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Sources confirm Blizzard's new game: World of Starcraft
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lastendconductor
Put your snobby liquids into my mouth!
PleistoceneCreepingDea7h said:
2001
KyanMehwulfe
Member
Relax.
maniac-kun
Member
from old april fools day
AdmiralViscen
Banned
Y2Kevbug11 said:
But now they've established their MMO infrastructure. We'll see.
One of the producers from Cryptic studios (MMORPG company) had an interesting piece in the last Game Informer about the future of MMORPGs. He mentioned how World of Warcraft cost Blizzard around 50 to 70 million dollars to create (including all costs infrastructure and game development) and how they are pretty much the only company who has the ability to do this. Other developers want to make MMORPG games, and so do publishers after the massive success of WoW, publishers won't give them the kind of money they need to compete.
The advantage Blizzard has is they are able to self finance the whole project. Vivendi has little hold or little say to what Blizzard wants to do. To be honest I don't even know why they are still with Vivendi anymore. I guess they aren't big enough to self publish games.
So I guess with such a big initial investment, Blizzard wants to keep the money coming in. It isn't bad to look ahead either, as others have said it'll be years before this new MMO is out anyway.
The advantage Blizzard has is they are able to self finance the whole project. Vivendi has little hold or little say to what Blizzard wants to do. To be honest I don't even know why they are still with Vivendi anymore. I guess they aren't big enough to self publish games.
So I guess with such a big initial investment, Blizzard wants to keep the money coming in. It isn't bad to look ahead either, as others have said it'll be years before this new MMO is out anyway.
343 guiltyspark
Banned
as long as its not some filthy rpg that is " 100% GOTTA LVL UP!11 " And its more of a massive real time combat game like tabula rasa or planetside it would own ( 3rd or 1st person shooter)
It would actually work out if you think about it
1.Bases would be built by the high ranking players using the SCVs and drones ect
2.Those bases would all have to be run by a constant supply of resources managed by the NPCs or even players ( drones , SCVs )
3. Special base build requirments needed for zerg ( purple goo floor ) and protoss ( pylons ) to power buildings and defences
4. Unit producing buildings would act as spawn points and if they are damaged it will effect spawn times until they are repaired by workers ( if destroyed you cant spawn there )
5. Air battles ( omg i can only dream )
6. zerg rushes
7. NO FILTHY RPG CRAP
It would actually work out if you think about it
1.Bases would be built by the high ranking players using the SCVs and drones ect
2.Those bases would all have to be run by a constant supply of resources managed by the NPCs or even players ( drones , SCVs )
3. Special base build requirments needed for zerg ( purple goo floor ) and protoss ( pylons ) to power buildings and defences
4. Unit producing buildings would act as spawn points and if they are damaged it will effect spawn times until they are repaired by workers ( if destroyed you cant spawn there )
5. Air battles ( omg i can only dream )
6. zerg rushes
7. NO FILTHY RPG CRAP
Spruce Moose
Member
I hope this "news" gets debunked quickly. I ****ing hate MMOs and the freaks that play them.
Gimme Starcraft 2 or Diablo 3. Or better yet, something new and exciting. How about that for a change?
Gimme Starcraft 2 or Diablo 3. Or better yet, something new and exciting. How about that for a change?
A Black Falcon
Member
1-D_FTW said:
Yeah, Blizzard has had one corporate owner or another since 1994, and the current one is Vivendi.
Xeke said:
I know a lot of people felt that way about Diablo II, but I never did at all. I've beaten the game, why should I want to run around very similar maps for the sole purpose of levelling up and getting items? I like to play games to actually accomplish something, not just "to get more stuff"... and it's not like the online mode really requires any teamwork for the most part, since the game was designed as a solo affair. It's just some people wandering around in different parts of the world doing whatever, really... I did play a bit into Hard mode, but got bored and stopped. Great single player game while it lasted, but every time I tried to create a multiplayer character I got bored really quickly and then it got deleted for not using it for three months.
Diatribe1974
Member
If it is indeed a Starcraft MMO, then I can only say "Toldya so!"
Check my post history for the link please
I also gave the reasons for it (and, again, if this is true, all my reasons were 100% true and realistically so).
Personally...I'd have loved a Starcraft 2 that lead into World of Starcraft, much like how War3:TFT lead into WoW.
Check my post history for the link please
I also gave the reasons for it (and, again, if this is true, all my reasons were 100% true and realistically so).Personally...I'd have loved a Starcraft 2 that lead into World of Starcraft, much like how War3:TFT lead into WoW.
I do not play MMOs, and I do not pay for videogames by the month. I play Starcraft, and I played the Warcraft series. I have no need for a second life, I play videogames for fun, not accomplishment. I want Starcraft 2, not a Starcraft themed MMO. I can't be the only member of the vast Starcraft fanbase that feels this way. We got Warcraft 3 before WoW, give us Starcraft 2 before WoS.
I despise MMOs.
I despise MMOs.
BrokenSymmetry
Member
Mrbob said:
Vivendi owns Blizzard 100%. For Blizzard to go independent, they would have to find external investors to cough up a huge amount of money for a management buy-out of sorts. And probably Vivendi wouldn't sell Blizzard at any price, anyway.
A Black Falcon
Member
Xeke said:
I got it as a gift, actually, but bought the expansion. And yes, I think it would have been worth it had I paid for it myself... I probably wouldn't have, since I was much more a strategy game fan than RPG, but if I had I wouldn't have been wasting my money. The only problem with the single player game is length, and plenty of games are short...
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
I imagined a cross between Gears of War and Starcraft and my pants just got tighter.teepo said:
HAL_Laboratory
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Blizzard/Vivendi sellout confirmed?
JohnTinker
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\m/etalStorm
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DieH@rd said:
In South Korea, Starcraft is almost like baseball in the Us or soccer in Germany, ok maybe not that big, but with televised matches etc. Starcraft is widley known there.
So announcing a Starcraft MMO would make sense, at least from a marketing point of view. Blizzard hopes that all of South Korea gets hyped for the universe, wich they just know as some kind of sport.
And i'am sure pro-gamers there want a Starcraft 2 too, like all serious gamers. There are just too many MMO's out there. Blizzard would leave alot of people behind, if they do WoS instead of Starcraft 2, if they do both i'am fine though.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
Can somebody explain to me why this is so bad?
JohnTinker
Limbaugh Parrot
I really do want a StarCraft sequel in RTS form. Not that I don't think a MMO game wouldn't be good or that it wouldn't be fun, but its just that I don't have the time (or money [lol poor college student]) to invest into a MMO game to actually make it worthwhile for me.
krypt0nian
Banned
mckmas8808 said:
Only if you thought you were getting a RTS. I think it's amazing!
bigmit3737
Member
I guess there is no hope for Diablo 3....WOD.
I hope Sacred 2 lives up to my hopes.
I hope Sacred 2 lives up to my hopes.
echoshifting
Banned
mckmas8808 said:
Most of the people who frequent this board hate MMOs and wish they were doing something else with the license. You have to keep in mind that the whole MMO 'thing' doesn't mesh well with the average GAF lurker: if you play them you won't have time for many other games, and they are rewarding in ways that differ greatly from most games.