Blizzard's Kaplan drops hints about next-gen MMO's genre and platforms
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Speaking to MTV Multiplayer, World of Warcraft game director Jeffrey Kaplan dropped several vague hints about Blizzard's "next-gen MMO," which is called that because so far the only info we've seen has been in job postings carrying that label. The hints don't count for much, but they're the most we've heard about the game so far.Kaplan, who revealed he is involved in the project, was asked if the game's genre would be science fiction, post-apocalyptic, or historical, and while laughing he responded: "all of those combined!" We're not sure what to make of that. Citing the console experience of the development team, he also hinted at what we already suspected: Blizzard is at least considering releasing its next MMO on consoles. However, the game is "early in development," which makes us wonder if it might not be for today's consoles, but rather the next generation.
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MrGutts said on 12:04PM 10-14-2008
Anything and I mean Anything that MTV does is a joke. The movies, the interviews even the interviewers. They have 0 credibility to the MMO gamers. Well maybe if they are some teenager and naive, then they will believe them.
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Dudar said on 12:13PM 10-14-2008
Does it matter with non-news like this? It's not like they're lying about anything, there's absolutely nothing to find in the entire blurb.
Tony said on 12:09PM 10-14-2008
I don't know, they've had some fairly respected people working on the Multiplayer blog and have tied up some decent news and interviews in the past.
Not my first place to go, but hardly outright awful
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MrGutts said on 12:22PM 10-14-2008
MTV news is like Sony trying to make a good MMO.
I just hate them with a passion.
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Nymik said on 3:04PM 10-14-2008
'science fiction, post-apocalyptic, or historical, and while laughing he responded: "all of those combined!"'
Anyone else think of Hellgate London?
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