Blizzard Project Director Hints At 2012 Release For Heart of the Swarm  | read this item

There has been a lot of speculation about when the date in question might occur.  Heart of the Swarm, the second part of the Starcraft 2 Trilogy, still has no real confirmation on anything resembling a release window, as per Blizzard’s ‘It’ll be released when its done’ strategy for release dates.  Normally, Blizzard employees are very careful when speaking about release projections or plan that involve a release window.  However, one Blizzard rep let a juicy tidbit slip out.

When speaking that GDC Online out in Austin, Texas, Battle.net Project Director Greg Canessa spoke about the future plans of the all-encompassing service.  When responding to question, he hinted at the current release plans for Hear of the Swarm stating “a main area of focus we’re going to be seeing on the Starcraft 2 side over the next 18 months between now and Heart of the Swarm.”

That puts the release for the expansion a few months into 2012.  It isn’t so far-fetched as World of Warcraft has seen expansions every 18-24 months.  If that sort of timegap holds to for both Heart of the Swarm and for Legacy of  the Void, the Protoss-centric third expansion for Starcraft 2, that would place the latter’s release window sometime in late 2014.  Quite the wait for these two expansions, especially for players that have already been waiting since the trilogy setup was announced at BlizzCon last year.

Source: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6281119.html