http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=15965Blizzard Developing a 'Next-Gen MMO' Excited? 8.5 million paying World of Warcraft subscribers' heads are probably spinning with this news. Blizzard Entertainment has yet to make an official announcement about the game, but a job listing has let the cat out of the bag. Let the speculation begin...A new massively multiplayer online game from the folks responsible for the best selling World of Warcraft would appear to be in the works, according to Blizzard Entertainment's recently updated jobs listing page. Just the thought of a new MMO from Blizzard is probably enough to get the millions of Warcraft players around the world to start salivating. The three job openings for this as yet undisclosed next-gen MMO title include a lead engine programmer, a lead tools programmer, and a lead technical artist. GameDaily BIZ has put in an inquiry with Blizzard and will pass along any new information they're willing to share. For now, however, all we can do is speculate. The World of Warcraft game has long been rumored to come to consoles, and perhaps this next-gen MMO is simply a port of the title for consoles (Xbox 360, PS3). That said, according to the job posting for lead engine programmer, Blizzard will design a new engine for the unannounced MMO. If this project actually is WoW, we'd venture to guess that the team would simply adapt/tweak the current PC game's engine to work on consoles. Perhaps Blizzard will finally give the StarCraft universe some more attention. We've learned that Blizzard is getting set to make a major announcement on May 19 in Korea. Given the location and the scope of the event, rumors are leaning heavily toward something to do with StarCraft. World of StarCraft may be a possibility, but our rumormill is putting bets on a StarCraft 2.Of course, there's always a chance they'll revisit some other properties such as Diablo or Lost Vikings, or maybe even introduce a brand-new IP.[UPDATE] Blizzard Entertainment has gotten back to us, and as expected the company said that they're 'not ready to reveal any new projects at this time.' The representative added, 'I can say that we have multiple unannounced projects in development and are exploring various options for the future of our franchises.'
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