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Blizzard has a new MMO still in the works, 4th new game, int

gameriot.com — It was speculated before the Diablo III announcement at WWI Paris that the crew at Blizzard was developing an new MMO.   There was speculation late last year thanks to job postings on Blizzard's end. In the video above Rob Pardo VP at Blizzard confirms they are working on another title that happens to be a next generation MMO.  He

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  • CIAVT, on 07/02/2008, -3/+26World of World of Warcraft looked pretty fun.
  • kevisazombie, on 07/02/2008, -7/+30World of Starcraft FTW
    • RoadDoggFL, on 07/02/2008, -1/+14Oh man, a hybrid RTS/FPS(TPS for some units)/RPG MMO would be the *****. I'd pay $15 a month for that.
    • L4WL3RS34L, on 07/03/2008, -9/+4No, don't let them ruin the Starcraft series like they did with Warcraft.
      • Slade605, on 07/03/2008, -0/+5It's not ruined because you don't like the game. I'd have to say WoW was the reason I went back and played all the other Warcrafts to get more of the story line.
    • matthew26, on 07/03/2008, -0/+3I wonder how it would feel like playing as an Ultralisk...
      • lordewoks, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1Infested Terran would definitely be the best! Hilarity ensues!
    • theculture, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2Sweet dear jesus lord almighty, I NEED THIS

      My life for Aiur!
    • tpfaff, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1So you want the same gameplay with new models and areas and have them slap the world of starcraft title on it, because that's what you'll get. No way they'll stray from the success of WoW
    • jebzaki, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2i don't think it'll work out there would be like 98% zerg on a server and the rest just character alts of other races!
    • ironrex, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2It isn't going to be world of starcraft. Why would they want to cannibalize on their cash cow any more than they already will be with Diablo 3? They want to bring in new customers and get them into a subscription model. say this will be some sort of MMO FPS with RPG elements, similar to Planetside. They might actually use starcraft units. But it certainly wont be WoW game play re-skinned.
      • RoadDoggFL, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1Which is EXACTLY what I've been dying for since I first played StarCraft.
    • mGARANDEUR1, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1It would be amazing to have an MMORPG where a player could customize their goliath the different guns and ammo. It would bring in a crowd who likes RPGs but doesn't like the fantasy story behind warcraft.
    • ParticleMan420, on 07/03/2008, -2/+1of course it will be World of starcraft, they just announced diablo 3, what other franchises do they have left to milk other than starcrap?
  • Kenelm, on 07/02/2008, -1/+27I'm hoping for something completely new, which has nothing to do with Diablo, StarCraft or Warcraft. Time to put their creative minds onto something new.
    • Renfer, on 07/03/2008, -0/+3thats what ive actually they are going to do. the new mmo will have nothing to do with their other franchises
      • Bologner, on 07/03/2008, -0/+8[citation needed]
      • soupeh, on 07/03/2008, -5/+1I would almost bet my left testicle that it will be World of Starcraft.
        I have been predicting it and telling friends to 'mark my words' about it for years... complete speculation, no sources to cite, but it just makes sense.
    • blitz718, on 07/03/2008, -4/+3Man, can't imagine a new franchise by blizzard, they might crap their pants trying to be creative for a change.
      • iofthestorm, on 07/03/2008, -0/+4Blizzard is plenty creative, using the same settings doesn't mean their games aren't creative, and in any case, their games are always the best so it doesn't really matter what you think. And they support their games well, Starcraft was still receiving patches up till last year, and Warcraft III just got patched yesterday, although the patch seemed to break some stuff.
      • blitz718, on 07/04/2008, -0/+0They have been sucking the teet of their 3 franchises for 10-15 years now. Don't get me wrong, i love the diablo series and WC3 is fun as hell, and i know how much of a hit SC is, but without those brand names backing whatever title they release people will be a bit more tentative buying the product. I just don't like their way of doing things when it comes to MMOs, because they are hardly of MMO quality.
    • PosedMagnet, on 07/03/2008, -0/+0That's hard to do.

