StarCraft 2 Codename Trivia

I had a chance to sit down and speak with some of the Blizzard guys earlier this week. Rob Pardo, Bob Colayco, Lee Sparks and Chris Sigaty chatted with me about the impact WoW has had on Blizzard, the future (or not) of Ghost, World of Starcraft rumors, Diablo 3 stuff and, of course Starcraft 2. I'll be writing up the story later on this week when things settle down, but I wanted to drop this funny little tidbit. Sigaty, Starcraft 2's lead producer, told me that the original codename for Starcraft 2 was "alpha", but when the game was nearing alpha they decided to change it. More »