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StarCraft MMO to be revealed! (maybe)

Chief021Chief021 Member Posts: 107
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www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php



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  • kishekishe Member UncommonPosts: 2,012
    there was already interview with blizzards big boss and he said it got nothing to do with the starcraft brand
  • AkaiHimoXAkaiHimoX Member Posts: 15
    Yeah, highly doubt there would ever be a SC MMO, None the less it would be awesome.
  • venalitervenaliter Member Posts: 14

    http://mmorpg.qj.net/All-Blizzard-Franchises-will-Become-MMOGs-/pg/49/aid/55958

    Not gunna happen..



    if your to lazy to click the link

    "Recently, Vivendi gave a presentation to Wall Street. A lot of things were mentioned, but this announcement was a standout: "All Blizzard franchises will become MMOGs." And when they said all, they meant ALL! Along with the bold announcement, they also claim that they now have a model to come up with MMOGs in 3 years, and that they are also backed up by a $50 Million budget.



    They would be presenting  two types of MMOG markets aimed for everyone from the busy executive to the hardcore gamers. The first is the long session games (more than two hours per session) and short session games (less than two hour sessions.) They will also be rolling out a bunch of short session games under the Sierra Online brand. An example is FreeStyle, a pick-up basketball online game scheduled for 2007 release. No details on pricing model for the short session games were announced though.



    The "more games and less gamers per game" scenario is something that seems to not be a threat to the company, well if stockbrokers knew more about gaming, then maybe they would have booed the idea right at that moment (ha, ha)!



    Blizzard quickly denied the rumors by saying "that rumor is not true in regard to Blizzard...We (Blizzard) believe that the rumor circulating about this subject is based on a misinterpretation of information provided to industry analysts." They also denied that they are developing any MMOGs as of the moment by saying loud and clear that they " do not currently have any MMO development plans beyond the upcoming expansion for World of Warcraft, and furthermore, we don't have any intentions to focus on only one genre or platform with our future games." Nice move indeed!"



  • ArconaArcona Member UncommonPosts: 1,182
    "All Blizzard franchises will become MMOGs."




    By MMOGs they mean all their games will have multiplayer option ala Battle.net. So Diablo 3 could be oldstyle battle.net, or WoW style MMORPG.
  • MuffinManXIVMuffinManXIV Member Posts: 127
    Originally posted by venaliter


    http://mmorpg.qj.net/All-Blizzard-Franchises-will-Become-MMOGs-/pg/49/aid/55958
    Not gunna happen..



    if your to lazy to click the link
    "Recently, Vivendi gave a presentation to Wall Street. A lot of things were mentioned, but this announcement was a standout: "All Blizzard franchises will become MMOGs." And when they said all, they meant ALL! Along with the bold announcement, they also claim that they now have a model to come up with MMOGs in 3 years, and that they are also backed up by a $50 Million budget.



    They would be presenting  two types of MMOG markets aimed for everyone from the busy executive to the hardcore gamers. The first is the long session games (more than two hours per session) and short session games (less than two hour sessions.) They will also be rolling out a bunch of short session games under the Sierra Online brand. An example is FreeStyle, a pick-up basketball online game scheduled for 2007 release. No details on pricing model for the short session games were announced though.



    The "more games and less gamers per game" scenario is something that seems to not be a threat to the company, well if stockbrokers knew more about gaming, then maybe they would have booed the idea right at that moment (ha, ha)!



    Blizzard quickly denied the rumors by saying "that rumor is not true in regard to Blizzard...We (Blizzard) believe that the rumor circulating about this subject is based on a misinterpretation of information provided to industry analysts." They also denied that they are developing any MMOGs as of the moment by saying loud and clear that they " do not currently have any MMO development plans beyond the upcoming expansion for World of Warcraft, and furthermore, we don't have any intentions to focus on only one genre or platform with our future games." Nice move indeed!"




    Erm... that article is from a year ago?  Right now blizzard has job openings for programmers for a "Next-Gen MMO" which leads me to believe that these starcraft MMO rumors may just actually come true.


  • Jumper2kJumper2k Member UncommonPosts: 133
    And just because they deny rumors doesn't mean it's not gonna happen... If it's happening they will deny it by saying those are just rumors until they announce it. Notice they never said specifically that they're not making a SC MMO.

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  • AtroxyAtroxy Member Posts: 21
    Originally posted by venaliter


    http://mmorpg.qj.net/All-Blizzard-Franchises-will-Become-MMOGs-/pg/49/aid/55958
    Not gunna happen..



    if your to lazy to click the link
    "Recently, Vivendi gave a presentation to Wall Street. A lot of things were mentioned, but this announcement was a standout: "All Blizzard franchises will become MMOGs." And when they said all, they meant ALL! Along with the bold announcement, they also claim that they now have a model to come up with MMOGs in 3 years, and that they are also backed up by a $50 Million budget.



    They would be presenting  two types of MMOG markets aimed for everyone from the busy executive to the hardcore gamers. The first is the long session games (more than two hours per session) and short session games (less than two hour sessions.) They will also be rolling out a bunch of short session games under the Sierra Online brand. An example is FreeStyle, a pick-up basketball online game scheduled for 2007 release. No details on pricing model for the short session games were announced though.



    The "more games and less gamers per game" scenario is something that seems to not be a threat to the company, well if stockbrokers knew more about gaming, then maybe they would have booed the idea right at that moment (ha, ha)!



    Blizzard quickly denied the rumors by saying "that rumor is not true in regard to Blizzard...We (Blizzard) believe that the rumor circulating about this subject is based on a misinterpretation of information provided to industry analysts." They also denied that they are developing any MMOGs as of the moment by saying loud and clear that they " do not currently have any MMO development plans beyond the upcoming expansion for World of Warcraft, and furthermore, we don't have any intentions to focus on only one genre or platform with our future games." Nice move indeed!"



     

    First off, this article is almost a year old, and the information that got leaked out of the presentation had to be contained as soon as possible, so they said they're not working on any MMO games. But who were they to fool? The presentation clearly mentioned MMO at future projects, so the plans were already there.



    I think if you believe it aint gonna happen, your just plain dumb. There are indeed 3 Next-Gen MMO positions at Blizzard, which means they are working on a 'new' MMO. And to make it even worse, these positions were made public a little after they said that on the 19th of may a new big game would be announced.

    They also stated (earlier this year) that they would continue every game franshise they own, but mayby not in the way we would expect them too. And than they mentioned Starcraft and MMO.

    With this said, I'm not saying, that they will announce a Starcraft MMO on next saturday, but I'm not saying, they won't either.

  • psyconiuspsyconius Member Posts: 272
    I would love to see a MMOFPS/RTS hybrid for a StarCraft universe...



    I never liked SC all that much, but that is because I suck at traditional RTS's =P



    An MMO game would be much more fun, IMHO  :)

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