      They have 3 rather unique and different gems as it is, and each game in the franchise has been golden. They could milk those all the way up to Warcraft/Starcraft/Diablo 7 if they wanted and have guaranteed 20-30 years of solid income ;)

      New franchises are risky unless you have a solid gold idea that brings something truly new and innovative to the table.
      • lithera, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1Blasphemy you heathen!!!
        How dare you to doubt the Blizzard overlords...
  • Specla7k4y, on 07/02/2008, -9/+3Duh, it's World of World of Warcraft

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=Rw8gE3lnpLQ
  • ytsohptwhere, on 07/02/2008, -1/+30Its obviously World of The Lost Vikings
    • terminalpariah, on 07/03/2008, -0/+14Don't be ridiculous. It's Rock N' Roll Racing Online.
      • NaziHatinChimp, on 07/04/2008, -1/+2Hey don't hate. I would go for that.
    • equinoxChild, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1That would be so unbelievably awesome
  • jmreid, on 07/03/2008, -2/+8He? HE WHAT!? TELL US!
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  • RST1123, on 07/03/2008, -4/+8Dupe
  • Brak710101, on 07/03/2008, -7/+2PROBABLY World of Warcraft 2 or something of the Warcraft franchise, tbh.
  • Wootstapler, on 07/03/2008, -10/+43Dupe dupe dupe.

    http://digg.com/gaming_news/Starcraft_MMO_No_way_B ...

    http://digg.com/gaming_news/Blizzard_Working_on_Ne ...

    http://digg.com/gaming_news/Blizzard_Next_MMO_not_ ...

    http://digg.com/gaming_news/StarCraft_MMO_blasts_i ...
    • brownspank, on 07/03/2008, -2/+11. Drop item on ground. Walk away from item.
      2. Pick item up. Drink potion at exact moment of pick-up.
      3. ???
      4. Duplicate!
    • schmiggyjk, on 07/04/2008, -1/+1You do realize none of those stories are based on the same news? Those are all old, this is brand new WWI Paris information.
  • blitz718, on 07/03/2008, -8/+0So, next generation as in an even more watered down, super-casual friendly game? Effectively putting a knife in the MMOs as we knew them because the mindless noobs will blindly buy blizzard products.
  • gforce051, on 07/03/2008, -3/+12I haven't even finished the first MMO yet!
    • Tyrghast, on 07/03/2008, -1/+6That's the sickening thing about them... no matter how hard you want to, you can never finish it. Like hard drugs, the only way to win is to quit!

      Or get full T6 and Sunwell epics, or Season 4 Arena gear.
      • inhaler, on 07/03/2008, -1/+5..until the next expac shows up.
      • TheBlackLotus, on 07/03/2008, -0/+0You can beat drugs..you just have to catch the dragon..
    • JoeViturbo, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1I haven't even finished "Warcraft: Orcs and Humans" yet
  • ForlornHope, on 07/03/2008, -6/+61Dear Blizzard,

    If this delays Starcraft 2 in any way, there will be violence.

    Do not test me on this point.
    • bossywalker, on 07/03/2008, -3/+1Why the ***** would it delay Starcraft 2? They have seperate dev teams.
  • Bologner, on 07/03/2008, -5/+37HOLY *****!

    How many times can this EXACT SAME STORY show up on Digg's front page?
    • xenoc1de, on 07/03/2008, -2/+1How many pictures do you have of a cat saying "pew pew pew"?

      That should answer your question.
  • visitmyblogplz, on 07/03/2008, -3/+9We should all submit this story.
  • sp1r1t, on 07/03/2008, -4/+1With horrible captions.
  • NikoK, on 07/03/2008, -2/+13At least the picture for this article is better than the original.

