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Whatever this new project is, I have a feeling that when it's finally revealed, my reaction will be a disappointed, "...oh." | |
Whys that? | |
i cant wait to see what their new game is!!! | |
I'm hoping Blizzard has some crazy new formula in mind, but the rational side of me thinks it'll be more of the same MMORPG grind-fest. | |
I hope it's not Starcraft related, I never cared much for that game (not only because I was already playing Warcraft RTSes before I even knew of it's existence.) | |
Same, a friend of mine however, a Blizzard fanboy, is already citing it as 'the greatest thing EVAR' which I think is a good example of how well this game is going to sell. | |
I'm going to throw my hat into the Nostradamus ring and call it for Diablo Online. | |
It will probably be a new franchise if you ask me, and definatly not a WoW 2. Why? WoW 1 has millions of subscribers, they're not going to shoot themselfs in the foot by competing with themselfs, the most succesfull MMO on the planet. No if you ask me it will be a PvP-mmo, hopefully a new franchise, and maybe even something like UO or Darkfall: an MMO style with is the radical opposite of WoW. | |
We can only hope hope it's not WoW with different skill. Now don't get me wrong, I love WoW to death, but the last thing I want the new Blizard MMO to be is more of the same. | |
A new IP? What with Blizzard all ready working on games for their two other IPs, and as World of Warcraft isn't going under for a long time yet (about the time Duke Nukem is released) I think it's lightly. They don't need to sell the new IP, all it has to say is "from the creators of WoW" I hope it's something a little different | |
I'm only certain that there will be a "sweet deal" for running both a WoW and a Multiverse of Starwarblocraft account. Can you say KA-CHING? | |
I can see it now. | |
Tigole earned quite a bit of hate from the WoW community for designing the game the way he did. | |
I'd give much to be a janitor at blizzard... no wait, but an actual job - yeah. Whatever this guy reputation between the WoW players is - I bet he feels like a God. | |
I want to know because I'm curious. Nothing more. Maybe I'll get excited, or maybe not. Time will tell. | |
What would be fun is that WoW would get runed to the ground cause he left...And everyone asking for him to come back. | |
Good god no, it's finally happening. Ever since Penny Arcade made a joke in one of their strips about "World of Starcraft" I knew Blizzard would eventually create an MMO based off of their other flagship RTS franchise. This company will have more money than God if this ever happens. ... one has to wonder, though, if a Starcraft MMO could finally be the game that puts a dent into World of Warcraft. | |
I feel like it has to be a new IP. Diablo already functions as an online RPG, even if it isn't the same format as a more typical MMORPG. Plus, why release Diablo III, which will most likely have the same ~10 year lifespan that Diablo II has, just to replace it with a not-too-different game? Maybe it'll be a rehashed MMORPG of Rock N'Roll Racing Oh, yeah--that was Blizzard. | |
Well, taking a serious look at it, given that they already have one super successeful traditional MMO, it wouldn't make sense for them to shoot themselves in the foot by splitting their user base. I think they're going to aim for a different audience- MMOFPS or MMORTS. Wait does that even exist? | |
I'm pretty certain that it's going to be called "Starcraft Universe". The potential scale and possibilities of a Space MMO in the Starcraft Universe are astonishing, just think about it for a while. Especially with Blizzards financial freedom. (WoW revenues, soon SC2, D3) | |
Ho can an MMORPG not be a grind-fest? | |
I'm thinking dynamic quests... bugh. I would however not be so disappointed if blizzard only goes with mmos at their one release per year thing. | |
It's WoW2. WoW is the vast majority of Blizzard's income (probably over half of Activision's too). The only thing important enough to pull a top WoW dev position for is an expansion or sequel to That Which Prints Money. | |
Seeing as it says thats its an MMO, im betting on a heavily PvP based third person shooter MMO, if that makes sense..... | |
If its some new series, im all for it | |
All I know is that WoW is the epitome of what I find wrong in the mmo genre today. So whatever this is I can say I'm far from excited. That's ok, it seems at least some companies are at least attempting to break the mmo cookie cutter. I have a lot of hope for the future of mmo's and I can tell you this project is not part of that hope (well at least for now). | |
Sakaguchi had already pretty much quit at Square by the time FFXI was released as I recall. | |
I am going to call it for being something unoriginal that leeches off one of their other franchises. | |
There's a lot of people thinking this will be "just another mmo." Sure WoW will probably change without him there. But, from the developers that gave us one of the most addictive games, you'd think they'll pull it off again. Then again, with so much hype of a "secret next gen mmo", and the success of WoW, this new game will have to very good... | |
Well duh. You don't think they would actually come up with something, when they have so many IPs already made? | |
I think I covered that in my original post. Blizzard being original would be great as they have made amazing games but seeing as they have solid franchises now they're obviously just going to use them over and over. | |
My hunch is a StarCraft MMO, mostly because Diablo is so built around the free Battle.net multiplayer that it'd be very tough convincing Diablo players that they need to pay extra to play online. Either way, I'm worried they're going to end the plotline of Diablo III or SC 2 in a cliffhanger and say "Oh hey! Now you get to play our MMO to find out what happens." Like they did with WC 3. I still don't know what happens with Illidan or Arthas/Lich King because I don't play WoW. *grumbles* | |
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WoW Lead Designer Moves to Blizz's "Other" MMO
In a post on the official World of Warcraft forums, Jeffery "Tigole" Kaplan, the game's Lead Designer, announced that he would be stepping down from the position - and moving to work full-time on Blizzard's as-of-yet-unannounced "next-gen" MMO.
It's been no secret that Kaplan - who found himself at the helm of the world's most successful MMORPG because he played EverQuest too damn much (no, seriously) - has been involved in the mysterious new project that the Irvine, CA-based developer is keeping firmly under wraps. However, during that time, he'd also still been primarily working on WoW, making sure that Wrath of the Lich King was in proper shape.
Kaplan assured fans of the game that he'd still be involved in the evolution of Warcraft going forward, though he'd be leaving the day-to-day business in the capable hands of Tom "Kalgan" Chilton and J. Allen "J. Allen Brack" Brack. Nor did it mean he was any less enthusiastic about the world of Warcraft:
This is the first concrete information - of any sort - that we've received about the top-secret MMO project in quite some time, and it's enough to make one think. You don't take the head honcho off your most successful (and profitable) title unless there's a very good reason for it. One can speculate, then, that this means that Blizzard is ramping up development on the unannounced title ... perhaps for an unveiling in 2009 a la StarCraft II at the Seoul Worldwide Invitational 2007 and Diablo III at the Paris Worldwide Invitational 2008?
So, what do we think. Is it going to be Universe of StarCraft or what?
(Via MTV Multiplayer)
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