Rumor: Blizzard's next MMO to be an MMOFPS
by Seraphina Brennan 
Jan 8th 2010 at 5:00PM
Filed under: Sci-fi, MMO industry, News items, Rumors
The French gaming site NoFrag is reporting that Blizzard's next game will include an FPS portion as well as a social portion, splitting the player between two systems. While the player will be able to meet people, chat, and make friends in the social area of the game, they will also be able to then launch into the FPS portion with their friends and battle over objectives.
Adding this to the widely spread rumor that this next game is going to be a sci-fi title and Kaplan's hints that the game might be hitting consoles? We have a feeling we might be looking at a cyberpunk setting here, if players are switching between two "modes" of play. The social play would be set in the real world while the FPS would be set in a virtual landscape. But, of course, that's just our best guess.
[Via Blue's News]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Jude said on 5:08PM 1-08-2010
If i dont win, i will be a sad panda
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Dudgeon said on 5:12PM 1-08-2010
"While the player will be able to meet people, chat, and make friends in the social area of the game, they will also be able to then launch into the FPS portion with their friends and battle over objectives."
Sounds lame.
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mtsadowski said on 10:14AM 1-12-2010
Actually, it sounds like Hellgate: London
eru said on 5:13PM 1-08-2010
No surprises here.
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stephen.kretsinger said on 5:19PM 1-08-2010
Can anyone say World of Starcraft?
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Siphaed said on 9:07PM 1-08-2010
Actually, does anyone remember the fabled "Starcraft: Ghost" that was supposed to be a multiplateformer Action/Adventure game that was all but scrapped. It's highly possible that the work on that evolved into being an Online Multiplayer Shooter game. Not like WoW, mind you, but very actiony and yet very fun.
Drock said on 3:38AM 1-09-2010
Good thing they said it was going to be a new IP.
mpdivo said on 5:22PM 1-08-2010
From a friend of a friend - the new MMOFPS is based on the novel "Snowcrash" so you can expect skateboarding and car combat.
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Utakata said on 5:43PM 1-08-2010
...and don't forget America's favorite food: pizza.
Wisdomandlore said on 8:34AM 1-09-2010
And lots of Sumerian mythology.
DrewIW said on 5:21PM 1-08-2010
""While the player will be able to meet people, chat, and make friends in the social area of the game, they will also be able to then launch into the FPS portion with their friends and battle over objectives.""
Crimecraft?
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Russell Clarke said on 5:37PM 1-08-2010
Facebookcraft?
ScytheNoire said on 5:24PM 1-08-2010
This rumour was also around at E3 and other game shows last year because of the amount of time head guys of Blizzard were spending looking at, taking notes, and talking about other MMOFPS games like Global Agenda. So rumours last year were that Blizzard was also making an MMOFPS and interested in what others were doing.
Not a surprise, really. It's a very popular genre, translates well to the consoles, and Blizzard has long rumoured that they want to do an FPS game, Ghost was their first try (although not done out of Blizzard, but another studio, a big mistake).
I'd just like to see a new franchise. Let those artists create some new stuff.
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SgtBaker said on 5:38PM 1-08-2010
Ahh, the console MMO market!
It's going to be very tough for them to take market share with all these other console MMO's going so strong!
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Jdpitt05 said on 5:46PM 1-08-2010
I always thought Valve should've done this. They are clearly the king of fps on pc right now.
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Sibe said on 8:27PM 1-08-2010
Valve has got better stuff to do then make a MMOFPS, like making a DOTA clone... Hopefully a good one.
Epiny said on 5:49PM 1-08-2010
World of World of Warcraft anyone?
Onion scooped this 1 1/2 years ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw8gE3lnpLQ
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Utakata said on 5:51PM 1-08-2010
Since I like to see behind my character and play on a PC...it's looks like I'll be giving Blizzard's next title a miss. They should also make it fully F2P with MT's for an added "I'm not going to even touch that with a 35 ft poll" effect.
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Jarin said on 7:56PM 1-08-2010
You're passing up a game you don't know a damn thing about?
Utakata said on 10:38PM 1-08-2010
And you think I should play a game that I don't know anything about?
To answer your question though, right now as it stands...if these rumors are to be true about this game, then it's not something I wish to play. Is that a problem?