 KoilPremium
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Irmo, SC | No Diablo III in 2010 :( Might be old news to you guys, but I hadn't heard it...
»www.tomshardware.com/news/Diablo···087.html
Sorry, no Diablo III next year.
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Last week in New York, Blizzard offered a product release roadmap (thanks Kotaku) for the next few years, showing what is to come in 2009, 2010, and a few years beyond. For this year, the company listed World of Warcraft only, however Blizzard obviously plans to provide content beyond 2011 with the release of Cataclysm in 2010 and other content beyond.
As for 2010, Blizzard also lists a few titles other than the World of Warcraft expansion. Included is the highly anticipated sci-fi RTS StarCraft II and the upgraded Battle.net. Also on Blizzard's list is "China Online," an entry we assume represents the updated version of World of Warcraft, specialized for the Chinese requirements.
But what isn't on the 2010 list is Diablo III. Gamers wanting the fantasy-themed action RPG may not see the game until 2011 or 2012 according to the presentation. This period of time will also host a few other titles however, including Blizzard's mystery "unannounced MMO" and the Star Craft II expansion. Battle.net also appears in the "next few years" category; we presume Blizzard will be making modifications and adding new features to the revamped service over the next three or so years.
It's unfortunate that Diablo III isn't making an appearance in 2010. As it stands, the game has been in development for four years, and may remain in development for a possible five. With that said, it may hit store shelves before Q4 2011, giving it a good six years to fester. Anything beyond that will make it qualified as a possible contender against Duke Nukem Forever.
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 The FlashYou don't win friends with saladPremium
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kudos:1 | yeah it's old news, at least there's Starcraft. |
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 C0deZer0Oc'D To Rhythm And PolicePremium
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Davenport, FL | said by The Flash:yeah it's old news, at least there's Starcraft yet another WoW expansion to pay full price for. Fixed. 
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 NightfallMy Goal Is To Deny YoursPremium,MVM
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No big deal. There are many new games coming out next year to make me happy. Diablo III would have been nice, but its not a problem. I am very eager to see what this "mystery MMO" is going to be.
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The FlashYou don't win friends with saladPremium
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Toronto, ON
kudos:1 | reply to C0deZer0
said by C0deZer0:said by The Flash:yeah it's old news, at least there's Starcraft yet another WoW expansion to pay full price for. Fixed. stop fixing my posts, never cared for wow. |
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Ash3r
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Winfield, BC | reply to Koil
I would also like to know what this new MMO will be.. I wonder if they are going to jump into something like Aion or an updated wow with better graphics? |
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 pr1moPremium
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Harwood Heights, IL | said by Ash3r:I would also like to know what this new MMO will be.. I wonder if they are going to jump into something like Aion or an updated wow with better graphics? lol no thanks. |
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 HarddriveProud American and Infidel since 1968.Premium
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kudos:2 | reply to Nightfall
find a way to hack into Ghostcrawler's email account and find out. he's on that MMO's team now.
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 PhilRojo SolPremium
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kudos:2 | reply to Ash3r
said by Ash3r:I would also like to know what this new MMO will be.. I wonder if they are going to jump into something like Aion or an updated wow with better graphics? Guaranteed it's going to be something along the lines of Worlds of Starcraft, a space-based MMO. |
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 SteimesI make internetsPremium
join:2002-01-08
Belle Vernon, PA
kudos:1 | Is there enough lore behind starcraft? |
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 TigerLordResident pentaxianPremium,Mod
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kudos:5 | reply to Koil
Imho there was way more lore behind Starcraft than Warcraft before Warcraft.... SC had way more sales than SC. A SC MMO would be very successful. |
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PhilRojo SolPremium
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kudos:2 | reply to Steimes
I don't see why not and expanding the Starcraft franchise into a MMO makes perfect sense. Blizzard did the same thing with Warcraft and that's netted them a pretty penny. |
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C0deZer0Oc'D To Rhythm And PolicePremium
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Davenport, FL | reply to The Flash
said by The Flash:said by C0deZer0:said by The Flash:yeah it's old news, at least there's Starcraft yet another WoW expansion to pay full price for. Fixed. stop fixing my posts, never cared for wow. I don't either. But expecting Blizzard to pump out anything but more WoW at this point is simply unrealistic, IMO.
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KoilPremium
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Irmo, SC | Why? |
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C0deZer0Oc'D To Rhythm And PolicePremium
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Davenport, FL | Two words: cash cow.
As long as they can keep the dollars pouring in from the millions of members with WoW accounts, their accountants and executives won't care about making any new projects.
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KoilPremium
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Irmo, SC | said by C0deZer0:Two words: cash cow. As long as they can keep the dollars pouring in from the millions of members with WoW accounts, their accountants and executives won't care about making any new projects. I say you're wrong, but we're each entitled to our opinions.
You say that, but Diablo 3, SC 2 and the mystery project are already in the pipe. They're not so short sighted as to believe WoW will live forever, and as he said in the article...if and when it does die, wouldn't they rather lose those players to themselves??
They didn't get to where they are now by being short sited morons.
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C0deZer0Oc'D To Rhythm And PolicePremium
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Davenport, FL | I understand it is just my opinion, but so far Blizzard hasn't exactly shown much to have me believe they care about anything other than keeping their cocaine money supply continuing to flow (read: WoW). And as a result, it's lead to far too many me-too MMOG's that usually turn me off and have me uninstalling before even the first seven days of a trial are done.
We were supposed to have a real KotOR 3 to finally conclude the story arcs for Revan and the Exile, but EA's jealousy of Blizzard's cash cow has pretty much ensured that it instead became cannibalized into The Old Republic instead. So by this note, even games it's not directly involved in have been affected by the "WoW syndrome" or however you wish to categorize it.
And D3 and SC2 have both been "in the pipe" for how long now? SC: Ghost was also in the pipe, and sounded just like "what the doctor ordered". But what happened to it? Stuff like this is why I feel that Blizzard isn't really going to put a proper effort on non-MMO projects anymore.
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 JigsawStardust We ArePremium
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said by Phil:I don't see why not and expanding the Starcraft franchise into a MMO makes perfect sense. Blizzard did the same thing with Warcraft and that's netted them a pretty penny. So what Class In starcraft would be like the hunter?Will they be Named Legoless(legolas);)
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PhilRojo SolPremium
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kudos:2 | Couldn't tell you as I've never played WoW. |
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said by Phil:said by Ash3r:I would also like to know what this new MMO will be.. I wonder if they are going to jump into something like Aion or an updated wow with better graphics? Guaranteed it's going to be something along the lines of Worlds of Starcraft, a space-based MMO. If you've been reading anything about , you would know it's definitely not Starcraft or Diablo MMO. Blizzard has said many times it's something new and has nothing to do with Starcraft or Diablo and not even WoW 2.
It's something new and different. |
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