14 DAY TRIAL // Blizzard is definitely a happy company right now, having just launched the second expansion for its hugely successful World of Warcraft MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game), entitled Wrath of the Lich King. The expansion was eagerly anticipated by the big number of fans, who endured the cold and waited at the numerous midnight launch festivities across the world.
But the company isn't going to rest on its laurels, because it still has quite a number of projects under development, which demand a lot of manpower. Although two of them are already known, Starcraft II and Diablo III, there is still a mystery one that lots of people from the company are engaged in. All that is know is that it will be a new MMO, which will completely change the market.
We already heard Mike Morhaime, CEO and co-founder of Blizzard, talk about this new title, saying that it would be completely different, but now the COO of the company, Paul Sams, has shared his thoughts on this future title. He recently said that it would be something cool that would take things to a whole new level in terms of graphics or gameplay. He went on saying that the development process was still in the first stages, but, as soon as a firm direction was established, we could expect an official announcement from the company.
"We want to create a great game," he said. "Something that’s cool, and new, and different, and kind of next generation in terms of look and feel and gameplay. That’s a challenging endeavor. For us, we want to make sure that the gameplay and the experience that the players are going to have is fleshed out quite a bit. The last thing we want to do is say, ‘Hey we’re doing this,’ and everyone says, ‘Oh cool,’ and then we change things completely. We want to have a level of confidence that the direction we’re going is the right one, and that it’s polished enough to be able to show something, also. And we’re not in either of those places yet."
Some very interesting statements, which will surely get Blizzard fans excited about this new project. One thing's for sure though, it will definitely be popular and it will bring a lot of innovations to the MMO market.