uring a launch event for World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, Itzik Ben Bassat, Blizzard Entertainment’s vice president of business development and international said something to the London crowd that should make StarCraft fans’ ears perk up.

"I'm a StarCraft player myself and I hope it's not a decade, and we launched StarCraft in 1998, before I'm standing here again, celebrating the next game in the series," Bassat said while on stage.

While it’s only speculation at this point, it certainly seems possible that we could be seeing a new StarCraft game by 2008. We’re awaiting official word from Blizzard on the comment, and we’ll keep you updated with new information as it becomes available.