Blizzard's New MMO Could Hit Consoles
by Chris Faylor, Oct 13, 2008 9:38am PDTIt looks like Diablo 3 isn't the only potential console game that acclaimed World of Warcraft creator and PC developer Blizzard is considering for the future.
While the company has remained extremely quiet regarding its "unannounced next-gen MMO," World of Warcraft director Jeffrey Kaplan has hinted that the new project, which won't be officially unveiled for "a while," may end up on consoles.
"I don't think World of Warcraft would really work that well on the console, but that's not to say that other MMOs couldn't," Kaplain told MTV Multiplayer. "We have a pretty savvy group of console developers."
"A lot of the guys we inherited from [StarCraft Ghost developer] Swingin' Ape really know what they're doing on next-gen consoles," he continued. "So we might have a few tricks up our sleeves in that regard."
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I can imagine there being a lot of "OMG what are Blizzard thinking?" and "multi-platform release = EPIC FAIL" comments posted. Honestly though, how many people really expect Blizzard to make another MMO even close to the same level as WoW? It was amazing it had as much success as it did, I really dont see it happening again.
It's like asking the original Deus Ex developers to make another equally (if not better) game. Pretty much not gonna happen, not that i'm comparing WoW to Deus Ex.....cos it's clear whih is superior ;-)
I was never into Starcraft either, but I can just see the fanboys rage at Starcraft 2 when they realise it doesnt capture the 'magic' of the original. Just like SupCom to TA.
Anyway, this is my preemptive counter-comment to any of these posts. Don't know why i'm bothered really.
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