At last night's DICE 2011 Keynote, Blizzard's Mike Morhaime talked a bit about Blizzard's upcoming, unannounced game.
"We have some of our most experienced MMO developers, people who spent years on the World of Warcraft team, working on this project. We're really trying to leverage all of the lessons that we learned throughout the years, some of which we were able to in World of Warcraft, and other that maybe because of some of the design decisions that we've made we just can't address.
"We're basically trying to take a step back with all of that knowledge, and do something that's completely new and fresh. We're not trying to make a WoW sequel, so we actually envision these two games coexisting in the future. We really value the social experience of being able to play with your friends, make new friends in the game, and the whole guild experience. Games are more fun when you're experiencing them with other people, whether it's competitively or cooperatively.
"With Cataclysm, we did something pretty dramatic. We went back and redid the entire old world, we redid the quests. But we didn't actually change the game itself. We think there's a lot more that we can do within the context of World of Warcraft, but sometimes to break the mold you have to start over."
So, he obviously didn't drop a bomb and tell us the title and concept of their next MMO, but it sounds like they don't think they'll be poaching from their existing Warcraft audience with these games coexisting, so it seems like a logical conclusion to assume they'll be leaving the traditional sword and sorcery route of WoW and Diablo.
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Zhar003
I still to this day want to see a freelancer type mmo. They could do a WoW playstyle on the planets surface, but then be able to jump in your starship and have a massive space battle with your guild-mates. Traveling to other planets only by flying there yourself....I dont know, seem's like that would be pretty cool. EVE is WAY to in-depth, and Star wars galaxies combat sucks (at least in my opinion).
atx88
Does this really come as a surprise to anyone? Personally, I've been saying this for months, Why would Blizzard spend the time and money making a game that would steal subscribers from their current most profitable title? It should really come as no surprise that they want the titles to co-exist.
I respect Blizzard immensely for the quality of titles they produce. I for one am excited to see what this MMO will bring to the table for the genre.
But I don't get why this even has to be said as "news" when it is so obvious to anyone who knows anything about a business plan. When they had postings on their website way back when for a "New Franchise-Unannounced MMO", or whatever cryptic language they used, the conclusion that they don't want to compete with WoW should have been obvious. WoW has killed many other games of the MMO genre why split your sales?
Phiros
MMO FPS codenamed Titan based on a new Intellectual Property
vaajtswv
I just can't support two MMO's with money nor with time to play them. If the new mmo is equal or has less entertainment value then WoW, I'll stick with WoW. If new one is better, then I will be dropping WoW for it. I may be swayed into both if the cost of both is doesn't burn a hole in my wallet. In addiction, if I farming Vespene Gas in Titan generates elementium ores for my WoW character(s), then I can see playing two. Else, sorry, I just don't have time to progress two characters.
The only reason why I picked up DCUO is the lifetime subscirption for it. I paid $200 dollars and can go on it for as little or as often as I want.
Atavax
the guy said "We're not trying to make a WoW sequel, so we actually envision these two games coexisting in the future" i don't think you can take anything from that other then it not being a sequel to WoW and that they're not expecting WoW to die after their new mmo launches and that they'll probably still support wow with new updates and expansions even after the new game launches. Also, whether the new mmo is in the fantasy genre or not, its going to take a lot of customers from WoW to it. I hope its not the fantasy genre just because i would like to see the Juggernaut that is Blizzard apply their polish to show others how a completely different genre is done right for MMO's. Maybe a shooter/MMO like Hellgate London and APB
macross2012
Move to Korea because Blizzard has already said they are making an SC MMO for korea only that is WOSC
hoof_hearted4
well we all know its not going to be a world of starcraft, but i wanna see one sooo freaking bad!
ossiss
And I believe this is why they put a stop to "world of starcraft"
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