The many MMOs of Blizzard

25 juillet 2008

The many MMOs of Blizzard

"Our good friends at Massively have put together a feature on ""the many MMOs of Blizzard,"" and we can hear you now: You're asking what they could mean by ""many MMOs,"" since Blizzard only has the one. But Blizzard is working on, as you probably know, a next-gen MMO, and their writeup is all about the many possible MMOs they might have rumored to be in the works. As much as everyone would like a Lost Vikings MMO, or even a World of Warcraft 2, or a long-rumored Universe of Starcraft, I'm going with the last answer: none of the above. Blizzard could adapt any of their worlds to the massively format (well, except for Rock N' Roll Racing, but Massively has included it anyway), but considering that Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3 are already in the works as non-MMOs, my guess is that Blizzard is going to break new ground with a brand-new IP whenever they return to the MMO format with another game. Of course, this being Blizzard, they're not likely to give any hints until they want to give them to us, and if for some reason the next-gen MMO never does come about, we'll probably never even know what it was. But speculation is half the fun. What would a Blackthorne MMO even be like -- maybe a free-to-play sidescroller. Hmmm, well looking at their past history, WCIII and WoW were planned simultaneously in order for the two games to work off of each other and expand Warcraft lore. This simultaneous development cycle and intentionally staggered release schedule allowed for an appropriate lead in from WCIII into WoW. It makes sense that they might use a similar strategy with SCII (or D3 for that matter, but decidedly less likely). They can flesh out the lore and the truly massive universe in which Starcraft takes place as primer.

Storyline creating interesting hooks and ties that can be further developed in an MMO. While is is mere speculation at this point, it seemed to work for Blizzard the first time. They certainly know what they are doing, and have show a trend for foresight and meticulous planning. " World Of Warcraft Shaman Leveling "The guys over at BlizzPlanet have a knack for finding Knaak news (I know, I know, that was bad) -- they heard about an interview with him on a certain WoW podcast, and kindly broke down what he said for those of us who don't have the time to listen in. wow gold It sounds like he talks pretty insightfully about how he sussed out main character traits for the NPCs of the Warcraft universe -- he based what he had them do on their past actions, and he says that Blizzard has a few ""lorekeepers"" (we'd imagine Chris Metzen is among them) who track the history of Azeroth and its inhabitants for reference purposes. mp3 player He's only played a little bit of WoW, apparently, but he pieces the rest from lore and screenshots. And, perhaps most interesting, at the end of the interview, he says he's working on a new book called ""Stormrage,"" which we'd assume would be about a certain Demon/Night Elf. wow gold Fans of the extended universe will certainly want to check out the interview itself. What peeves me off is that Knaak only played 'a little bit of WoW' because it's like a reporter only asking questions as opposed to a reporter actually taking part in the subject matter. wow gold You end up not getting a REAL understanding of the world (of warcraft) by not really immersing yourself in it. A 'little' play and some screenshots wont do. I can trust a Christie Golden because she plays. wow Thusly can write more true to the heart. I would prefer to read a book written by someone who doesn't care about the game because in the end the material would have been written better. That said I will probably buy it after all since it will most likley be cannon, and Knaak isn't too bad of a writer.

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