Blizz new MMO - Information

[Liver]

'' Our new MMO is suposed to reach a larger player base than World of Warcraft does''.

This is what pretty much appeared in our yesterday's newspapers regarding Blizz's new MMO.

/Discuss

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Source?

[Vakir]

'' Our new MMO is suposed to reach a larger player base than World of Warcraft does''.

This is what pretty much appeared in our yesterday's newspapers regarding Blizz's new MMO.

/Discuss

Why do I have a feeling this is going to be a less shitty version of Second Life?

[Liver]

Source?

If you are from Holland, you can find this quote in the newspaper ''Metro'' section ''Games'' Wendsday 16-09-2009.

[Samyaaza]

This thread is bad.

[Deleted]

'' Our new MMO is suposed to reach a larger player base than World of Warcraft does''.

This is what pretty much appeared in our yesterday's newspapers regarding Blizz's new MMO.

/Discuss

Ofcorse they want it to have more players. Whats the point of spending time making a game that is LESS of a success of the other MMO they already had out...

What a stupid post :P

[Deleted]

If you are from Holland, you can find this quote in the newspaper ''Metro'' section ''Games'' Wendsday 16-09-2009.

Hmmz will poke my little brother for it then, he uses the "OV" here in Rotterdam ^^

[Baever]

Solitaire MMO?

[warivha]

'' Our new MMO is suposed to reach a larger player base than World of Warcraft does''.

This is what pretty much appeared in our yesterday's newspapers regarding Blizz's new MMO.

/Discuss

This isn't news. Of course they are working to get a MMO to a larger player base, that's how business works. You don't come out with the biggest MMO and then say, "You know, I think we should really ramp down for the next one, shoot for 50,000 subscribers."

[Mikeshort]

It will be tetris with different WoW landscapes in the background.

[Deleted]

Found it in the online archive of the newspaper:



Basicly tells that the game should apeal to a wider variety of people then WoW does, and it will have nothing to do with any of the other Blizzard franchises.

All this hard work from me for well eh.. nothing? rofl

[Liver]

it means the graphics will be even more immature than the ones from wow, there will be probably lots of 6+ year old kids playing this game and it will be casual to the bone.

[Parashade]

If you are from Holland, you can find this quote in the newspaper ''Metro'' section ''Games'' Wendsday 16-09-2009.

Old news is old, also > It's Netherlands.. Learn to History! xP

[bbr]

Found it in the online archive of the newspaper:

Basicly tells that the game should apeal to a wider variety of people then WoW does, and it will have nothing to do with any of the other Blizzard franchises.

All this hard work from me for well eh.. nothing? rofl

While "interesting", it's both old news and that newspaper isn't exactly known for having useful information.

[DaKung]

While "interesting", it's both old news and that newspaper isn't exactly known for having useful information.

So what you are saying is that METRO to me the biggest newspaper don't have "useful information"

[Beernuts]

http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/0...the-MMO-Market

An anonymous reader writes "Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick disclosed that their forthcoming, unnamed MMOG will have 'a little more broad appeal' than its market-leading MMO World of Warcraft. This is adding to speculation that the game might be free to play, since such games now take more in digital revenue than any other genre. In his GDC Austin keynote today, Sony Online Entertainment president Jon Smedley said, 'As a company, we knew we had to evolve ... to expand [our] audience ... and to get a much wider female audience.' The article notes that SOE hasn't abandoned hardcore MMOs, but his talk focused on Free Realms, SOE's free-to-play MMO that has grown to 5 million users in 5 months. Marketed to kids, 51% of Free Realms gamers are under 13, with around 75% under 18, who pose a challenge to attract and retain. Since they only play for about 20 minutes per session and aren't focused on the mechanics of the game, SOE can get away with changes that are unfair to some players, as shown by a recent, oddly-handled item nerf in Free Realms."

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6226767.html

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick reveals the World of Warcraft developer's upcoming massively multiplayer project will cast a wider net; "prize play" coming to Battle.net.

After confirming it was working on a new massively multiplayer online game in 2007, Blizzard Entertainment has divulged only a few details on the project. Today at the Deutsche Bank Securities Technology Conference in San Francisco, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick offered another breadcrumb of information about the unnamed title--which won't be a competitor to World of Warcraft.

Blizzard's next won't be World of Starcraft.

When asked about the efforts behind the new Battle.net online gaming service, Kotick listed Blizzard's upcoming slate. "What we've announced at Blizzard is that we have Starcraft [II] coming, Diablo has been in production...and a new, unannounced MMOG that has a little more broad appeal," said the executive.

Kotick's talk of a more accessible MMORPG adds a bit more detail to the still very sketchy picture of Blizzard's mystery-shrouded project. Before officially acknowledging it was in development in 2007, Blizzard said that any new massively multiplayer online game would not be a World of Warcraft clone. This February, now-ex-World of Warcraft game director Jeff Kaplan began working full time on the unnamed title, which will be a brand-new property.

Besides mentioning the Blizzard MMORPG and Activision's plans to begin bypassing consoles, Kotick dropped hints of what features the new Battle.net might have. "As we start to add cash play and prize play and better rewards and recognition systems that come through the Internet, you will start to see audiences expand even further," said Kotick, showing a slide of a BlizzCon StarCraft II tournament.

When asked if Kotick's comments meant that cash prizes would be awarded directly over Battle.net, a Blizzard rep pointed out his company's long-standing tradition of having contests that begin online and end at BlizzCon with large cash prizes. "Tournament play and e-sports have been part of the Battle.net experience for years," said the rep who declined to comment further.

[Muxxon]

So what you are saying is that METRO to me the biggest newspaper don't have "useful information"

What exactly does the fact it's the biggest newspaper tell us about the quality?

[Addictive]

There are really shitty games out there, but they are free so people play them. There is also really shitty papers but people read them because they are free.

[LeperHerring]

This isn't news. Of course they are working to get a MMO to a larger player base, that's how business works. You don't come out with the biggest MMO and then say, "You know, I think we should really ramp down for the next one, shoot for 50,000 subscribers."

Why not? They could say: "Rather than try to grab as many subscribers as possible and end up with a watered down crap, lets aim for a smaller target audience but make the game so good that people are willing to pay more."

I'd be happy to pay double the monthly fee if Blizzard got rid of the bottom 50% of clueless whiners are started to produce content for real gamers.

[Sesto]

Well its not like they want to make a game that won't get as much fans as there older games.