Mike Morhaime has been interviewed by Gamespot at the AGDC ‘07 (Austin Game Developers Conference). He covers a lot of ground during the interview but there’s one part of specific interest to Diablo fans – when he talks about Blizzard’s future development plans:
GS: Does the overwhelming success of it mean that a hypothetical Starcraft MMOG would be pushed further out because you have this thriving community that you don’t want to cannibalize?
MM: Not necessarily. It’s actually more a question of us not wanting to cannibalize the resources that are going into supporting the game. We can’t just take the World of Warcraft team and have them work on another game. But what we can do is staff up the World of Warcraft team and gradually peel off some of our developers to start working on something new. But it will take time. And we’re at the stage right now where we’re starting to think about what we want to do next.
GS: When do you think you’ll want to talk about what you’re doing next?
MM: Probably not for a long time.
Now, I’m not sure what that means! Is he talking 2008? Is he talking ever?
When talking about the upcoming WOW movie, Mike is asked whether he feels that the Diablo world can support a Diablo movie. “Absolutely,” says he. So maybe we’ll see a movie before we see a game.
” So maybe we’ll see a movie before we see a game. ”
WHAT ? A MOVIE … oooo .. I remember … a movie will apear… maybe in 2008 but what about the game ?
Why are they so busy with that f****ing World of Warcraft !
WE ARE TIERD OF STORIES LIKE THIS …. WE WANT THE GAME !
what the fuck people? what is so great about wow?most of wow players are diablo players…anyway is fucktup that so many fans are waiting the game…wow sucks…diablo rulls…but in another life we can play it…when blizzard will think that the most played game released by them is diablo…and day by day…many fans loose there hope and moore many is givingup to play d2…they want d3…but who knows…maybe santa will give us d3
i’m sorry for swearing i have a bad day..;)
I’m loosign my hope …evrybody say that d3 will appear…hmmm maybe in a next life…damn now wow is the priority for blizzard i hate wow…;)
Just get Hellgate: London and be happy. Diablo 3 may never come out. And even if it does, Creative Designer David Brevik no longer works with Blizzard. Diablo’s voice actor, Bill Roper, no longer works with Blizzard. The programming team, the original story writer, and the other two creative designers also no longer work with Blizzard. The art director and character art designers no longer work with Blizzard.
They’re all at Flagship Studios, making Hellgate: London.
Go preorder it. Now. Or live forever in hopes that Blizzard will release a subpar franchise-killer.
blizzard > roper brevik shaefers.
I dont know why they are putting time and effort into a movie instead of making a game…
Hellgate london did NOT LIVE UP TO THE STANDARDS of diablo!!