New Blizzard MMORPG!

[Negativ1337]

Hey guys,

Sorry if you clicked this topic full of excitement, with a heart attack, shocking look but... does anyone have more information about the new mmorpg comming out?

Thanks,

Negativ

[Turenn]

Barstard! I was so hoping for a link to some official news about it.

[offive]

I heard a rumor that it will be a MMO based on bad forum posts.

[Taliesin]

Besides the fact that they are trying for a "next generation MMO" with "revolutionary" changes and [insert other hype buzzwords everyone else uses], and the statement that it will "not be based on any previously existing Blizzard universe", they really haven't said anything. Oh, and some of the WoW staff like game and content designers have been pulled full-time into this project now.

I figure they are due out in the next several months with another media teaser that builds more interest but at the same time tells us practically nothing about the project.

[Zal]

Barstard! I was so hoping for a link to some official news about it.

[Dominian]

I heard a rumor that it will be a MMO based on bad forum posts.

Rumors also said that they will balance the game trough polls on the pvp forums. :thumbup:

[Malekyth]

Not based on an existing property? Hmm. That rules out an MMO based on Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000, or Christianity. Doesn't narrow it down very much, I guess!

[Multibocks]

I cried when I read the first line of the original post. I now have blue balls.

[Fat Tire]

I cant think of a kind of MMO that they could make that will be next generation. New MMO have been done with next gen graphics, not that impressed. Genre is the only thing I can think of being different. The fantasy mid evil thing is done, over done if I may and WoW still fill that role fine along with most of the other MMOs. Space theme? Been done by atleast 5 different MMOs. I dont know maybe I am missing something, maybe a SIMs type MMO? /shrug

[Multibocks]

second life MMOG from Blizzard WOOOWEEEE

















ok that idea sucks badly =(

[Dominian]

Well its funny how everything Blizzard touches turns into gold..

AoC could certainly been a big game, if they spent one more year on it.. You cant release a game like wow was during launch, even then it never was as bad like AoC. Personally the game was plain boring after 1 weekend, such a disapointment to finally ding just to realise you get the same attack with a different name.

Damn i remember how i ran from Silverpine to the place south of arathi(cant remember the name) just to get my succubus. When i finally got there i kept dying untill my gear turned red and i tried my imp instead of my VW wich could not keep aggro.

How i killed my first lvl 60 at lvl 54 with a 8k soulfire super lucky critt in his back.. 2 seconds after i realised what i had done i was so afraid i heartstoned back to Orgrimmar. The feeling of stepping into Molten Core and seeing the 2 big giants was soooo awsome!

Certainly games dont impress me anymore like the first GTA that came in 3d or WOW, but i know there will come games that we didnt expect to be possible but i do expect them to come slower then what it have done untill today.

[kadaan]

http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/10/13/world-of-warcraft-game-director-on-new-mmo-and-console-games



He thought the secret to success was making a game that was both tailored to hardcore players and accessible to a broad audience. “Once people figure that out" linkhref=" your game world is going to attract a lot of people,” he explained. “But a lot of it has to do with art style, too. Are you going for realism or an inviting world? And once you learn those lessons, I think any type of "intellectual property" can survive. I’m shocked we haven’t seen more sci-fi, near-future, post-apocalyptic, historical MMOs; there’s all these completely different fantasy settings beyond the traditional high fantasy ones.”

So is Blizzard’s new MMO going to be sci-fi, near-future, post-apocalyptic or historical? “All of those combined!” he said, laughing.

[mmcookies]

So is Blizzard’s new MMO going to be sci-fi, near-future, post-apocalyptic or historical? “All of those combined!” he said, laughing.


FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

Caverns of Time, the MMO

[Zal]

Caverns of Time, the MMO
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[EaTCarbS]

New Blizzard MMO:

World of the Lost Vikings

[Deekhay]

Starcraft.

It even fits the...

So is Blizzard’s new MMO going to be sci-fi, near-future, post-apocalyptic or historical? “All of those combined!” he said, laughing.

...Million dollar question.

[Powerwar]

Starcraft Universe would be nice.

Multiboxing zerg would give a completely new twist of the common "I got zerged by a multiboxer" :)

[Multibocks]

Starcraft is already existing and therefore not what it will be based on.

[ILikeTwins]

From all the teaser words they have said so far (not many that is) it seems like they are going to make a Star Trek MMO

[Bigfish]

From all the teaser words they have said so far (not many that is) it seems like they are going to make a Star Trek MMO

...

God I hope not.

[Tombs]

My guess would be RPG with heavier Strategy elements. It is the route they've been moving since Warcraft 3. To do something not WoW it'd have to be Sci-fi space/action but to not use the Starcraft IP for that would be silly. I have no idea what they've got in store, maybe we'll catch a glipse at this year's Blizzcon.

