StarCraft: Ghost is a military science fiction stealth-action video game under suspended development by Blizzard Entertainment. Part of Blizzard's StarCraft series, the game was announced on September 20, 2002, and was to be developed by Nihilistic Software for the Nintendo GameCube, Xbox, and PlayStation 2 video game consoles. Several delays in development caused Blizzard to move back the release date and the game has not yet materialized. Nihilistic Software ceded development to Swingin' Ape Studios in 2004 before Blizzard bought the company, and plans for the GameCube version were canceled in 2005. Blizzard announced in March 2006 that the game is on "indefinite hold" while the company investigated seventh generation video game console possibilities. Subsequent public statements from company personnel have been contradictory about whether production will be renewed or planned story elements will be worked into other products.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1260:
The second of two major Prussian uprisings by the Prussian tribe of Balts began against the Teutonic Knights. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prussian_uprisings
1498:
A tsunami caused by the Meiō Nankaidō earthquake washed away the building housing the statue of the Great Buddha at Kōtoku-in in Kamakura, Japan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dtoku-in
1697:
The Treaty of Ryswick was signed between France and the Grand Alliance, ending the Nine Years' War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Ryswick
1977:
A series of celestial sightings of unknown nature was observed in the western Soviet Union, Finland and Denmark. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrozavodsk_phenomenon
2008:
An explosive-laden truck detonated in front of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing 54 people and injuring 266 others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamabad_Marriott_Hotel_bombing
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
anthelmintic: A drug for the treatment of intestinal worm infestation. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/anthelmintic
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
My own heroes are the dreamers, those men and women who tried to make the world a better place than when they found it, whether in small ways or great ones. Some succeeded, some failed, most had mixed results... but it is the effort that's heroic, as I see it. Win or lose, I admire those who fight the good fight. --George R. R. Martin https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_R._R._Martin
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