Blizzard is well known for its secrecy and therefore its ability to spawn crazy speculation based on minimal information. The World of Warcraft developer recently published a job listing for a Lead Engine Programmer for -- and this is the rumor catalyst, here -- a "Next-Gen MMO."Does this mean Blizzard is developing a Starcraft MMO? Possibly, but any engine this lead programmer is working on will likely not be seen publicly for many years -- just look at intervals between the Unreal engines or Crytek's engines. A requirement for the job is a "high comfort level working within (and adding to) an established code framework." We're sure Blizzard is congnizant that the technology used in WoW can't last forever, and that an upgrade to antiquated code in inevitable.
Of course, there may in fact be a successor to Diablo or Starcraft forthcoming, as the rumors have long persisted, but we're betting this job listing is unrelated to any impending announcement.
[Via WoW Insider]



















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Wonder if it would be as good as WoW.
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You buy a Blizzard product first, then you check to see what it is.
There stuff is always that good.
Among my gamer friends this is a truth as much Nintendo has great first party IP's, Xbox(TM) has better online, and Sony's PS3 is expensive.
:)
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If they do make a StarCraft MMO, I'm dropping out of school. I hope it doesn't happen.
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Though, I have no idea how that would even play out.
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I still play D2, and now WoW takes up the rest of my time.
Give me WC4 or SC2!
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If that happened, id have to sell my wii/ps3 as MS would have won this gen with that game alone.....
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WoWs main selling point is that it can run on ANYTHING!
Granted if they do do another MMO I beg them...please dont have it as basic as WoW...some of us crave something a little deeper sometimes. Which is why we all dont still play Mario Bros. all the time
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Seventy man raids, death penalties out the waazhoo,that doesn't seem like a good time to me.
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I just mean i'm hoping in an MMO for something more than just the hack and slash aspect of WoW, I would like something a little more ya know? Rather than just a level grind to max level.
and while wow boasts 8+ million have played, how many are 2nd accounts or trial accounts, heck i know my family alone probably attributed to maybe 5 or 6 of those and each of us only played a max of 10 days before we got bored with it as there wasnt much else to do except kill things.
All i ask is for more than just a level grind, thats all. And also dont forget while death penalties and raiding may not seem fun, there has to be something there for risk vs. reward or why else play? For a god button? There's plenty of single player games that can fill that slot if need be.
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WoW = iPod
nextgen MMO = iPhone?
WoW Wireless or WoWi!!!
Q.E.D.
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Quite honestly, I am more than certain if Blizzard took on development of DotA alongside Icefrog would be quite a lucrative move on their part. I am more than certain a further developed form of DotA would soon after turn into a classic taken down the ages as a smash hit. The desire to play this map alraedy has brought a large ammount of revenue I imagine to blizzard, and quite honestly the map is taking the world in full as the next CS standard used at lan parties and lan cafes.
I as reading a article about it the other day, it really is quite ridiculous watching the numbers move about as sporadically as they have been of recent. One can conclude that more players find themselves playing out a leaver-ridden public DotA game on all edges of the earth over upping their micro skills in the normal melee/ladder form of WC:III.
I' mean this obviously was a joke post, but I really would support full development of the map into a solid and real game to be bought and sold to consumers on the PC platform.
Think about it, what does DotA offer the common player? Its a ballanced team-based game, which features character customization and in a sense IMO is purely skill based in both a reaction/strategic/analytic sense. Its the perfect game to spend your days in wait for future titles: Age of Conan, WAR, etc (for most hardcore pvp addicts that is).
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