New Blizzard MMO Announcement Impending?

[Jeremiah]

With the gorgeous Cataclysm cinematic already leaked, and Diablo III with a tentative 2011 release, there's a lot of room at this year's Blizzcon (which begins tomorrow) for new announcement about Blizzard's secret MMO project. Some have placed their bets on a next-gen FPS, but I have my doubts. Amid other speculation, the main battle is over whether or not Blizz' is telling the truth about the MMO being a new IP, a series crossover, or a sequel to WoW.

Awhile ago, I cast the die of speculation and said my piece. Blizzard has said before that the new flagship MMO will be a new series entirely, but announcements have been taken back in the past. Blizzard isn't known keeping their promises, after all.

We can sit here and analyze, speculate, and ponder for as long as we want, but we really won't know what Blizz has up their magical sleeve until tomorrow.

With Tenacious D and "Level 85" Elite Tauren Shaman (Metzen's in-house band with the Sons of the Storm) playing musical acts, combined with spirits and snacks, PvP tournaments, and a whole load of other exciting content, one can only hope that this year's 'Con will be as epic as the moment Blizzard released the first information about DIII at the World Wide Invitational (with a fanfare of "Tristram"), or when Cataclysm was introduced to screaming fans in an overcrowded Anaheim Convention Center.

Other WoW news sites around the web are planning all kinds of parties for the momentous occasion, and I'm sure that many of our MMOwned members will be attending as well. At this time, MMOwned has not organized any kind of official "meet up", though I have a feeling that more of our community would show up if Blizzcon was held in the geographical "middle ground" between the EU and US, which is obviously the East Coast.

Domain name registrar investigators have gone to work, searching through domain name reserves and speculating based upon any new purchases by Blizzard or their subsidiaries. This was how Diablo III was originally found out, as Blizzard was forced to purchase the domain name from a fansite. Because of this undermining tactic, I wouldn't be surprised if Blizzard purchases the domain name after the 'Con.

That aside, it should be a very exciting Blizzcon with some very interesting (and equally long-awaited) announcements.

[Jackie Moon]

Why can't blizzcon be held in Australia! WHY! Good read anyway Aphel, it's got me pondering what possibilities could become reality.

[LJN]

I have a virtual ticket

[Castseven]

"Blizzard isn't known keeping their promises, after all."

Oh really? For example? There are hundreds if not thousands of RUMORS that people assume came from Blizzard which ended up being false, or off-hand statements that evolved into "Ghostcrawler promised me a pony", but how often exactly has Blizzard flat out said something and it turned out to be a "lie"? In fact, when has that ever happened? Yes, there have been adjustments to release dates, content which evolved -- but never a flat-out "lie" or deceit of the fan base.

Once again, you are scratching and clawing at this topic. You don't have any "inside info" and it really shows in reading your articles on this matter. Not to mention the fact that any idiot would be able to tell if a major game announcement was pending in the next 24 hours. There are always tells - Blizzard doing mysterious things to their website, missing pieces in the Blizzcon map or schedule, leaks, etc -- but there is NOTHING here. There's nothing.

Sorry, but you're just pulling this stuff out of thin air and it doesn't do your credibility any favors.

[alj03]

/agree with Jackie Moon. Thanks for the read aphel.

[7itanium]

"Blizzard isn't known keeping their promises, after all."

Oh really? For example? There are hundreds if not thousands of RUMORS that people assume came from Blizzard which ended up being false, or off-hand statements that evolved into "Ghostcrawler promised me a pony", but how often exactly has Blizzard flat out said something and it turned out to be a "lie"? In fact, when has that ever happened? Yes, there have been adjustments to release dates, content which evolved -- but never a flat-out "lie" or deceit of the fan base.

Once again, you are scratching and clawing at this topic. You don't have any "inside info" and it really shows in reading your articles on this matter. Not to mention the fact that any idiot would be able to tell if a major game announcement was pending in the next 24 hours. There are always tells - Blizzard doing mysterious things to their website, missing pieces in the Blizzcon map or schedule, leaks, etc -- but there is NOTHING here. There's nothing.

Sorry, but you're just pulling this stuff out of thin air and it doesn't do your credibility any favors.

The way I see it, this article was intended nor portrayed as anything but a speculation.. that is just the type of article he chose to write this particular time.

I think it was a fine article, and I think some of the things said are entirely possible

I have seen Aphel deliver many articles that are far more than speculation... I seriously disagree that doing an article or two based on speculation is hurting his credibility
he never claimed to have any inside information and he himself stated that it was only speculation

I do however agree that blizz doesnt have a history of blatantly lying about things... they take forever and tend to release info only months before releases- but that doesnt make them liers
however that doesnt mean that World of Starcraft isnt still a possibility

[whitekidney]

who said the cataclysm cinematic movie was leaked? it was released by the official wow channel on youtube.

and you speculate too much..

[Jackie Moon]

I do however agree that blizz doesnt have a history of blatantly lying about things... they take forever and tend to release info only months before releases- but that doesnt make them liers
however that doesnt mean that World of Starcraft isnt still a possibility

They have made April fool's jokes and they did themselves announce Starcraft Ghost. They had to cancel that project for reasons i'm not to sure of, however there is a Starcraft shrine in Netherstorm that flashes "G.H.O.S.T". Who knows what they are going to do in the end, they are indeed very sneaky.

[MadameGrip]

MMOchamps once released a list of possible expansions to wow, if not a new mmo game. And with cataclysm - mmochamps has been pretty true with that list. So I guess we will be stuck with wow for couple of more expansions, if not a sequal to world of warcraft (world of warcraft 2 xD)

[whitekidney]

MMOchamps once released a list of possible expansions to wow, if not a new mmo game. And with cataclysm - mmochamps has been pretty true with that list. So I guess we will be stuck with wow for couple of more expansions, if not a sequal to world of warcraft (world of warcraft 2 xD)

wow's lifetime is 2 more expansions.

[MadameGrip]

wow's lifetime is 2 more expansions.

I said a couple..


Couple = 2 .. Thanks for copying though