I wanted to take a moment to let the community know that I?ve switched roles here at Blizzard to work on our upcoming, unannounced MMO. World of Warcraft has been such a central part of my life these past six and a half years, and it?s success would not have been possible without the tremendous community around it, so I wanted to say thank you to all our players who?ve shared this amazing experience with us so far. Also, while I have served as the spokesperson and Game Director for World of Warcraft on Wrath of the Lich King, by no means would WoW be where it is today without the dedicated team that we have in place. The WoW development team is comprised of some of the most talented and experienced game developers in the world, and it was an absolute honor to serve amongst them, and they will continue to make WoW better than ever. I still plan to be very involved with the future course of World of Warcraft, but will leave the day to day operations of World of Warcraft to my partners in crime, Tom Chilton and J. Allen Brack.
When all is said and done, WoW is still my favorite game. I play it every day. None of that passion is gone. If anything, it fuels the challenge of making our next MMO even better. We know we have some big shoes to fill. So thank you to everyone who has been so supportive over the years, and likewise, thanks to those who have given us pointed feedback on all areas of the game. Without all of the feedback and participation, WoW would not be the game that it has grown to be. Azeroth truly belongs to you and we?re lucky to have shared in your journey. And as always, I?ll still be lurking on the forums and in the game.
Mostly, I just wanted to say thanks. It has been an absolute honor.
Jeffrey Kaplan
So is anybody else wondering if Blizzard's next MMO will be based on the Diablo series?
Yeah I agree, plus with WoW already being set in a medieval past type of environment, I doubt they would make another MMO that has a somewhat same feel of the environment to play in. Starcraft environment being space/futuristic would be something new and refreshing after playing WoW. Or it could be a completely new franchise that we dont know about.
I would love to see Starcraft Ghost and production again, I was really looking forward to it.
I had/still have high hopes for SCG.
It would kind of make sense for it to be a MMO game too, if you think about it....:D
Maybe my language interpretation skills are messed up at the moment, but I think that means it's based of a previous series.
And Starcraft Ghost was just a Single Player Third person shooter, not a mmo.
Perhaps this is why the decided to re-make it. The initial idea was gold, but the game play lacked and needed to be re thought.
And yes, Big shoes to fill: it probably means they are referring to past games (name one Blizzard game that was not popular and/or successful)
Then it would not be called Starcraft: Ghost. It'll make no sense. And the idea behind the whole game would change.
Actually It would make a lot of sense for that name to stick if you think about it.
And I agree, the whole idea behind the game had to be altered to make it acceptable for online play...
It would certainly sound a lot better than "World of Starcraft" I think.
Okay, why should it be Starcraft: Ghost?
Exactly what I said. Diablo would be a sick MMO game if it would be done correctly.
The possibilities would be endless. PLease Please Please let them be making a Starcraft MMO.:D
No, they haven't. Pure hearsay.