Blizzard's secret project: Hydra

BlasterShot — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 04:54:31 GMT

Dont bet on it.

Blizzard's secret project: Hydra

h41fgod — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 04:54:30 GMT

Using similar codenames for "unrelated" products within a company is not unheard of you know... Im guessing its Diablo 3.

Blizzard's secret project: Hydra

Aenigma — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 04:54:29 GMT

Of course it's Diablo III. We all know Blizzard has been looking for people to work with the team that created Diablo.

Hydra = 3 heads. Diablo III.

A Diablo MMO perhaps? Either way I believe it's Diablo related.

Blizzard's secret project: Hydra

Monstercloud — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 04:54:28 GMT

Guessing, It's probably Diablo 3... Blizzard doesn't like diverting from it's trinity of franchises

Blizzard's secret project: Hydra

crxss — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 04:54:27 GMT

Diablo 3, I'll bet money on it.

Blizzard's secret project: Hydra

Kody — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 04:54:26 GMT

Good point, I didn't think of it that way. ;)

Blizzard's secret project: Hydra

Bearnaked — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 04:54:25 GMT

wow hopefully its diablo 3, i have been waiting for a third diablo. diablo 2 was so fun

Blizzard's secret project: Hydra

Lothaer — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 04:54:24 GMT

maybe its the codename for a secret cow level???

Blizzard's secret project: Hydra

Tronam — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 04:54:23 GMT

The team that created Diablo left Blizzard almost 3 years ago. That whole group (i.e. Blizzard North) including Blizzard co-founder Bill Roper defected and formed their own game development company called Flagship Studios. The "true" spiritual successor to Diablo 2 is the upcoming Hellgate: London. Who knows if Diablo 3 will ever see the light as we once knew it, unless they are perhaps looking into developing another MMO based around the Diablo mythos. Frankly, for the sake of variety, I would harbor a guess that they are instead working on a more futuristic MMO based on the Starcraft universe. Why create another fantasy based "Sword & Sorcery" MMO when WoW is still running so strong?

Blizzard's secret project: Hydra

Bearnaked — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 04:54:22 GMT

well u make a good point but im saying they could finish it to add to the story, maybe do a diablo 2 type game wit better graphics lol who knows.

Blizzard's secret project: Hydra

Kody — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 04:54:21 GMT

If you want to get technical, Hellgate: London is designed as an MMO. The successor to Diablo 2 could better be called Mythos, than Hellgate - which is also developed by Flagship Studios.

Blizzard's secret project: Hydra

h41fgod — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 04:54:19 GMT

Blizzard could very well be hiring people with MMO experience for work on Diablo 3. Considering the huge appeal of that franchise and how much people played that game on Battlenet, using some sort of MMO structure (say Guild Wars, i think) is probably very much something Blizzard could do.

Blizzard's secret project: Hydra

Indelible — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 04:54:18 GMT

I'm not convinced the the codenmae Hydra has anything to do with the Starcraft franchise. Medusa has links to both the Diablo and Starcraft franchise and these linsk were analysed during the lead up to the announcement of Starcraft II so it is safe to say that we can't speculate about Blizzards names. Hydra could also have links with the Warcraft and Diablo franchise if you look closely enough so to say, "Hydra = Starcraft," is a little premature.

It is true however, that releasing a Science Fiction MMO based on the Starcraft franchise would be a logical step for Blizzard. At the moment, they are dominating the fantasy genre but with Star Trek Online, Stargate Worlds and rumours of a new Star Wars MMO springing up all over the net, Blizzard might be planning to try and take the market from these three major titles. On the other hand, Star Trek, Star Wars and Stargate are far bigger franchises than StarCraft simply due to the Pop Culture status of each entity so it is a risky move if it is what Blizzard is doing.

And if you look at the below posts, the speculation has already been destroyed by even more speculation. My advise would be to place no expectations on Blizzard.

Also, if the codename is out now, I expect an announcement of the game after WotLK/Starcraft 2 are released but we also have to remember that Blizzard have said Warcraft 4 could be a possibility after StarCraft 2 ships.

Blizzard's secret project: Hydra

Zhira — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 04:54:17 GMT

World of Starcraft :P Naah too obvious...

Blizzard's secret project: Hydra

h41fgod — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 04:54:16 GMT

They will not launch World of Starcraft as a Wow-style MMO. Not a chance. Nor will they launch it as a Diablo style "MMO". They might however launch a game much like Planetside with some glances at Battlefield and Quake Wars. Why? Because a WoW style Starcraft game would be bad. There is a lot of things lacking for a game like that to succeed (IMO). And/or people would try the game, and lots would quit WoW, especially in their Asian markets. This is not a good thing for Blizzard. I would expect a Starcraft MMO once WoW players start declining worldwide.