Activision Blizzard's conference call today with investors didn't have too much in the way of news; no new games were announced and only one delay (Activision's next James Bond title won't be out this year but instead will be pushed back until 2010). Indeed it seemed to be all about hints than actual news. One of the hints came when Blizzard's COO Paul Sams mentioned that a beta release for their long awaited RTS game StarCraft II will be released in "the coming months."

There's no word on what "months" actually means but hopefully it won't be more than 12 months away. Meanwhile Sams said they are planning to release one Blizzard-developed game in 2009. But he stopped short of saying it's StarCraft II, saying only, "Which title is being released this year, we're not saying."