StarCraft II Beta is Months Away

That’s months away,” said Pearce. “We still have to expand our internal alpha to include the rest of the organization, iterate on that feedback, and then we have to evaluate what kind of beta we need, whether we need one at all. There’s a pretty high level of certainty that we’re going to need a beta and then we have to decide if we want to do a host beta or a closed beta or both. So, months.

Source: IGN.com (GC 2008: StarCraft II Progress Report)

That’s is what Frank Pearce, senior vice president of product development, had to say when he was asked at GC 2008 on the current state of the Starcraft II Beta. Which leads further speculation as to whether Blizzcon attendees will be of the those first chosen to participate in an early closed beta, before being opened up to a larger, more public beta. With Blizcon only a month-and-a-half away, this no hard conclusion to envision.

The interview with Pearce continues on into other details of the single and multiplayer portions of Starcraft II. You can read the rest of the interview here.