Project Lore

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Nerdbomber: Die in a fire. Please do.

Now: I think Blizz may be spreading thing's a little tight here. As it is, well only get to see So many month's of raiding content in Wow as it is.

Now, as to What this fifth project may be, comes to the question "What type of game will it be?" or "Is it even a MMO?" come to mind.

imbetterthanyou: Get a life.

Great. I realy hope that when bliz makes thier new game its as cool as Warcraft, Starcraft, Diablo, and WoW combined

I think this should be world of starcraft because the original starcraft is GREAT.....so I hope it will be starcraft related. DONT MAKE ME SAD BLIZZ!!!!! =)

My money would be on Warcraft 4. I believe the next-gen MMO is most likely going to be the new franchise.

Not to mention WoW has matched Warcrafts Lore pretty well but without delving purely in to 'back-story' its most likely the expansion will hit ground not mentions in the Warcraft RTSs which a new RTS could venture into to.

Also despite Starcraft being split into 3 other games alot of the developers will be less pushed once the main engine/units/maps etc is finished with the first Starcraft so another RTS project isn't unbelieve-able.

As for Blizzard stretching itself out. Personally I don't see it that way, blizzard has ALWAYS taken the 'it's done when its ready' stance and even tho theres always patching blizzard has always delieved very high quality games on launch and I don't see them jeopardizing our expectations.

Plus Blizzard are one of the few (along with Valve & Relic) great PC developers out there and so the more from them the better.

World of Diablocraft?

i definitely look forward to all the new goodies blizz has in store for us in the upcoming years :)

I would have to say warcraft 4 since Blizzard are already working on StarCraft II and Diablo III

the only concern I have is for the fans of thos two games is if it will delay them at all or even delay in the making of this game and with this economy I also question the fact as to why they are making a new game and I know a ton of people are going to say that people are going to buy it any ways but im just putting the idea out there ;)

I would like there to be a Warcraft 4 game so we can have actual new plot in the Warcraft universe (WoW expansions don't cut it, sorry).

On the other hand, it'd be nice for Blizzard to create a game that's outside their Starcraft/Diablo/Warcraft franchises.

1 more thing i guess they are also trying to create more jobs i guess is another way to look at it

im just thinking out loud here but myabe its for a diablo mmo. just becasue they made WoW after warcraft 3

Warcraft 4, to lead them to be able to work on WoW2 with shiny new engine etc, in a more steampunk-esque era, I believe. :P

Or, it'll be one of their old franchises, pre-WarCraft.

Well, how about a new Lost Vikings? I don't know about you guys, but I would spend hours on that game. Could you imagine 3D version of The Lost Vikings, using the same concept as the previous 2?

But in all reality...it's probably a brand new idea the company mailboy was talking about at the water cooler.

Yay for job creation.

at cieb:
they havent even finished that yet......? but it makes sense logically speaking if it was out

This news is at least a year old.

@Jason - all the news sites linked in this block of text date it as March 26th 2009, or something around that. I don't think it's old news ...

I doubt it's a MMO. They already have WoW and that next-gen super secret MMO. Enough already ...

I personally hope it's Warcraft 4

I for one would really like to see a new Warcraft RTS. It would be a nice bundel to the lore and attractive to Wow players and "non wow players whom are still big Warcraft RTS fans.

It would also be loads of fun for me. But probably a WOW killer for the lore freaks out there as they could get there "dose" by simply playing this game...so it's prbably not a new Warcraft RTS game....though I can still wish.

please please PLEASE be warcraft 4

@nextgener: THANK YOU. Those types of posters piss me off.

Let's see what've we got so far?
SC 2. There's their next RTS, so Warcraft 4 is very unlikely.
Diablo 3: So not likely to use the Dia liscence for anything, and unlikely that it'll even be RPG in flavor.
Unknown MMO: Since they're developing another one, it will be unlikely to be massive-multiplayer in any sense.
What's that leave?
Action-shooter. Platformer. Sports. Racing. FPS.
What has Blizz developed in the past that fit these criteria? Lost Vikings was their platformer, Rock and Racing was their racing and there's that Darkstone or whatever for an action/shooter (with some platforming).
They cancelled SC: Ghost after putting a -lot- of work into it. Maybe they're ressurecting that project?
They're said to be using the WoW modelling for now until they get their engine built. So what's that offer? A 3-D environment to run around in with the capability of jumping and using buttons to activate abilities/powers, phasing worlds to allow for objective completion to alter the interactability of NPC models/enemies to exist. Click targetting. FPS maybe?

This is all Activision who's behind it. They want to make as much money with as little work as possible. Just look at the 3-split Starcraft2. So I think either these games are going to be mediocre or they're going to take +5 years to develope.