[Crucial]

My votes on Hello Kitty MMORPG.

[Marious]

NO WAY I GOT DIBS ON HELLO KITTY MMO! I already have names for my 5 box team for it and everything!

[heffner]

I thought it was World of World of Warcraft?? ;P

I would guess it will be something that will not damage their current WoW playerbase too much.

Something cyberpunk, gothic or sci-fi would fit that bill IMO...of course so would Hello Kitty. Of course, it could even be some type of sports MMO, that would probably make them some good coin. Who knows. I just don't think it will be another medieval-Tolkien-type fantasy MMO. Perhaps they could get away with something similar like vikings, pirates, martial arts or WWI or WWII type warfare.

I'd also guess that patch 3.1 may have been the testing ground for some of the concepts.

I am hoping it's Starcraft....

[Tdawg2008]

NO WAY I GOT DIBS ON HELLO KITTY MMO! I already have names for my 5 box team for it and everything!

That's it? I'm ordering an i7 extreme, 24gb of ram, and GT 285 x 4 so i can 30 box!!! I pwn Hello Kitty.

[Gadzooks]

I'm wondering if HellGate:London is the kind of idea they're working on - after all, H:L was done by ex-Bliz guys.

I'd LOVE a Blade Runneresque game, or something influenced by Gibson, Stephenson, and the rest, a mix of Snow Crash and Neuromancer, with heavy RPG elements, RP, and more puzzle type stuff. Throw in a good dose of Tank Girl goofiness, and it would be a blast.

I would'nt be surprised if we don't get anything at Blizzcon - this one will be all about the next expansion, Starcraft, and Diablo III.

D3 and WoW will be plenty to do until the next gen games comes out. :)

[Frosty]

I heard a rumor that it will be a MMO based on bad forum posts.

Rumors also said that they will balance the game trough polls on the pvp forums. :thumbup:I plan to play the new Forum Troll class. :P

[Otlecs]

From all the teaser words they have said so far (not many that is) it seems like they are going to make a Star Trek MMO
Since Star Trek Online (http://www.startrekonline.com/) is already well under development and now sitting with Cryptic Studios, I think we can at least put that rumour to rest :)

[Talamarr]

I really want to see a game that gets rid of the holy-trinity setup. Make every class a dps type class. Then give each class the ability to keep itself alive during a fight somehow (healing, repairing, some sort of defensive shield, etc.) Make aggro more random and mob damage more aoe.

Actually, a hybrid FPS / MMO would be awesome. Start with FPS mechanics and gameplay then start throwing in MMO aspects; grouping, quests, character development; etc. THAT would be fun to play.

[Bigfish]

I really want to see a game that gets rid of the holy-trinity setup.

Amen to that.

It would also be nice to see a game that wasn't entirely reliant on grouping to get anywhere. Granted, you can hit cap in WoW without ever joining a group, but most loot options involve hopping in a group for PVP, Heroics, or raids.

Maybe its just me being weird, but to me, the allure of MMOs isn't hopping online to play with a bunch of people from around the world. The allure is to have an ever evolving game-world where everything doesn't revolve around the player.

I imagine the next big MMO is going to be one that focuses on making the world a dynamic, interesting place to be, where people log in not to spend their weekends with 39 other people while some guy named Puff tells them what to do, but one where people log in to see if their home town is still there, where hordes of rampaging lizardmen may attack a city at a moment's notice, and where killing a dragon is a population wide event, not an hour long tank-n-spank exclusive to the top 5-10% of the server.

[HPB]

From all the teaser words they have said so far (not many that is) it seems like they are going to make a Star Trek MMO

Already got a post on this in the MMO forum. There is already a Star Trek MMO in the works (has been for a few years, even switched development companies). startrekonline.com

[Multibocks]

MMO FPS that doesnt suck would be nice.... or a steampunk MMO. Hell, other than Eve, there really isnt a good Scifi MMO either. (Although Eve being "good" is debatable.)


Honestly, I hope they make something that I cant stand the idea of playing, so I dont get hooked again.

[offive]

Hello Kitty vs. Zombie Strippers MMO

[Starbuck_Jones]

In my opinion Blizzard should be brainstorming the next big thing. However they currently have 3 golden child franchises. Warcraft, Diablo, and Starcraft. It would be a risk, but one they should take to expand into a fourth. However I do not feel it should be in the MMO market. In the past there were very few mmo games and the audience was limited. UO, Everquest were really the big ones with about a half dozen that came later that could not touch EQ's numbers. Along comes WoW in an over saturated mmo market all fighting over the same 3-4 million players and it does what no other game did before and that was expand the audience by leaps and bounds.

