03-01-2007, 12:40 PM
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Name: Jinpo
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Why not a diablo mmo? Or diablo III already? sheesh.
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12-13-2007, 07:58 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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Blizzard's New MMO Not Related To WoW
The newly-merged company still plans to branch out with its next online game.
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December 12, 2007 - Blizzard has confirmed that it is working on a new massively multiplayer online game not connected to the World of Warcraft universe, according to a post on the official WoW message boards earlier this month.
Reported today by Wired's Game|Life blog, the assurance is music to the ears of MMO junkies jonesing for a new drug from the online gaming world's biggest brand.
In response to questions on the WoW boards about a recent job posting, Blizzard community rep Drysc confirmed that the company "an unannounced next-gen MMO." Anticipating the inevitable turn the thread would take, Drysc adds, "and that doesn't mean it's an expansion for World of Warcraft either."
In January, IGN reported that Blizzard (now part of the recently-formed Activision Blizzard) had plans for a new MMO and that it would not be based on WoW or anything too similar to the company's past projects.
Fears that the company's recent merger with Activision would lead to an endless churn of WoW clones would appear to be unfounded. A Blizzard rep was unavailable for immediate comment.
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Hum... still say it could be World of Starcraft, but with Starcraft 2 on the way (and with it being so similar to 1) that may not be the case... I suppose World of Diablo wouldn't be impossible, but I'd think that would be too similar to WoW. I don't know. I'd think any fantasy game may be looked at as too similar to WoW unless they do something pretty different.
It would be nice if we had something more than just 'it's not WoW'. I mean seriously guys, what ya said here in this announcement isn't really new. Give us a concept art, a name, something.
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12-13-2007, 10:15 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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Originally Posted by rabb1t
Blizzard's New MMO Not Related To WoW
The newly-merged company still plans to branch out with its next online game.
Hum... still say it could be World of Starcraft, but with Starcraft 2 on the way (and with it being so similar to 1) that may not be the case... I suppose World of Diablo wouldn't be impossible, but I'd think that would be too similar to WoW. I don't know. I'd think any fantasy game may be looked at as too similar to WoW unless they do something pretty different.
It would be nice if we had something more than just 'it's not WoW'. I mean seriously guys, what ya said here in this announcement isn't really new. Give us a concept art, a name, something.
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i donno rabb1t, it says its "not related to past projects" may very well be something entirely new.
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12-13-2007, 12:01 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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Originally Posted by Loampounder
From the company that brought us Warcraft, Warcraft II, Warcraft III, and World of Warcraft.
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lol yep. And soon to be starcraft 2 I think.
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Originally Posted by Jinpo
Why not a diablo mmo? Or diablo III already? sheesh.
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I think that is Hellgate: London.
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12-13-2007, 03:34 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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Originally Posted by rabb1t
Blizzard's New MMO Not Related To WoW
The newly-merged company still plans to branch out with its next online game.
Hum... still say it could be World of Starcraft, but with Starcraft 2 on the way (and with it being so similar to 1) that may not be the case... I suppose World of Diablo wouldn't be impossible, but I'd think that would be too similar to WoW. I don't know. I'd think any fantasy game may be looked at as too similar to WoW unless they do something pretty different.
It would be nice if we had something more than just 'it's not WoW'. I mean seriously guys, what ya said here in this announcement isn't really new. Give us a concept art, a name, something.
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You actually make a case for a Starcraft MMO because Blizzard/Activision could do concurrent marketing of both products (more bang for the buck).
The risk for Blizzard is they can wind up competing with themselves..that is a new MMO that has the same quality levels of WoW could be the only thing that could cause a serious decline in the WoW player base, and who better to pull players OUT of WoW than Blizzard? (especially if they go off an make another fantasy MMO)
Please God, dont let it be another fantasy MMO!!
How bout an Old West MMO..something we havent actually seen before? (I know orgininality in MMO design is passe these days)
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12-13-2007, 04:13 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
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Originally Posted by Kurron Nye
How bout an Old West MMO..something we havent actually seen before? (I know orgininality in MMO design is passe these days)
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A Wild West MMO would be pretty cool but how would it fair with Blizzard's Asian market?
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12-13-2007, 05:30 PM
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Into the Volcano
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99% chance it's Starcraft. Sci-fi MMOs are finally catching on after the failures of AO and SWG. Starcraft 2 will be out next year and will allow them to set the stage via the plotline to allow for an MMO.
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12-14-2007, 01:35 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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Originally Posted by rhagz
99% chance it's Starcraft. Sci-fi MMOs are finally catching on after the failures of AO and SWG. Starcraft 2 will be out next year and will allow them to set the stage via the plotline to allow for an MMO.
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You make a good point. With long time successes like Eve Online, and now Tabula Rasa doing quite well, it shows there is hope for the sci-fi MMO genre. (not to mention Stargate Worlds and Star Trek online in the works)
I agree totally about Starcraft, its yet another blockbuster franchise which could take over the sci-fi MMO genre similar to how the Warcraft franchise translated into a blockbuster MMO.
Now that would be unprecendented, the same company totally dominating both major MMO genres.
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12-14-2007, 02:21 PM
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Into the Volcano
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Well, I wouldn't call sci-fi a major mmo genre. But it would be with a SC MMOFPS.
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12-14-2007, 02:55 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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Originally Posted by akuthia
i donno rabb1t, it says its "not related to past projects" may very well be something entirely new.
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Hum, true true, missed that bit. 
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Originally Posted by acrobat
I think that is Hellgate: London.
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Mythos is a lot closer.
Though I could see Blizzard doing a Diablo III at some point. Considering they are focusing on SC2 right now, we probably realistically won’t see Diablo III until at least 2010, if not later.
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Originally Posted by Kurron Nye
Please God, dont let it be another fantasy MMO!!
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Yeah, agreed there. We just have way too many ‘standard fantasy’ MMOs out there. Now, if they did something different, like how Dark Sun flipped D&D all around, sure, that would probably be ok. But something ‘mainstream fantasy’… plenty of those already.
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Originally Posted by AsheMan
A Wild West MMO would be pretty cool but how would it fair with Blizzard's Asian market?
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There was one in the works once upon a time; "Priest". It originated from manga I believe.
http://pc.ign.com/objects/550/550044.html
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12-15-2007, 06:45 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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i would really like to see something like neocron 2, that works. a shadowrun/cyberpunkish game
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