    Less QQ More Pew Pew
  • Midgetelf, on 07/03/2008, -1/+0Wow, now I REALLY wanna know wtf they're working on. I was dead sure it'd be Diablo MMO... but they already are released starcraft, they're releasing a new WoW, and now a non-mmo Diablo 3... it must be a new title :) /happydance
  • bilbus, on 07/03/2008, -6/+2I hope its a FPS, no more rpgs plz

    Something like planetside, but code it correctly
    • 0Xonox0, on 07/03/2008, -1/+1Yes. Planetside is one of my favorite MMOs. It could easily be done based on Starcraft, though it would be cool to see something new.
  • PosedMagnet, on 07/03/2008, -4/+0THE WORLD OF JAKE GYLLENHAAL

    I can't wait to roll a "The Day After Tomorrow" toon!!!!
  • VelvetoneFusion, on 07/03/2008, -2/+2Aww, dude, I can't wait for "int"!
  • Kahnza, on 07/03/2008, -3/+3Define "next generation MMO"
  • holyskeleton, on 07/03/2008, -5/+8dugg for pew cat.
  • robszol, on 07/03/2008, -4/+2but you have to admit that is the best lolcat EVER!
  • sw2820, on 07/03/2008, -2/+2World of Starcraft. It will lock down the entire Korean market.
  • Radica1Faith, on 07/03/2008, -0/+3World of Starcraft would make the most sense. It already has a fanbase much like WoW did. However I do think once Starcraft 2, Diablo 3, and Wrath of the Lich King comes out they should eventually work on a new franchise before they turn into Nintendo. I don't want to be playing Diablo 8 and Starcraft Tennis. (Although I'd reluctantly buy it all anyway)
  • Sananda, on 07/03/2008, -0/+3MMO2 next generation recipe

    Ingredients :

    WOW
    Diablo
    Starcraft

    Blend it all for 5 Years, add some cow milk and finally the top secret ingredient Hellgate.
    Voilá

    P.S. - Whats up with the comment box always going up and down every time i type, its fraking annoying!!!!



  • TheIronKing, on 07/03/2008, -5/+1great, that's what the gaming community needs, another MMO
    god I can't wait until the MMO fads goes away
    • Magee1205, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1Yeah, that and the crack cocaine fad...
  • mnvamsi, on 07/03/2008, -0/+0I cannot see the video but still i know warcraft is a great game to hang on with
  • Malarie, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2I dont care if its a fricking golf game. I ma buy it
  • starkistuna, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2fools if they do that...
    they would loose hundreds of thousands of accounts by segmenting their user base like that..
    like what happens to counterstrike , when they pushed out source it split the user base down the middle and then players did not get to play with their former teammates/clans left.
    • mythicflux, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1All MMO's have an inherent abandonment rate. WoW just has the lowest of all of them. Blizzard is going to balance their user base by running WoW for the next few years then release their new MMO to pull back in the people who've left WoW.

      Either that or they would do something radical like tie user accounts from both systems into a single super account. By buying access to WoW you get access to their next MMO at the same time. Or rather by buying a Blizzard MMO account you'd get to play two great games. Since you can only really login to one of the games at any given time they wouldn't really be loosing any money since the demand on their servers would be fairly consistent. They could then cover the initial development cost of the software when you buy the new MMO game (or WoW) at retail (or online). They would have a perfect way to continue making $14.99 from 10 million people (or more people). Given them something new and let them play something they love.
  • equinoxChild, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2World of lolcat!
  • donquixote235, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1I found this interesting chart last night:

    http://www.mmogchart.com/Chart11.html

    As you can see by the curves, WoW subscriptions are hitting a plateau, and the time is ripe for a next-gen MMO to take the crown. Blizzard is smart to be working on a new one, but if they plan on holding their market share, they shouldn't take TOO long about it.
  • MattSFJ2, on 07/03/2008, -1/+0world of starcraft meets world of warcraft....

    I would love to see a zergling pwon a gnomie
  • Sugaruss, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1It's funny to see a Blizzard employee spew release dates like that, forgetting the history of each game released by the company.
  • ry4nsm1th, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1Can they let me finish college and get established with a job before they are released? :(
  • HellsFire, on 07/05/2008, -0/+0if its some sort of massive war game im in but another WoW no im sick of WoW it was good.
  • TheGhostMan, on 07/05/2008, -1/+1World of Starcraft would be stupid.
  • Feldon, on 07/12/2008, -0/+1Diablo3 is not an MMO
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