First official confirmation of new Blizzard MMO
Filed under: World of Warcraft, Forums, MMO industry, New titles, News items
Blizzard has been recruiting on its website most of this year for team members to work on a "Next-Gen MMO" project, but it has never publicly confirmed that the mysterious title is in development. Some observers have pessimistically suggested that "Next-Gen MMO" is just a hyped-up way of saying "Wrath of the Lich King."Thankfully, it turns out they were wrong! Official confirmation (of a sort) has come. A Blizzard employee who goes by the forum name of Drysc responded to forum posts speculating about the project. He (or she, maybe -- it's like a female Night Elf Hunter; you can never know) said, "it's an unannounced Next-Gen MMO. And that doesn't mean an expansion for World of Warcraft either."
So Drysc confirmed what most of us already suspected. Hey, better than nothing. So ... is it World of Starcraft? Do we want it to be World of Starcraft? Hmm.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
12-07-2007 @ 1:48PM
Mike Schramm said...
Drysc is a dude, we met him at BlizzCon.
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12-07-2007 @ 2:31PM
Bildo said...
After how much fun I'm having in TR... yes, yes I really do want a Starcraft Online. BADLY.
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12-07-2007 @ 2:37PM
Hollywood Ron said...
I am so there for WoS. Oh, to be zerged by actual zergs.
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12-07-2007 @ 4:49PM
Ghen said...
Well, I hope it isn't World of Diablo... For as much as I want my diablo fix, I really don't want it to be an MMO. I like the style just the way it is (was)!
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12-07-2007 @ 5:07PM
Markymark said...
I doubt it will be World of Diablo we already have WoW which is all the Fantasy Mmo i can handle. We need either a new Intelectual property or a World of Starcraft... I'd love for a actually good sci fi mmo.
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12-07-2007 @ 6:32PM
Seth said...
I cannot wait for Worlds of Starcraft!
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12-08-2007 @ 5:27PM
Joe P said...
Or, you know, it could be an original IP. I'm sure Blizzard is capable of making something new.
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12-09-2007 @ 5:56PM
Hollywood Ron said...
Yeah, but what are the odds? This is a company who loves its sequels and spin-offs. Starcraft is just WAITING, and as big as it is in Asia, well... World of Starcraft = Money Machine.
12-09-2007 @ 11:07PM
Saavik said...
I can already see it...
NERF HYDRALISKS!!1!!!11!
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12-10-2007 @ 9:01AM
Buckeye said...
World of Raidcraft.
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12-14-2007 @ 11:51AM
Kiddi said...
Id probebly guess that it whould be related to Diablo.. Blizzard is currently still working on Starcraft 2.. if i guess right, i cant imagine them working on World of Starcraft just after S2 is released? Its been 6 years since Diablo 2 came out, id probebly guess on World of Diablo... Could be a higher option, but we will see :)
Kiddi
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