Blizzard confirms new MMO, not WoW related

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In response to a post on the official World of Warcraft forums asking about Blizzard's recent job listing seeking a "Lead 3D Character Artist - Next-Gen MMO," Blizzard Community Representative Drysc confirmed that Blizzard is, in fact, seeking employees to help them work on "an unannounced Next-Gen MMO."

Drysc then specified that this new project was not an expansion for the current World of Warcraft universe, leading many in the thread to speculate that the project could be anything from the oft-whispered-about Starcraft MMO to a persistent world based on The Lost Vikings or Blackthorne.
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http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/12/blizzard-rep-co.html


let the speculation begin
 
My bet is a contender to Eve set in Starcraft?.

They've cornered the fantasy MMO market, I figure they prpbably manna steal Eve's thunder to.
 
What's the chance of this not being exactly the same as WoW, just with a different setting?
 
as much as I'd love a blizzard made EVE I think they'll play it safe ..notice nowhere in the OP on the blizzard forums did it say anything about it not being WoW2 ..just that it wasnt an expansion for WoW ...or Starcraft MMO/tabula rasa made for the casual gamers = elves in space
 
dont you mean after playing Age of Conan?

/sharpens huge battle axe
 
Heh...um, yes, of course that is what I meant. Please forgive the slip of the fingers--I need them for playing with myslef. That is to say, playing games with myself...and others in proper MMO fashion!:(
 
what about a diablo mmo,I played a bit of dialo it can work well as a mmo,but it wouldnt be too similiar to WOW?
 
gotta love the WoW forums ..there's 26 pages in the announcement thread

WoW frums is like taking a wrong turn at albercerque and ending up at the (literal) theater of the absurd

random WoW fanboy said:
No, u're a whiny who dont think of solution. Strip naked then kill the lowbie rogue. Plm Solved.
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U R AN ELF!!!
 
It's going to be World of Warcraft 2 - why the hell would they decide to take another chance with another MMO when all they have to do to get mad paper son, is make the game look prettier, say they added some new shit to it, and repackage the same garbage game that WoW is and just slap a ****ing 2 on it.
 
What about...check this out...a completely new IP?! Not Diablo, not Starcraft, not WoW2, not Blackthorne, not Lost Vikings, none of that. Something completely new.

Crazy idea I know, but maybe.
 
Irksome said:
It's going to be World of Warcraft 2 - why the hell would they decide to take another chance with another MMO when all they have to do to get mad paper son, is make the game look prettier, say they added some new shit to it, and repackage the same garbage game that WoW is and just slap a ****ing 2 on it.
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absolutely right. I don't even think blizzard knows anything beyond warcraft, starcraft and diablo.
 
Darkside55 said:
What about...check this out...a completely new IP?! Not Diablo, not Starcraft, not WoW2, not Blackthorne, not Lost Vikings, none of that. Something completely new.

Crazy idea I know, but maybe.
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It's possible but I doubt it. They'll stick with what works like they always have and like most developers.
 
Darkside55 said:
What about...check this out...a completely new IP?! Not Diablo, not Starcraft, not WoW2, not Blackthorne, not Lost Vikings, none of that. Something completely new.

Crazy idea I know, but maybe.
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Blizzard isn't that smart.
 
Even if they do make a new MMO, the players are still going to be babied to all hell. Whatever class/race/guild does the most bitching will be the ones that Blizzard listens to. Even after buffing/nerfing something, they'll continue to buff/nerf if the whining continues. Blizzard has no balls as far as dealing with their player base.

This is why they'll never be able to make an MMO that can counter Eve. Eve is pretty much hands-off as far as staff interactions with the player base. Imagine an Eve where instead of losing everything you've worked years to accumulate, you simply get ejected from your ship and have to fly back to a hanger to have it respawned. No element of survival/satisfaction at all.

WoW PvP has no satisfaction at all. You kill someone, they run back to their bodies and respawn... that's it. Sure, you can camp someone, but all you're doing is wasting time because you can't even trash talk the opposing side.
 
oh please dont make an MMO out of Diablo :( I just want a regular diablo3 with multiplayer just like Diablo2 (but upgraded ofc)
 
just play hellgate london ..actually no, dont do that, i wouldnt want you to be bored to tears
 
CptStern said:
just play hellgate london ..actually no, dont do that, i wouldnt want you to be bored to tears
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It's funny how I don't hear or see anyone talking about HG:L since it's release. Myself and a handful others were criticized on the beta forums for calling out it's failure and offering advice that could have saved it well before it went to retail. Bill Roper was way too confident with this one. The game is dieing just months after it's release. It's quite a shame actually.
 
"Drysc confirmed that Blizzard is, in fact, seeking employees to help them work on "an unannounced Next-Gen MMO."

Is this an example of the term "next-gen" being thrown around carelessly again, does this mean it's for the consoles? Couldn't you call every new PC game in development "next-gen"?

