StarCraft II beta opens for applicants

Mike Bantick
Thursday, 07 May 2009 10:11

Your IT - Entertainment

Blizzard has released details on how to get involved with the highly anticipated StarCraft II beta program. 

Blizzard has opened up the flood-gates to potential beta testers for the forthcoming StarCraft II.

By registering on the Blizzard online network Battle.net, eager StarCraft fans will go into the running for selection into the test, due to be phased in by geographic region at a yet to be determined date.

Interested participants need to sign up for a Battle.net here, opt in to participate in upcoming Blizzard Entertainment betas through Battle.net Account Management here , and upload their system specifications using the quick system-snapshot software.

If you're selected, you'll be notified in the coming months.

StarCraft II Lead Producer, Chris Sigaty has dropped further hints on what potential beta testers can expect if chosen. 

Q. StarCraft II opt-ins are now available through Battle.net. Does the opt-in process mean that the start of the StarCraft II beta is imminent?

A. We’re getting closer and closer to the start of our closed beta with each week that passes. Several months ago, we expanded our internal testing of the game to the entire company, and we’ve made significant progress since then. We’re looking forward to inviting external testers into the process soon, which is why we’re starting sign-ups now.

Q. What aspects of the game will be available for testing in this beta?

A. As with previous betas for our real-time strategy games, the StarCraft II beta test will be multiplayer only, and players will have access to all three races -- terrans, protoss, and zerg -- and all of their units. We’ll include a selection of multiplayer maps, but they won’t necessarily include all of the maps that will be in the final version of the game. We’re making some great progress on the single-player campaign, but we don’t plan to do a public beta since we want to keep the story under wraps until the game’s out.

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