Diablo 3 has been announced, and there are still job listings for a new MMO On Blizzards website.  Since we can rule out Diablo and Warcraft, does this mean we have a Starcraft MMO coming our way? I realize there has been some talk about this, but not since the Diablo 3 announcement.

I also so alot of people who say that Blizzard stated it would be a new IP. Does anyone have a link to the statement?

Well blizzard have 3 games gunning for release somthing like;

4Q 2008 - wotlk

2Q 2009 - Starcraft 2 ( yeah baby)

2010? - Diablo3

So I dont expect the MMO they are working on to be release atleast untill 2011, Blizzard typicaly announce their games around 2 years from release, so we might hear somthing at Blizzcon this year in October.. failing that we'll have to wait another year till WWI in 2009.  I dont beelive it will be announced this year theres already plenty of games and news to keep Blizzard on the front pages for the next year.

Well, apparently it wasn't Diablo 3.  Too bad.

Still, anyone have any ideas what they might be working on?

In an interview some blizz representative said they are not working on a new IP. But they are open to the idea, maybe sometime in the future.

I think the new MMO is going to be WoW 2.

I read in Pc gamer that it won't be a wow 2. It will be an entire new game.

so i hope they wont go with the cartoonish style and such. Wow has made them pretty secure in income. They can go wild imo :p

Lets pray they wont release that foolish failure of a game called Starcraft in a new edition, that would really top even what Funcom has done with AoC, omg !

Originally posted by Mitara

Lets pray they wont release that foolish failure of a game called Starcraft in a new edition, that would really top even what Funcom has done with AoC, omg !

Obvious troll is obvious.

My Money's on "The Lost Vikings" MMO or perhaps Rock N' Roll Racing MMO :p

quote from frank pearce (blizz co-founder)

VideoGamer.com: Is there potential for the StarCraft universe to branch out into other areas, like MMOs or even a console game that might be a shooter?

BC: Like a third-person shooter? (Laughs).

FP: Yeah StarCraft Ghost was something that we were working on that got shelved. Yeah the StarCraft universe is really rich, and it's got a lot of cool stuff in it that could be leveraged for any number of different genres. A big factor would be what the development teams want to work on. When the StarCraft 2 team is done with StarCraft 2, a factor is what they want to work on next, because the development teams plays a big role in deciding what they're going to do. So if there was a development team that was really passionate about leveraging the StarCraft universe for a different genre then that's something we would seriously consider.
 

source: http://www.videogamer.com/pc/starcraft_2/preview-1164.html

that secret project (hydra)  has been going on for a few years now and knowing blizz we wont know what it is until beta hits :)

I think Blizzard owes it to the fanbase to give some hints as to what this project might be, at least what genre it lies in. 

If I like fantasy MMO's, and the new project is a space MMO, then I know not to get my hopes up.  But if I wait two years, hoping that this will be "the game", I could be in for a let-down.

C'mon, Blizzard, give us a clue.

i hope its starcraft mmorpg..

Bugsbunny and Roadrunner go Freeriders.

Some advice blizzard.

Go with an "M" Rating! MORE BLOOD AND GUTS!

Starcraft MMO? There's like a thousand ideas flowing into my mind right now, and I kinda like that idea...

Upon reading the previous post it excites me bigtime!!!

Wow is fantastic.. what about this secret game? does this game will dethrone Wow?
 hmmm... we'll see

Hopefully, it will be their first MMO with some quality

This is just a wild guess,

But I think there may be a pattern to the way they are doing things:

Warcraft I, Warcraft II, Warcraft III, WOW

Diablo I, Diablo II, Diablo III, WOD

Starcraft I, Starcraft II, Starcraft III, WOS

Originally posted by illincrux

This is just a wild guess,

 

But I think there may be a pattern to the way they are doing things:

 

Warcraft I, Warcraft II, Warcraft III, WOW

Diablo I, Diablo II, Diablo III, WOD

Starcraft I, Starcraft II, Starcraft III, WOS

 

 

Totally agree. We will see Diablo turn into a mmo as well as Starcraft. Even if WOW falters some it will not matter, millions will come play DIablo and a Starcraft mmo if that ever happens.

 I guess I'm not the only one,

*So here are my personal estimates on blizzards' release dates:

warcraft I 1994
warcraft II 1995
warcraft III 2002
World of Warcraft 2004
Diablo I 1997
Diablo II 2000
Diablo III ETA* late 2009-2010
Diablo MMOG ETA* 2015
Starcraft I 1998
Starcraft II 2009
Starcraft III ETA* 2013-14
Starcraft MMOG ETA* 2018-2020 (imo, 2020 would be the perfect release date...)

And then looking even further down the road:

World of Warcraft 2 ETA* 2025

Diablo MMOG 2 ETA* 2030

Starcraft MMOG 2 ETA* 2035

Whatever the game is I hope its gonna be amazing.