All Future Blizzard Games to be MMO's?
by Elizabeth Harper 
Jun 14th 2006 at 11:55AM
Late last night (or early this morning - depending on your point of view) a story started breaking saying that Vivendi had announced in a Wall Street presentation that Blizzard would be moving all of its franchises to the MMO format. They state an expected three year development cycle and $50 million cost per MMO (as compared to Warcraft's 4 1/2 year development and $63 million cost). So will we be seeing a Diablo MMO? A Starcraft MMO? However, the official Blizzard response on the WoW forums has been very clear - they haven't announced any specific development aside from The Burning Crusade, and they have no intention on focusing on a single genre for future games. Another Blizzard employee notes that perhaps there's some confusion between what Vivendi has planned for its own games' division (which operates separately from Blizzard) and Blizzard's own development path.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Rec Jun 14th 2006 3:04PM
Yeah, because with non MMO games you get a check at the end, WTF?
slybri Jun 14th 2006 4:33PM
Would kinda make sense if it were true. Blizzard is already set up for MMOs after mastering the genre.
Hopefully the different franchises would be different types of MMO models, not just Warcraft redone.
Ty M. Jun 14th 2006 4:42PM
It's safe to say I might be willing to kill a man for World of Starcraft.
What would you doOOoo for a new Starcraft game...
joey Jun 14th 2006 4:44PM
World of Starcraft..
F T W
kG Jun 14th 2006 5:09PM
I never got into Starcraft when it was released (Diablo II fan without much free time), but I would love to see it as an MMO. I really dig the gadgets and sci-fi elements in WoW.
I thought I once read that Sony charged a fee, then let you play whichever of their MMO's you desired. Is that true? I'd also like to NOT pay multiple monthly fees just to try out World of Starcraft, World of Diablo, etc. Something for Blizzard to consider.
joey Jun 14th 2006 5:47PM
yeah i never played starcraft either. But i've seen shots of starcraft ghost etc.
I just want a sci-fi mmorpg. And who better to build it than Blizzard?
Leegion Jun 14th 2006 11:24PM
World of Starcraft would be a wet-dream for me.
Always been a fan of it, and considering they're at least partially made a 3rd person version in the same universe, I don't see it as out of the question.
Gusher Jun 15th 2006 3:16AM
DIABLO MMO would be awesome or atleast bring out a diablo III.