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    Please not another starcraft/Diablo game!

    I was too addictated to those..

    Damnit I want to play them already.

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    Quote Originally Posted by directhex View Post
    okay, now a more serious answer

    not to say i don't want another lost vikings or rock 'n' roll racing game, mind you

    the announcement is in korea - which is more or less a guarantee that it's a starcraft game.

    i don't see the business sense for blizzard to make a straight-up starcraft mmorpg. WoW players devote endless hours to their game, and a "WoW in space" game would need to get a fairly large proportion of its users from the existing WoW players - so whilst they'd massively increase their operational costs by needing servers for a second game, they'd certainly not draw sufficient new users to fill the users canibalised from WoW

    so let's assume what will be announced isn't WoW in space.

    so what is is? starcraft ghost (single-player third person shooter, then later a battlefield-style team shooter) was canned. what are the options?

    firstly, the developer question. blizz have been hiring MMO developers - a telltale sign? well, they've been hiring mobile phone developers too. starcraft for j2me mobiles? seems silly, yet capcom are sending one of their rather expensive franchises for a mobile-only sequel (http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3159481)

    so. what are the real options?
    • starcraft 2
    • starcraft ghost (mark 3)
    • world of starcraft
    • diablo 3
    • something completely new


    my guess? well it might be starcraft 2, but i'd be a little disappointed. too obvious. no, i'm banking (and kinda hoping) on something from column a and column b - a starcraft take on the mmofps. something not entirely dissimilar to planetside (different enough not to suck, though, of course).
    I imagine there will be alot of disappointed people if they go for a new (shock horror!) intellectual property!

    It would be good though as you know they do make good IPs!

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    The rumourmill has been rife the past few years of Diablo 3 and it being single player as well as MMORPG. People noticing Blizzard hiring people at the department that brought us the Diablo games in the first place. Granted though it is just simply rumours and speculation.

    You can probably tell I'm hoping it is another Diablo game!

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    Quote Originally Posted by GeorgeTuk View Post
    I imagine there will be alot of disappointed people if they go for a new (shock horror!) intellectual property!

    It would be good though as you know they do make good IPs!
    when was their last original IP?

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    Quote Originally Posted by directhex View Post
    when was their last original IP?
    Warcraft series
    Starcraft series
    Diablo series

    They have certainly got their moneys worth out of all three, I would think its time to diversify!

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    Lat time they created a "new" IP was 1998 with Starcraft, almost 10 years ago.


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    whilst i'd like it to be starcraft 2 or diablo 3, i cant help but feel it will be another MMO game seeing as their making stupid amounts of money off WoW.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GeorgeTuk View Post
    Warcraft series
    Starcraft series
    Diablo series

    They have certainly got their moneys worth out of all three, I would think its time to diversify!
    the most recent of those was a good ten years ago

    and i'm not sure anyone can call warcraft "original" with straight face

    good, sure, but not exactly original

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    This seems to suggest Starcraft MMO is what's on the cards. Shame as a new Warcraft/Diablo/Starcraft in their original format would have been great (warcraft III still has one of the best in game stories I've played)

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    I have a feeling that a Starcraft MMO would be the most likely.

    Capture a different niche in the MMO market and give their mammoth cash cows an extra udder!

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    Wow isnt going to last forever and I get the feeling its starting its downward spiral. Many people I speak to are just sick of the constant grind, and those that have played it solid since release are seeing it wearing a bit thin.

    A new mmo wouldnt be a surprise. But this is going to 2 - 3 maybe 4 years before its in the shops so still time for 1 more wow expansion I suppose.

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    *naive*

    What's an IP?

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    Quote Originally Posted by iamwhoiam View Post
    *naive*

    What's an IP?
    intellectual property - a horribly lawyer-friendly term covering copyright, trademarks & patents

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    Intellectual Property, I think. Basically something they own the franchise to.

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    Oh god no I wasn't suggesting Warcraft was original but as a brand and IP with all the characters it has done stupidly well, better than most fantasy franchises.

    As most people say its probs going to be MMO of Starcraft. It will be like plastic gold!

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