Blizzard announced that Starcraft 2 is under development, just a few minutes ago, at their Worldwide Invitational in Korea.

This after almost ten years since the original game was released, and after a cryptic countdown on the Blizzard main site this week. They are showing videos of it now to the audience in attendance, but all I can grab online are minute-by-minute recaps from some sites.

3:00 – FMV sequence in a spaceship – looks Terran – zooming in on a metal door – door opening – reveals a guy with a cigar in chains – prisoner – door shuts behind him – there’s so much bass the room is shaking – guy steps into some kind of metallic devicce – legs are strapped in – guy rising toward ceiling – Korean text on screen got people very excited – another part of the machine is dropping metal arms on him – machine whirring – applying armor to his torso – extremly detailed visuals here – now guy is strapping on gloves – armor is molding together – seems like a Terran marine – rockets turn on – zerg now onscreen – Marine delivers a line – StarCraft 2 officially announced.

Of course, there is no release date announced yet. Hopefully we’ll get the above movie posted here soon.