omg!. Really bad news fur us gamecube users. A few days ago during a Q&A session at Blizzcon Blizzard hinted that because of the online capabilities of the game, Starcraft Ghost might not be launched for the cube. This was confirmed at battle.net forums by a Blizzard representative:

“Unfortunately the GameCube version of the game was decided to be dropped. In order to provide the game envisioned by the console team a set and readily available online solution was needed. Unfortunately the GameCube has no online service and since so much work is going in to the online portion, it would be additional work to release only part of the intended game. Nintendo systems certainly aren’t something that we are against supporting. Blizzard in its entirety is based upon earlier games for Nintendo systems. The GameCube and Revolution will still be considered for future products; unfortunately Ghost will only be made available on the Xbox and PS2 at this time.”

This game has been in development forever and now it´s not gonna see a release in the gamecube. What are you thinking Blizzard?.

Blizzard ´s festival: Blizzcon has begun today. This 2 day special event has been really expected since a lot of announcements are expected from Blizzard.

“BlizzCon is a celebration of the Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo franchises and the communities that surround them. This two-day event will contain Q&A panels featuring the developers of World of Warcraft and StarCraft: Ghost, social events for fans and developers to meet one another, and hands-on gameplay featuring your favorite Blizzard games.”

So what can we expect to see at Blizzcon this weekend? a lot of blizzard worlds related contests, tournaments, etc. But what we are really expecting is the announcement of Blizzard´s new projects. The only game on development right now (or at least the only one they have revealed) is Starcraft Ghost and if everything goes according to the plan, the game will be launching by the end of the year and i don´t think they are going to stay without developing other games.

Hopefully we´ll be seeing some extra SC Ghost details and some extra stuff. By this time of the day Blizzard already made official the World of Warcraft expansion, let´s see if they have some other announcement to make (please, Starcraft 2…please!).

We´ll keep you posted but if you want to follow the event live check out the official site.

Burn Hydralisk! Burn!. You can check out the new Starcraft Ghost screenshots here.