The Starcraft sibling still unforgotten

Out of all the games that have ever been delayed, canceled, or put on indefinite hold, Starcraft: Ghost has got to be the one I must play before I die. Anyone who liked western games at the time knew about about it. Four years after Starcraft started eating PC gamers' time across the globe in 1998, Metal Gear Solid 2 and Splinter Cell had become the hot new stealth action games on the PS2 and Xbox respectively. Blizzard Entertainment, still a very PC heavy game company, announced an Starcraft: Ghost, a console game based on stealth action gameplay with a female protagonist named Nova. The idea worked and added innovations on the gameplay, stealth action was also still a fresh idea and Starcraft fans around the world couldn't wait to finally experience the world seeing they've always been controlling, but this time upclose and fully experiencing the fright. Display boxes had eventually started appearing in EB Games and other game stores as the title neared its completion. Then nothing happened.

There were problems. The game had switched development studios after numerous delays and Blizzard held off any further development in 2005 so it can "assess" the new generation of consoles. In 2006 Blizzard put the game on indefinitely hold so it can continue to develope Starcraft II in peace, yet in 2008 claimed that SC:Ghost was never canceled.

Well now it's 2009 and Blizzard has a lot under its belt. Vivendi, Blizzard's parent company, recently merged with Activision to become Activision Blizzard. Blizzard currently is working on 3 different Starcraft II campaigns, Diablo III, the constant patches and upcoming expansion for World of Warcraft, and a secret MMO currently in the shadows. They might be a tad too busy to worry about Starcraft: Ghost.

Regardless, this recent forum thread reminded me of those days too long ago, but I still have faith. Hey, if people still think Duke Nukem Forever is still coming out then I can dream right?



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