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Blizzard VP: Starcraft 2 Trilogy on the 3-year plan
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Blizzard's Vice President of Game Design Rob Pardo wants us to think about Starcraft 2's two followups, containing the Zerg and Protoss single player campaigns, as expansion packs, so does that mean they won't contain as much gameplay as the Terran-based initial game? Plus, you'll have to wait at least whole year between "expansions." Said Pardo, "With any luck, it would be like a year for each successive one, but that's going to be a target date, that's not a promise."

Since SC2 won't be out until 2009, you won't be able to play the Protoss single player until at least 2011. That's a long time to wait. Check out what Rob said after the break, and start yer speculatin'.

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Source: Joystiq
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Har har grimmie, you're favourite race is out last.

It's still available in multiplayer

HereComesPete wrote:Har har grimmie, your favourite race is out last.

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HereComesPete wrote:Har har grimmie, you're favourite race is out last.

Gamespy gave the bloke at Blizzard a good interview about the split up.
http://uk.pc.gamespy.com/pc/starcraft-2/918963p1.html

Looks like it could prove to be a good move.
Taking the links from singleplayer/multiplayer away means they can add extra features, such as giving a veteran character from the original Starcraft game access to much older technology, that had already been taken away in multiplayer games.