there is a Diablo2 skill named Hydra, it could be a codename for that

Well, according to Roper, he says that the netcode test game called Mythos is the closest thing you'll see to a spiritual successor to Diablo. Looking at screenshots or talking to people in the beta (with what limited information they can share... NDA's are veiling it a bit) will show this.

However, I don't think that just because the people that comprised Blizzard North left that means that Diablo is impossible to make. That's just silly. Blizzard has a fairly good track record with lore/story and that's one of the biggest draw to their games along with the gameplay. I'm fairly certain Blizzard could pull off another game in the Diablo universe and no one would realize that the staff wasn't the same.

Starcraft would work. I was very bored at work and came up with a way that Zerg could actually be a playable class even though they don't fall into the standard find armor and weapons mold. in fact the idea embraced the fact taht starcraft each race played distintly different. why not use that for an mmo use 3 different RPG styles for each Race. Terrans getting a tiered class tree similar to how tabula rasa sounds like they are using where the higher up you get the more specialized you can become. Protoss get a standard Class tree with some tweaks and give Zerg a highly mutable class structure based on their use of manipulating genetics. In essense you would have several 'slots' where you could put say hydralisk dna or zergling dna. these slots would be limited and your choices as a player would be as to what you put in the slots. do you use all your slots on one form(and get advanced and more powerful versions of it) and specialize or do you select a couple forms and take a more hybrid roll. basically would would be able to become say a hydralisk but then enter the iconic zerg cocoon and remerge as say several zerglings(we know two usually come out, the ones your not currently directly controlling could act as pets and if your main focus was destroyed your would shift to another until all was dead).

I will put the full idea up in the Blizz forums. have it typed up but never posted it on blizz yet.

If I were Blizard, I would be working on a Future/scffi type MMO to shore up that market segment. Diablo 3 would be nice but it's "fantasy" and they already have thier hands full with WOW to be working another fantasy MMO. My money is on SC.

They could just be hiring people to work on wrath of the lich king....

im am totally with you with that zexy i would be awesome 2 have sci-fi mmo like wow but then in the future

They aren't advertising "Next-Gen MMO" they are advertising jobs for "Next-Gen MMO Technologies".

The important word is the last one. Technologies.

Getting technical with it, Medusa isn't correct. Medusa was a Gorgon not a Hydra. Hydra refers to a serpent type monster with multiple heads and when you cut off one head it would grow more (number varies on the tale). Think it usually dwelt in the sea if memory serves me right.

Why would hydra more likely refer to starcraft than diablo? ..

Yes.. Diablo is 'some kind of' fantasy game which they already have (WoW)

But.. To me, diablo seems to be in some kind of Horror/Religion categories.. Good versus Evil.. Heaven Vs hell.. Which isnt exactly the same as WoW..

Anyway.. They only just announced Starcraft 2 not long ago.. You really think they'll announce an expansion to Starcraft 2 already? oO or a non-platform Starcraft game? .. a World of Starcraft? .. I seriously doubt that.

They havent been working on the Diablo trilogy in ages now.. They've lost some of the people who made the Diablo games, but that definetly doesnt mean that they cannot make a Diablo 3..
Just look at the game Titan Quest.. Its like a graphically renewed Diablo with another story.. But i havent heard about that any of the Diablo makers have been a part of creating that. and besides, some of those who made diablo is working on another game called 'Mythos' which is only in beta testing now so...

And blizzard is recruiting people for next generation mmorpg(s) (check their homepage)
Seeing as they probably lack people for the creation of a diablo 3, (since some of the creators of diablo 1 / 2 / LOD has left blizzard) then it could very well be what are recruiting people for

Anyway.. i doubt the codename 'Hydra' has anything to do with the game really.. ive done some research and i came across someone mentioning that a 3 headed beast definetly WASNT a Hydra.. it was a Cerberus (not sure its spelled right) .. a Hydra has 9 heads... if thats true then i have an idea..

Diablo 1 -- 1
Diablo 2 -- 2
Starcraft 1 -- 3
Starcraft 2 -- 4
Warcraft 1 -- 5
Warcraft 2 -- 6
Warcraft 3 -- 7
World of warcraft -- 8
Unannounced Hydra game -- 9!! ... Woot! 9 heads.. remember?

That might just be the only thing that the codename means..

This is of course only if you do not include the expansions

Well, we now know that hydra is NOT Diablo, since D3 has been confirmed and there is still a top secret MMO out there, I suspect it is either a Starcraft MMO or WoW 2...

hydra is multipel heads the diabilo 3 beast hade burning heads on his sholders. it is the 3 prime evils in one body that is why it is called hydra

hydra is multipel heads the diabilo 3 beast hade burning heads on his sholders. it is the 3 prime evils in one body that is why it is called hydra