StarCraft II beta, new Battle.net ‘in the next few months’

Today’s Activision-Blizzard earnings call was a whopper. Blizzard COO Paul Sams revealed that the StarCraft II beta and updated Battle.net will be released  “in the next few months.”

Unfortunately, no release date was given for the game, but you can be sure it’ll see release “when it’s done.”

Additionally, a 4th quarter release date has been confirmed for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and Blizzard’s unannounced MMO title is in the “no comment” stages.

Lastly, ATVI “won’t be distracted by any layoffs” according to CEO Bobby Kotick as it outperformed industry predictions, returning 31 cents per share instead of 29 cents.