Blizzard has categorically denied it is 'milking' the StarCraft franchise by deciding to release StarCraft II in three separate products.

At BlizzCon last month Blizzard revealed that the single-player campaign of the hotly anticipated follow-up to the still popular StarCraft will be divided into three products reflecting the game's three races - Terran, Zerg and Protoss. The first game in the series will be Terran: Wings of Liberty, followed by Zerg: Heart of Swarm and Protoss: Legend of the Void.

Some fans reacted angrily to the announcement, accusing Blizzard of milking the franchise, with some even openly promising to pirate the game when it comes out.

I really don't see a problem with this, and I completely agree with the notion that this is pure profit. You take a game like Oblivion, with easily as much content as three StarCraft Twos, and they only make, what, fifty, sixty bucks? A hundred with a chunky expansion pack? (Arguments about the expansion being short don't hold much water in light of the fact that the original game can be beat in about the same amount of time, I know, because I've done it.)

Blizzard is used to making money hand over fist, and unlike WoW, they can't charge for tournament play, even if it doesn't cost them nearly as much to host. But come on, people still play StarCraft, and it's OK for them to want a little more for doing it all over again. Besides, the $50 game rate hasn't changed in almost two decades, so really they're making a lot less per game.

It's going to be OK. No matter how much the game costs, I promise you this: we're still going to lose, like, a bunch of times, to Korean kids plastered on Green Soju. There will be plenty of people who will trample us with half a brain tied behind their back; just like old times.