Blizzard Confirms 'Unannounced Next-Gen MMO'

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Following speculation surrounding job advertisements on Blizzard's website, a community administrator has confirmed on the World of Warcraft forums that the developer is currently at work on an unannounced, next-gen MMO.

The job postings displayed are seeking lead character and environment 3D artists for the unspecified project, which has an icon reading "Top Secret!" displayed alongside the posting where the logo for the appropriate game property would normally be.

The community administrator addressed the speculation on the forums succinctly, but said, "No, it is an unannounced Next-Gen MMO. And that doesn't mean an expansion for World of Warcraft either.

Earlier this year, Blizzard founding member and senior vice president of product development Frank Pearce told Gamasutra that the company had created a workforce titled "Team 3," comprised of about 40 members separate from the Starcraft and Warcraft teams.

Pearce declined to give any details on what the team might be working on, only saying that "Team 3 is working on something really awesome. I can’t give you any hints, but it’s totally awesome."
 
I've still got my fingers crossed for Diablo. They aren't doing anything with that property unlike warcraft and starcraft.
 
Gomi said:
I've still got my fingers crossed for Diablo. They aren't doing anything with that property unlike warcraft and starcraft.
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IMO Diablo doesn't make sense. Some people might ditch WoW for that, and that's not what they'd want. They'd still be Blizzard customers, but it'd be more likely that people would subscribe to both Blizzard games if they're from different genres (fantasy and sci-fi), and possibly grab sci-fi fans who avoid WoW because it's a fantasy game.
 
I just doubt they will drop starcraft 2 and a starcraft mmo. diablo would work well as a dungeon runner type mmo.

of course it could be a new ip.
 
Gomi said:
I just doubt they will drop starcraft 2 and a starcraft mmo. diablo would work well as a dungeon runner type mmo.

of course it could be a new ip.
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I'll do some digging, but most of my friends have left Blizzard since the acquisition and are now working for Ubi.
 
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