General Discussion

Diablo 3 has been announced, and there are still job listings for a new MMO On Blizzards website.  Since we can rule out Diablo and Warcraft, does this mean we have a Starcraft MMO coming our way? I realize there has been some talk about this, but not since the Diablo 3 announcement.

I also so alot of people who say that Blizzard stated it would be a new IP. Does anyone have a link to the statement?

Well blizzard have 3 games gunning for release somthing like;

4Q 2008 - wotlk

2Q 2009 - Starcraft 2 ( yeah baby)

2010? - Diablo3

So I dont expect the MMO they are working on to be release atleast untill 2011, Blizzard typicaly announce their games around 2 years from release, so we might hear somthing at Blizzcon this year in October.. failing that we'll have to wait another year till WWI in 2009.  I dont beelive it will be announced this year theres already plenty of games and news to keep Blizzard on the front pages for the next year.

Well, apparently it wasn't Diablo 3.  Too bad.

Still, anyone have any ideas what they might be working on?

In an interview some blizz representative said they are not working on a new IP. But they are open to the idea, maybe sometime in the future.

I think the new MMO is going to be WoW 2.

I read in Pc gamer that it won't be a wow 2. It will be an entire new game.

so i hope they wont go with the cartoonish style and such. Wow has made them pretty secure in income. They can go wild imo :p

Lets pray they wont release that foolish failure of a game called Starcraft in a new edition, that would really top even what Funcom has done with AoC, omg !

Originally posted by Mitara

Lets pray they wont release that foolish failure of a game called Starcraft in a new edition, that would really top even what Funcom has done with AoC, omg !

Obvious troll is obvious.

My Money's on "The Lost Vikings" MMO or perhaps Rock N' Roll Racing MMO :p

quote from frank pearce (blizz co-founder)

VideoGamer.com: Is there potential for the StarCraft universe to branch out into other areas, like MMOs or even a console game that might be a shooter?

BC: Like a third-person shooter? (Laughs).

FP: Yeah StarCraft Ghost was something that we were working on that got shelved. Yeah the StarCraft universe is really rich, and it's got a lot of cool stuff in it that could be leveraged for any number of different genres. A big factor would be what the development teams want to work on. When the StarCraft 2 team is done with StarCraft 2, a factor is what they want to work on next, because the development teams plays a big role in deciding what they're going to do. So if there was a development team that was really passionate about leveraging the StarCraft universe for a different genre then that's something we would seriously consider.
 

source: http://www.videogamer.com/pc/starcraft_2/preview-1164.html

that secret project (hydra)  has been going on for a few years now and knowing blizz we wont know what it is until beta hits :)

I think Blizzard owes it to the fanbase to give some hints as to what this project might be, at least what genre it lies in. 

If I like fantasy MMO's, and the new project is a space MMO, then I know not to get my hopes up.  But if I wait two years, hoping that this will be "the game", I could be in for a let-down.

C'mon, Blizzard, give us a clue.