzard is planning to push Heart of the Swarm back until after 2013 citing the fact that Blizzard tends to allow 3-6 months for beta testing on their titles. Currently, Blizzard has not even announced any information regarding a beta test lꦑeading many to believe it is still a long way off.

That said, Blizzard has recently been much more outspoken about the expansion, recently 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:revealing the new multiplayer units along with a new strategy video. Which may signal that they have finalized the multiplayer content, and may be ready to open up the content to testers for balancing relatively so๊on.

Creutz also suggested that the c๊ourt settlement between former Infinity Ward directors Vince Zampella and Jason West against Activision may have amounted to tens of millions of dollars. The court case made headlines in 2009 when Zampella and West were allegedly fired for conspiring to create their own company wiꦏth EA. The pair retorted that Activision was fabricating that story to wiggle out of paying the pair untold millions in potential royalties for the success of Modern Warfare 3.

Andrew is a freelance video game journalist, writing for sites like Wired and GamesRadar. Andrew has also written a book cal൲led EMPIRES OF EV꧑E: A History of the Great Wars of EVE Online.