Blizzard confirms new MMO is completely original IP

by Griffin McElroy on May 13th 2009 2:30PM

A year and a half ago, we learned that Blizzard was hiring for an infinitely titillating "Next-Gen MMO," one which we assumed would be based on brand new intellectual property (as repeatedly hinted at by Blizzard COO Paul Sams). We haven't heard much about the project since then. However, the silence was recently broken by Blizzard community manager Zarhym, who confirmed on the official WoW forums that the upcoming MMO will "be a brand new franchise."

While this is the first official confirmation of the franchise's freshness we've heard, it's still up in the air as to what the genre of said project will be. If you'll remember, the game is reportedly being developed on the World of Warcraft engine until its developers work up a fittingly new interface. Therefore, we think it's safe to assume it won't be an online dating sim. (Unfortunately.)

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Tags: blizzard, ip, mmo, online, rpg, wow

Reader Comments (62)

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it says new original IP

well it would have to be different than fantasy MMO cause that would just be a competition with themselves, wouldn't it?

Where Blizzard is concerned, nothing is a "Brand new IP," it's just Games Workshop IP recycled.

And Diablo is a ripoff of... which Games Workshop IP?

If Starcraft can be considered "Warcraft in space," I'd like to see "Diablo in space."

Let's see... Diablo was a fantasy horror action RPG... did I get all of Diablo's genres down right? I'd like to see a sci-fi horror action RPG.

Blizzard wants to do a new IP, WATCH OUT, Games Workshop LoL

Anybody mention World of Rock N Roll Racing yet? *shifty eyes*

World of More Kraft. The most delicious MMO of our time.

@Wes - Since this article is about Blizzard singling out other companies is kind of pointless. But look at their development history; in the last ten years, Blizzard has worked almost EXCLUSIVELY on Warcraft, Diablo and Starcraft. That's it. They haven't had a single new IP in more than ten years. Capcom has had more original IPs in the last 10 years ffs.

World of Lost Vikings has just died?

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