There is that feeling in the air again, blizzard has announed a secret project with the with the ever-present 'comming soon' lable on their website.
What could it be is the big question in the eyes of gammers every where?
Daiblo 2 released back in 2000 continues today to retain a core group of fanatical players, with the sucess of World of Warcraft tunring many users of Blizzard's free Battle.net service into walking subscriber cash cows, will Blizzard attempt to bring the others into the fold. Will the new game be a Daiblo MMO? While Blizzard maintains its strangle hold on the fantasy MMOG will it attempt another.
With starcraft 2 in developemt would a partner Sci-fi Starcraft MMO be a better option. Surely in another 2 years WOW will show higher rates of subscriber Churn. I would very much welcome a polished sci-fi alternative to world of warcraft, right now I am filling that gap with the Action RPG of Hellgate London, seen as many to be the spiritual successor of Diablo 2.
While I appricate the technical complexity of the engine the creaters of Hellgate have designed, the game to me still feels shallow. After 2 years as a wow suscriber, I crave depth in my games and hellgate does not provide this to me. If blizzard did ever come out with a diablo MMO I would certainly like to try it.