The whole teaser thing feels to me like something new is coming... a slow recap of past successes leading to..."?"

I think it seems unlikely Blizz would introduce a new MMO like Worlds of Starcraft and splinter their huge WoW userbase. A sequel like Diablo is possible, but... I dunno, just feels like the announcement is so hypped it's going to be all new.

Just one guy's opinion. /shrug

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I bet it's gonna be Lost Vikings 2!

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can we post about this more please? seriously, there isnt any new content with them which just wastes your readers time. post when you have some new information to say.

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I agree... The horse is dead, let's stop beating it... Come Saturday, that's a different story.

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Damn, beat me to it... Lost Vikings III actually though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Vikings_II

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Starcraft/Warcraft/Diablo Greatest hits compilation!

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StarCraft: Ghost getting a rez? I doubt it would receive this much fanfare, though.

And considering that Lost Vikings isn't on the timeline, a sequel wouldn't make sense. Besides, they're still lost in Uldaman.

I just don't see the demand for a Diablo sequel. It's a beloved franchise, but seriously, WoW is Diablo 3.

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Actually, I would think the fact that they haven't gone after those other domain names is telling that they aren't interested in those. At least for the near future...

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#3.. LoL.. wasting your time? How long did it take you to read it? How much of your time was wasted considering you were browsing wowinsider.com to begin with?

You're funny.

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It'll be a completely new franchise.

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#7: Besides, they're still lost in Uldaman.

LOL! Glad someone gets the reference.

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i bet it's a new Black Thorne!

man that game was awesome...

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Hello Kitty Island Adventure

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Oh, for the love of God! I'm sick of hearing the same BS over and over again!

No, not the announcement, but the people bashing the possibility of a StarCraft MMO because it will "compete against WoW". A company cannot compete against itself. It would provide Blizzard more money due to the new demographic: us sci-fi geeks. Not to mention the fact that a StarCraft MMO would kick all kinds of ass! Granted, it doesn't have as much "lore" as WarCraft, but there's a lot of story to pull from to make an awesome AND playable MMO. I don't care what anyone says! I'm sure it will just be a sequel, but it's StarCraft, so who cares? I've been waiting on this for almost ten years, so whether it be MMO, RTS, or whatever else, I can't wait!

And it is going to be StarCraft related. One, there's been too many leaks (which leads me to believe an MMO possibility because just the main subject matter has been leaked and not the actual content, almost as if they allowed the leak of the StarCraft 2 title, but not the MMO aspect). Two, they're announcing this in Korea, the ultimate land of StarCraft (which also leads me to believe an MMO possibility, Koreans sure do love MMO's).

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Um. This is freaking dumb and theres no need to recap no 'news' daily on this. Isnt it obvious theres a Starcraft based MMO in the works. I thought everyone already new? Whats the big mystery? Its just a hype train that we dont need to go on.

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Look at the bottom row of their teaser graphic: they are all the Blizzard RTS games.

Now look at the empty spot: it seems to be in the bottom row (the top has 4, the bottom has 3 plus the question mark).

It seems pretty obvious it will be an RTS, the question is will it be Warcraft IV, or Starcraft 2?

I'm sticking with Starcraft 2, although personally I'd love Warcraft IV.

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@ Sam.

Amen, brother.

The only way WoSC would compete against WoW is if Blizzard licensed the rights to another company. It is inherently impossible for a company to compete with itself. The most they will do is double dip into the current subscriber base. I know a lot of people that would play a Starcraft MMO, but none of them would stop playing WoW to do it.

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Thank you, Quoi. I'm glad someone sees it that way. I wouldn't stop playing WoW. Now, I would probably play a StarCraft MMO more, but I would still play WoW. I would put WoW on hold until my main on the SCMMO reached the peak level, lol.

I don't really care what it is. A new StarCraft game is coming out, and I am on the verge of soiling myself. I want to see what ol' Raynor is up to. Not to mention that we haven't heard from Samir Duran since he disappeared from Kerrigan's sight (and he's said to be working for an unknown force, those who have played the hidden level would know this). There's so much going on, the excitement is killing me!

Please, Blizzard. Use your mystical powers to make Saturday come already!

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Personally, I think a Warcraft IV RTS game is in the works. It would allow them to provide a huge amount of lore for the next expansions. Think about it. WoW built of info in the original Warcraft 3. WoW TBC built of THe frozen throne expansion pack. BLizzard has already said they want to releaze yearly expansions and as we all know, THe TBC lore is a little out there.

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They don't own the sites because they probably didn't think about registering them before someone else got them.
Actually, if you want a fun exemple, diablo3.fr and diablo4.fr are registered by Blizzard and redirect to the countdown page.

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