Blizzard confirms the bleedin' obvious (in a vague way)

[Itzena]

http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6150919.html?sid=6150919

LOS ANGELES--Despite the overwhelming worldwide success of the massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft, Blizzard Entertainment is still looking beyond the franchise to other opportunities.

When asked by GameSpot if the Warcraft universe was all that's left for the company to mine, chief operating officer Paul Sams said, "No. Absolutely not. We have multiple games in development, currently, they are just not announced...to the outside world--and the reality of it is--we are laser focused on what is the thing right then, but there's a ton of additional focus being put toward these other [games] that are in development."

Reflecting on the existing franchises, Sams emphasized, "World of Warcraft and the Warcraft franchise is not the last and the only franchise we are going to operate within. We have two other very, very key franchises to our company's history and to our company's future success. The Diablo and Starcraft franchises are of the utmost importance to us as well. I wouldn't be surprised to see a new franchise from us at some time in the future; there's certainly a desire to do so."

A PR rep later expanded on Sams' statement, clarifying that not only were there "multiple games" in development, but that Blizzard was considering "multiple platforms" for those titles. The spokesperson confirmed that the company was looking at both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, but that a decision as to which platform might get the nod had not been made.

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Well it's fairly obvious they are working on a real time strategy game at the least:

http://www.blizzard.com/jobopp/desig...-balance.shtml

Requirements

* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Absolute passion for playing and making computer games
* Ability to work well in a team environment
* Experience playing real-time strategy games competitively
* Can organize and clearly present complex data
* Works well under deadlines
* Has a demonstrable understanding of competitive strategy gaming
* Excellent math skills

Pluses

* Game design experience on a shipped product with head-to-head game-play
* Experience in designing and playing Real-Time-Strategy games
* Has played Blizzard strategy games extensively
* Played Warcraft 3 and/or StarCraft competitively

Starcraft 2 I would assume.

[Kan]

If they make Diablo 3 multi platform I am going to bomb Blizzard

[Cybsled]

RTS on consoles suck.

Although I suppose the Wii could maybe act like a wireless mouse, so it wouldnt be so bad.