While it could be a nice idea in theory to throw out a Starcraft MMO just to get one out that's not like what they already have, futuristic MMOs haven't been nearly as popular as Fantasy ones overall. Because of that it could just be wasted money. Not to say that whatever Blizzard would do with the idea wouldn't be great, I'm sure it will, just that the majority of MMO players prefer the Fantasy setting. Heck, look at how Tabula Rasa is doing right now. Maybe not overall the best game, but not many people are giving it a chance anyway because of the genre it's based on.

Of course, this could be wishful thinking because I'd love to see a Diablo MMO. But even talking to my bf, he loves Starcraft and would still rather see a Diablo one. Or even something new, which I say Blizzard is due for by now. Take up where Gods and Heroes exploded before launch and do something Mythological. ;)

Didn't blizzard say they were upgrading the graphics and things to a more next-gen level in WotLK? If I am remembering that correctly then their post about the job has nothing to do with a top-secret mmo. I don't think this guy knew what quotations actually denotes when reporting something like this. The post says nothing about top secret, and nothing about a new mmo. The screens shots I've seen of WotLK have definitely been cosmetically upgraded from BC. I don't think we'd see a pre-exposure post about a job from blizz anyways. They keep their crap under wraps.

Diablo MMO? I always considered WoW to be the Diablo MMO. I know the lore and what not is different, but still...its too similar.

in LEVEL my country`s version ofc. there was a news last month about Tigole ( J.K.) hinting to a Blizzard employee that he is curently working on a next gen mmo called Hydra. Don`t know don`t care really how true it is :) because its gonna be a while but there you have it,thats what i know.cheers

a lot of people's posts here seem to sound as if this new MMO would be out soon, well consider that it takes 5 years minimum to craft an original mmo world, not a couple months or a year. as well i have heard from reliable sources that a new diabllo is well well into production, and i don't expect Blizzard to join the ever failing marker of "first person shooter mmo's" even startwars galaxies was viewed as a failier after everyone got over the initial hype of a SW MMO.

also on a side note blizzard make a remark a while back that any new MMO would not be based on a current game title, AKA they dont want lore whiners, it was a off hand remark at some convention.

False, mmo engines take about a year to complete. Depending on the size of the world and the size of the team working on it, you can finish a world in just a few months. Considering Blizzard hired WAY more people than it should have for WotLK, you should expect a lot of those going towards this supposed "top secret mmo".

Short, if they use the WoW mmo engine and just nailed a couple extra elements in there and made some new models and maps, hell, this could be done in a little less than one year.

i know what it is. World of Murloc: Wrath of the Burning Murlocs. in this game you will play as the mobs, destroying the humanoids of azeroth! you can have different classes like Tidehunters, Oracles, or just "Murloc"! dont deny this, we all know its going to happen someday in the future.
40 murloc raid of stormwind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ok now that that thoughts gone, diablo mmo sounds good but it just wouldnt feel right, point and click is the best. and starcraft mmo really wouldnt work out because of different units etc, how do you play as zerg?
im hoping for a new type of game... a game about deadly ponys with rifles and spiked armor. hell ya.

This must be an acitve year for blizz, TBC SC2, WLK. I've played the Warcraft games but I started WoW about 6 mo. ago. I'm thinking maybe something different from SC since they are coming out with SC2.
If it was an SC mmorpg, I'd quit wow and play that.

Keep in mind that who knows how long they could have been working on this. They may be looking for more people to add to their collection but maybe the basis is already set? From the looks of it all they are looking for is mainly character and enviro "artists".

I think instead of wondering what lore the new MMO will be based on, whether it’s a diablo or starcraft MMO, or even a WoW2 (which I’d love to see), the thing I'm wondering is what will be the focus of the MMO. PvE or PvP? WoW started out as mainly a PvE game, and I think it still is mainly a PvE game, they have added PvP elements to the game [PvE rant] but its been getting ridiculously annoying how classes are being changed because they have elements that make them overpowered in PvP. [/PvE rant]

A diablo MMO would be PvE focused imo, because diablo games put a hero (the player) against the forces of hell. From my point of view diablo would be an odd game for PvP. If you think about how Warcraft and starcraft were played, you had campaigns where you would control a hero and their subordinates and through the different campaigns you would control the heroes of the different races and factions of the game. In diablo you always played the forces of heaven fighting the forces of hell.

