Lead designer of Starcraft II tells eager fans to hold their horses…for just a little longer. “When we know a date (for anything) for certain, we’ll let you know,” said lead designer Dustin Browder. “Hang in there. We’re in the final stretch.” When further pressed about a target elease date:  “Let’s be realistic. Our target dates are not something we hit more than half the time. Putting those out there would be pretty close to lying to the fans. We are not going to do that.”

He made sure to point out that the beta is GOING to happen in 2009, and it hasn’t yet been released due to massive “construction” on the single player campaign mode.