Don't MMO players generally stick to one MMO at a time? I don't play them, but I'd imagine trying to have a good char on more than one MMO would be difficult and time consuming. I could see a "next-gen" Wow 2, or I could see a sci-fi type setting with Blizzard thinking that anyone not currently playing their MMO is not playing because they don't like the fantasy setting and Blizzard's trying to get all the genres under the blizzard brand. I guess they don't have to worry about stealing customers from themselves.
 
HG:L was one of those games you either loved or hated. Then forgot about, either way you went.
 
Fishlore said:
I could see a sci-fi type setting with Blizzard thinking that anyone not currently playing their MMO is not playing because they don't like the fantasy setting and Blizzard's trying to get all the genres under the blizzard brand.
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I cant wait for Blizzard to come out with their much anticipated WW2 MMO, Cowboys and Injuns MMO and Dancing with the Stars MMO, A Cooking with Hibachi MMO and a MMO featuring ninjas, Pirates, assasins, and jedis .also elves ..just to cover all the bases
 
If neither gameplay nor IP resembles (too much) what Activendi are already offering I'll once again have at least a little faith in the Blizzard name. I do, however, see this as highly unlikely.
 
CptStern said:
I cant wait for Blizzard to come out with their much anticipated WW2 MMO, Cowboys and Injuns MMO and Dancing with the Stars MMO, A Cooking with Hibachi MMO and a MMO featuring ninjas, Pirates, assasins, and jedis .also elves ..just to cover all the bases
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I'm sure you can't wait. Sounds like they'd be right up your alley seeing as you have no life. Nice post count btw, do you do anything else with your life. I'd hate for them to interupt the time you spend posting about furries and digital breasts. F-ing looser.
 
Fishlore said:
I'm sure you can't wait. Sounds like they'd be right up your alley seeing as you have no life. Nice post count btw, do you do anything else with your life. I'd hate for them to interupt the time you spend posting about furries and digital breasts. F-ing looser.
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?

I was going along with your comment, I wasnt insulting you or what you said ..idiot, reading comprehension ftl
 
Fishlore said:
I'm sure you can't wait. Sounds like they'd be right up your alley seeing as you have no life. Nice post count btw, do you do anything else with your life. I'd hate for them to interupt the time you spend posting about furries and digital breasts. F-ing looser.
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Wow, you're a colossal moron!

Also...looser than what?
 
Fishlore said:
I'm sure you can't wait. Sounds like they'd be right up your alley seeing as you have no life. Nice post count btw, do you do anything else with your life. I'd hate for them to interupt the time you spend posting about furries and digital breasts. F-ing looser.
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Wow, you're calling him a "looser", yet you insult him for the sole reason of his post count? How about you take a few years off to mature a little (and perhaps study up on English grammar and spelling), then come back and try that one again? You may also want to go check out some Halo fan sites, as I'm sure you'd fit right in.
 
Back on topic; try to let Fishlore's stupidity drag the thread down.
 
thanks guys ...anyways I really do hope Blizzard takes a risk this time around and does something truely innovative ..I mean so far the only real claim to the MM in a MMO is the fact at any given time in some point in the world there's a few dozen players hanging out ..whoop-dee-doo ..where's the massively multiplayer in massively multiplayer? I want 1000 players storming the battlekeep of 1000 other players or to join an armada about to attack an outpost, home of hundreds of players on the other faction ..so far it's pretty much limited to a handful of people fighting it out in some instance somewhere.
 
Stern apparently Funcom are making a MMO with some of those features, surprised you haven't heard anything about it.
 
it's a game set in space? AMIRITE?


well I meant thousands, funcom is shooting for a hundred or so
 
Blizzard taking risks is not very likely. Consider the fact that they're pretty much taking open suggestions from top Korean Starcraft players for the development of SC2. While it is a smart decision, I believe that they are afraid of making stupid design choices and tainting their track record. Look at how much WoW has changed since it's release. They listened to their fan base too much. It used to be a lot of fun, but before I quit I couldn't be bothered to do anything other than raid, and even that was hardly a justification for paying a relatively large monthly fee.
 
CptStern said:
it's a game set in space? AMIRITE?


well I meant thousands, funcom is shooting for a hundred or so
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Hmmm, isn't graphics one of the main things preventing that? Slowdown from so many models doing fancy dancing about with swords stuff.

Go play a MUD.
 
Samon said:
try to let Fishlore's stupidity drag the thread down.
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I tried. :p (A little edit may be in order, eh?)

On topic: I hope it is not Diablo 3 as I want that for single-player/multiplayer fun--not the MMO fun.
 
no freakin muds

if they cut down on the stupid pixie dust and light shows that make pink floyd look like a carnival act they could pull it off
 
VictimOfScience said:
On topic: I hope it is not Diablo 3 as I want that for single-player/multiplayer fun--not the MMO fun.
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Troof, but I think Diablo 3 could do well as an MMO as long as it was decently easy to level up like it was in Diablo 2.
 
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