Rumor: Blizzard Working on Another Mystery Project

Starcraft Online? didn't they do the same kind of progression with Warcraft?

Who knows it's blizzard after all :) they can surprise us all. Anyway I bet that they will utilize the work they've done for the Starcraft GHOST in this new project

The key words here are "new-franchise". That means something completely seperate to anything they have already created. So it won't be anything to do with Warcraft/Starcraft/Diablo. Those are EXISTING franchises.

I just hope its not an MMO.

It would be interesting to see blizzard trying to do something realistic/modern. One of the reasons why their games are awesome immersive is because they choose fantasy settings which make suspension of disbelief much easier to achieve.

Having said that, I wonder what genre it would be? They already have a new MMO in production, an RTS (Star-craft) and a hack n slash RPG (diablo 3) coming up.

It just seems that they would be competing with themselves by releasing anything in those genres. The high fantasy genre is taken by Warcraft IP, dark fantasy by Diablo IP, Sci-Fi by Stracraft IP.

So the above logic would say that there is a good chance of them creating a modern FPS. However, the very thought of that is so un-blizzard like that I feel a bit sick thinking about it.

Didn't realize this was newsworthy. Sam Lantinga announced he was the eng.lead on a new project and that they were looking for devs, on the SDL mailing list back on the 10:th.

"Hey guys, I'm engineering lead on a brand new unannounced project and we just
opened two positions:
http://www.blizzard.com/us/jobopp/programmer-client-software-engineer.html
http://www.blizzard.com/us/jobopp/programmer-software-engineer-gameplay.html

We're using the WoW engine at the moment, and it doesn't use SDL, but if
you have experience in the industry and are interested, I'd love to see
your resume.

Please follow the instructions on the job postings if you want to apply.

See ya!
-Sam Lantinga, Lead Software Engineer, Blizzard Entertainment"

Diablo and or Starcraft Online.

Warcraft 4

Galaxy of StarCraft.

Wii: Starcraft Ghost

Let me guess.

It's pastel-colored.

A post-atomic wasteland...populated by pink ghouls...where piled up purple rubble looms...and survivors hop a little when they walk as if they had springy soles...and ooh there are rainbows...

please let it be ghost

It's the other races for Starcraft 2.

I would love to see Warcraft4. There was this rumor that blizzard acquired some domain name like warcraft4.com or something, the same time they got the diablo3 domain name, and that turned out to be true as well.

I don't think it is a problem that the story was basically finished and picked up by WoW. Since those guy created the story, they can just find a way to make more games. Prequels, parallel universe, blah. I don't think that any company makes their product ultimate ever. There are always possibilities for sequels and especially with warcraft.

I just hope for it. And for F's sake, finish diablo 3, I can't wait.

Angelo!!!

Watch it be a something lame for the iphone or iDS, I hate handhelds.

I say this with genuine love and candor, so please don't take this the wrong way, but for the love of all that is good and pure in this world, just fucking finish Diablo III. I can't stand the wait.

Xbox 720 mmo

As long as its not a next gen mmo or related to that genre then I'm satisfied :).

Just release SC2 and D3 before you get into another project!

COCKTEASE

How the hell am i going to play ALL them Blizzard games properly (a.k.a.way too much)?

World of Cocks!

I hope this is the new ranchise!