Blizzard never cancels games. They postpone them over and over again until they're ready.
WoW is a pefect example. They postponed initial release from 2002 to 2004.
want 1 cancelled Blizzard game?
Warcraft Adventure (cancelled cause they thought its quality wasnt good enough for a blizzard game).
Its story was put on an official book and led to the Warcraft 3 plot.
when it comes to MMOGs cooperation, discipline and clear roles are really needed. The way it was in Diablo 2 it would be impossible to turn it in a MMO. First of all the fact that in Diablo 2+LoD you can finish the game and kill everyone alone isnt MMO-like. A possible Diablo MMO would make perfect sense as a big pvp massacre to me Heaven vs Hell and such. Take part in the Great Conflict and help decide the ending of it all (that wont ever come ofc :P).
MMOGs are completely different than games like Diablo. Mainly cause in MMOGs u need to interact with other ppl in the world, and u need to group with them in order to continue your journey to the "end-game" content. Diablo always was a single-player game with coop options (same in battle.net).
Those Vivendi business plans arent proof the next diablo and starcraft games will be MMORPGs. Both those franchises are "potential" for MMOGs, not certain to be. Expect to finish the trilogy and get an expansion out before they make a MMORPG in the Diablo universe. Till that time WoW will be old anyways and they'll need another "cow" to milk
want 1 cancelled Blizzard game?
Warcraft Adventure (cancelled cause they thought its quality wasnt good enough for a blizzard game).
Its story was put on an official book and led to the Warcraft 3 plot.
Those Vivendi business plans arent proof the next diablo and starcraft games will be MMORPGs. Both those franchises are "potential" for MMOGs, not certain to be. Expect to finish the trilogy and get an expansion out before they make a MMORPG in the Diablo universe. Till that time WoW will be old anyways and they'll need another "cow" to milk