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Starcraft II Targeting A Casual Audience? News

Blizzard producer sets target on moms and wives for eagerly awaited RTS sequel...

By Chris Leyton
Posted: 03/11/2008

Could this finally be the proof that the entire videogame industry's obsession on appealing to a casual audience has gone a little too far? Quite possibly.

Previously the sole domain of hardened RTS gamers and pro gamers alike, Blizzard's producer Chris Sigaty claims in an interview with MTV's Multiplayer that Starcraft II is being designed to try and appeal to both his 'mom' and wife.

"[Real-time strategy games] at this level - there's a lot more there to think about and it gets really frantic really fast, and so it's definitely off-putting to somebody that's totally new to video games," he said. "But we want to make it much easier for people to explore whether it would interest them."

He added, "And yes, I want to try to get my mom and my wife to take a look and see if they like it. My wife has come to a lot of these events, and she loves watching [people play] but she says, 'I could never do it.' Well, I want to try and change her mind. I think that would be awesome if we could."

What next, perhaps a Wii version with integrated Mii support?

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	By: Anonymous Added:Thu 13th Aug 2009 14:10, Post No: 11 i hope we can played it in China sooner. the latest version of World of Warcraft is still banned in China and it is at least one year later than released in Europe and America.
	By: Anonymous Added:Thu 13th Aug 2009 14:03, Post No: 10 %u662F%u554A,%u6709%u70B9%u4E0D%u723D%uFF0C%u4E0D%u8FC7%u4E0D%u77E5%u9053%u4E2D%u56FD%u4F1A%u4E0D%u4F1A%u665A%u5462%uFF0C%u50CF%u9B54%u517D%u4E16%u754C%uFF0C%u4E2D%u56FD%u5DF2%u7ECF%u6BD4%u6B27%u7F8E%u6162%u4E00%u5E74%u591A%u4E86
	By: Anonymous Added:Thu 06th Aug 2009 10:59, Post No: 9 Cool, that gives me more time to save up for a decent Laptop (which I only plan to get to play StarCraft 2 on) and means I will have time for some of the other massive games coming this Xmas... so I'm happy :o) Good move blizzard
	By: Anonymous Added:Wed 18th Feb 2009 21:43, Post No: 8 none of you have a clue what you're talking about... do some research before you make stupid comments
	By: Anonymous Added:Wed 23rd May 2007 01:38, Post No: 7 oh ps i like carrots
	By: Anonymous Added:Wed 23rd May 2007 01:37, Post No: 6 are u talking about Starcraft Expansion set: Brood War? cuz i already have both the original and broodwar. unless ur talking about starcraft ghost. i saw the trailer for that and i think its a good game. after playing with little men blizzard is finnaly bringin it to a first person shooter ghosts versus marines and marines versus ghosts!
	By: Anonymous Added:Mon 21st May 2007 22:53, Post No: 5 ass
	By: Anonymous Added:Mon 21st May 2007 17:32, Post No: 4 epitome
	By: Anonymous Added:Fri 18th May 2007 12:07, Post No: 3 They are making the announcement in Korea because they are going to make a Cross Platform Next-Gen MMO called Daiblo 3 because they are cofiident that with the current next-gen graphics it will do justice to their game and to appeal to a more broader fan base.
	By: Anonymous Added:Wed 16th May 2007 02:24, Post No: 2 No Diablo III. That RPG is the apitimy of tvg rules! thrown into an RPG. Won't be World of StarCraft due to many SC players being poor already with slow comps, so it is either that SC Board game tvg rules! they mentioned once or StarCraft 2.