I think Blizzard is better off makeing wow bigger and better and do what it takes to bring in new customers than to launch a second mmo that will only compete with the former. I would rather see the resources spent on WoW to get content out faster and updateing vanila wow to the current storylines. I think if they launched a new campaign targeting new players like a vanilla server that can only be accessed by these enabled accounts followed by a free character transfer to an established server at 60. Thus they dont have to compete or feel 5 years behind everyone else that plays.

For current customers, they could launch a pair of progression servers with some world event unlocks like AQ to get to BC and Northrend.

[kadaan]

Considering there's really no real information about the game other than that it's in development, I doubt we'll see a release for at least 5 or 6 years. Who knows where WoW will be in that time.

Also, if WoW drops to say, 6 million players by then and the new MMO takes half the playerbase and gains the same amount back, that's still 3m in WoW + 6m in the new MMO for 9m total. I'm sure many of those 3m will keep active WoW subscriptions, so it's win-win for Blizzard.

[Stealthy]

Check this link for info about the new Blizzard MMO:

http://www.theonion.com/content/video/warcraft_sequel_lets_gamers_play

:P

Cheers,

S.

[Gadzooks]

Considering there's really no real information about the game other than that it's in development, I doubt we'll see a release for at least 5 or 6 years. Who knows where WoW will be in that time.

Also, if WoW drops to say, 6 million players by then and the new MMO takes half the playerbase and gains the same amount back, that's still 3m in WoW + 6m in the new MMO for 9m total. I'm sure many of those 3m will keep active WoW subscriptions, so it's win-win for Blizzard.This purely my opinion, but I think 5-6 years is about right.

WoW has 3-4 more expansions in it, if we go by 1.5 years for each, by the time WoW is done, the new one steps in.

Diablo III can have an expansion or two in that time.

Starcraft can have all 3 versions out, and maybe a couple of mini-expansions.

If you think about it, there's no way they can ship a new MMO in less than 5 years from right now. If they hold to their usual standards, just the story and lore that needs to be written alone is years of work and polish.

The real gamble here is, will MMOs still be as big as they are now? Or will some other form of game take over? Take a look at Guitar Hero, and Rock Band. A couple years ago, who knew they'd be as HUGE as they are? (And yes, a Rock Band MMO would be...awesome). They hit the jackpot with WOW, but there's no guarantee it will happen again.

Blizzard I'm sure are well aware of the issues, and that they alone are their only competition, and they have to be very careful of their strategy. They also will want to grow their subscriber base, not just move it around.

I was talking about this with a friend who has contacts in the gaming industry, and we both agree, in terms of job security, the best place to be working right now is Blizzard - if you're good, and on the right team, you can look at a decade of job security right now just finishing the existing games and their expansions, let alone new titles.

[Taliesin]

WoW has 3-4 more expansions in it, if we go by 1.5 years for each, by the time WoW is done, the new one steps in.

Just curious if there was information released that suggests that. Assuming you are talking about full releases and not just content updates.

By the original storyline they had set out for WoW (yes, this game has a pre-defined story with an "end"), they originally only slated up to level 90 in expansions, with the possibility of extending to level 100. That leaves us with really 1-2 full expansions before we hit the end of their set storyline. That's still 2-4 years worth of content left, by their information. That also supports the idea of a 5-6 year timeframe before we see their next MMO released.

Now, they could always decide to add additional storylines to WoW to reap the rewards of keeping that going, but I haven't seen anything else to suggest that they intend to do that or not yet. Additions after that may not be part of advancing the story any more, but exploring other aspects of the realm to delve further into history or origins of things, which seems possible given the playerbase's keen interest on exploring that type of stuff.

And, yeah, a Starcraft MMO has been all but ruled out by Blizz as a next possible game. Unless that's simply what they WANT us to think. Hmm...........

[kadaan]

Besides the fact that they are trying for a "next generation MMO" with "revolutionary" changes and [insert other hype buzzwords everyone else uses], and the statement that it will "not be based on any previously existing Blizzard universe", they really haven't said anything. Oh, and some of the WoW staff like game and content designers have been pulled full-time into this project now.
I swore I read an interview where they said that "not based on an existing Blizzard universe" thing, but can't find the actual interview anywhere. Kotaku has a post from yesterday saying a blue post made early yesterday morning was the first time Blizzard has said it would be a new IP (article here: Blizzard's Next Online Game Is Completely Original ('http://kotaku.com/5252209/blizzards-next-online-game-is-completely-original') .) Does anyone have a link to an earlier interview where they've said this?