Wed, Oct 27, 2010 | 15:35 BST
New Blizzard MMO can co-exist with WoW, says Morhaime
Blizzard boss Mike Morhaime’s told GT the company’s second MMO is one that can co-exist with its current massive multiplayer title World of Warcraft.
Speaking at Blizzcon last weekend, he added the new MMO won’t “replace” WoW.
“We are working on a second MMO. We’re thinking of it as sort of a next-generation MMO,” said Morhaime. “It’s not a sequel to World of Warcraft, we want to do something a bit different.
“We’re not trying to replace World of Warcraft, we think that World of Warcraft can continue co-existing with our new MMO and some people might prefer the new one, some people might still prefer to play World of Warcraft.”
He added: “But I think after building World of Warcraft the first time, we’re so much smarter now. We have a lot of expertise that we didn’t have before. And I think we also want to sort of… every massively multiplayer game doesn’t have to be similar to the ones that exist today.
“We think you can go in different directions and still have a great massively multiplayer experience and we want to sort of experiment with what that might look like.”
Blizzard’s EVP of game design Rob Pardo told Geoff Keighley at Blizzcon that any reveal of the MMO won’t be until 2012 at the earliest.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Blizzcon 2010, Hot, MMO, PC
Tags: Blizzard's secret MMO, Mike Morhaime
5 comments
#1
LePlatypus
27/10/10, 3:42 pm
When you have another interview with someone from Blizzard (if you do) can you ask if this MMO is a new IP or from one of the already established Blizzard universes
#2
Johnny Cullen
27/10/10, 3:45 pm
They’ve already said it’s a new IP.
#3
LePlatypus
27/10/10, 3:53 pm
I feel silly :/
#4
Johnny Cullen
27/10/10, 4:16 pm
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Gheritt White
27/10/10, 6:34 pm
I hope it;s at least partially Moomin themed. I’d love to play MMOomin, for example.