On the other hand, I think a starcraft MMO would be better suited for a PvP game since there are three factions that are fighting each other. I never got really involved in the starcraft campaigns so feel free to yell at me about this. From what I remember when I played the starcraft campaigns, you would come into conflict/contact with the heroes of the other factions. I don’t really have many arguments for a PvP focused starcraft MMO, but it just makes more sense in my head than a PvE focused starcraft MMO.

Also, you have to think about why WoW has been so successful, it was based on a previously successful franchise. It already had a fan base ready to dive in to the world of their favorite RTS. Creating a brand new MMO franchise would be a riskier move since you have to fan base ready to dive into the game (other than the fans of the blizzard company).

I think that the MMO they are working on will either be a new WoW (WoW2 FTW) with a PvE focus and lesser PvP elements or a starcraft MMO with a PvP focus and lesser PvE elements (they are releasing starcraft 2 almost as if setting up the lore for the MMO). Releasing a PvP focused MMO to run alongside WoW would allow them to bring back the focus of WoW to PvE, whether they'd do that or not is unlikely, it's just my hope lol.

wait, why would there be a wow2 when expansions are being released to make WoW bigger.

The only warcraft sequel(whatever next game) that will come out is Warcraft 4, but i dont see how they could do it unles they dove into the future a bit more and made more lore to move the story along.

I'd love to see a diablo game. i have some PvP ideas, but its basically duels, like D2 had. Maybe even a big battleground type thing you join where you and a bunch of buddies do challenges against NPCs.

Id like to see Diablo MMO!

i think someone mentioned the idea of a warcraft game that would take place in the old warcraft lore, it would be great imo because it would mean new content, you could fight the old evils and, as it stands in the game, one of the biggest problems is class imbalances and missing itemazation. both of which you could easily fix by realising a new game, perhaps even change the graphic style of the game to fit the older feel of the game.

to be honest, i said it would be a wow2 because i would love it lol

I would love to see a starcraft MMO - mainly because there are yet to be any good sci-fi based MMOs.
I've tried Galaxies and Eve, and taken a hint of a look at Tabula Rasa, but none of them quite have the polish of WoW.

I'd prefer Warhammer 40k :P but obviously blizzard won't be making that ^.^

Lol
Now, the Lost Vikings is a great DOS game, actually it's one of the first games I ever played (and of course Prince of Persia). Aah, I can still hear the sound of the beeper speaker humming the tune, and visualize the intro screen... Nostalgy!

OMG, "Wrath of the Burning Murlocs" xD

Murloc racial ability: Rrrrarraarrggggghlglglllghlglhlghl!!!! (doesn't do much, it just sounds cool^^)

"The only warcraft sequel(whatever next game) that will come out is Warcraft 4, but i dont see how they could do it unles they dove into the future a bit more and made more lore to move the story along."

Yay, Maybe they could've made a new game picking up the story many years after the end of warcraft 3, maybe like "the new world" or something (Zelda: TWW, anyone??^^ [There, the old Hyrule, and the evil within had been sealed down by a vast ocean, turning the mountain tops into islands, where the new adventure started. The hero then had to gain access to the legendary sword, and travel to old Hyrule to defeat the evil Ganondorf once and for all!] Awesome game)

Now, I'm not quite sure how the story in WC3 ends, but maybe they could make a story about the descendants of Thrall and the other warlords, who discovers the past, and must go back there to fight or something, I think that could be interesting =).

World of Starcraft: Wrath of Diablo, the lich king and the boogie men.
thats is. woot. combine all 3 games for a superior game! rawr.