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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[The Digital Continuum: It won't be World of Warcraft 2]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/14/the-digital-continuum-it-wont-be-world-of-warcraft-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/14/the-digital-continuum-it-wont-be-world-of-warcraft-2/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/14/the-digital-continuum-it-wont-be-world-of-warcraft-2/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/world-of-warcraft/" rel="tag">World of Warcraft</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/mmo-industry/" rel="tag">MMO industry</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/opinion/" rel="tag">Opinion</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/the-digital-continuum/" rel="tag">The Digital Continuum</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/the-digital-continuum/"><img hspace="4" vspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2009/02/35rcopywtyw.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div>
I love <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/Blizzard/">Blizzard</a>, and not just for creating <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/World-of-Warcraft/" style="font-style: italic;">World of Warcraft</a>. I've loved them since they were called Silicon &amp; Synapse and created <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_%27n_Roll_Racing" style="font-style: italic;">Rock 'n Roll Racing</a>. But if there's one thing I've learned about the developer, it's that when making games they prefer to improve upon established models more than anything else. That statement may seem to run counter to my title, but stay with me here.<br /><br />When <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/12/jeff-kaplan-leaving-world-of-warcraft-for-next-gen-blizzard-mmo/">Jeff Kaplan announced his move to the company's next-gen MMO,</a> I didn't wonder if <span style="font-style: italic;">World of Warcraft</span> would suffer. I also didn't ponder why Blizzard and Jeff made that choice and if it would mean their second massively multiplayer online entry was going to effective be a sequel to their first. All I considered was which MMOs they were going to pluck ideas from this time, and how cleverly they'd could be implemented.<p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/14/the-digital-continuum-it-wont-be-world-of-warcraft-2/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>The Digital Continuum: It won't be World of Warcraft 2</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/14/the-digital-continuum-it-wont-be-world-of-warcraft-2/">The Digital Continuum: It won't be World of Warcraft 2</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/14/the-digital-continuum-it-wont-be-world-of-warcraft-2/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1460381/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/14/the-digital-continuum-it-wont-be-world-of-warcraft-2/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>activision-blizzard</category><category>age-of-conan</category><category>arenanet</category><category>blizzard</category><category>featured</category><category>funcom</category><category>god-of-war-3</category><category>guild-wars</category><category>jeff-kaplan</category><category>joystiqfeatures</category><category>ncsoft</category><category>protoss</category><category>rock-n-roll-racing</category><category>street-fighter-iv</category><category>tabula-rasa</category><category>terran</category><category>tigole</category><category>world-of-warcraft</category><category>wow</category><category>wow-2</category><category>zerg</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyle Horner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The many MMOs of Blizzard]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/07/21/the-many-mmos-of-blizzard/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/07/21/the-many-mmos-of-blizzard/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/07/21/the-many-mmos-of-blizzard/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/mmo-industry/" rel="tag">MMO industry</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/opinion/" rel="tag">Opinion</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/rumors/" rel="tag">Rumors</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/photos/the-many-mmos-of-blizzard-1/926854/"><img hspace="4" vspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2008/07/blizz24523.gif" /></a><br />
<div align="left"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/Blizzard/">Blizzard</a> fans are a feisty bunch, we know because we once told <a href="http://www.wowinsider.com">WoW Insider</a> that <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/04/01/five-mmos-better-than-world-of-warcraft/">their favorite game was "all right" </a>and they gave us a seriously painful noogie. It's hard to blame them though, since the developer consistently puts out amazing games. In the years since <em><a href="http://www.worldofwarcraft.com">World of Warcraft</a></em> launched and clutched the coveted first place position with its meaty fist, those fans have only become more frenzied. Sooner or later someone is going to come along and manage to pry that first place glory from World of Warcraft's hands and with the recent confirmation that <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/06/30/blizzards-next-gen-mmo-is-not-the-project-codenamed-hydra/">their next-gen MMO is still being worked on</a>, Blizzard is seemingly gunning to be the one to do it.<br /><br />So we know they've got a new MMO in the works, that's cool. What we don't know is what IP (intellectual property) the game is based upon. So in the spirit of tinfoil hat-wearing fun we've put together a list of all the possible Blizzard IPs -- both past and present -- for your personal enjoyment.<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/photos/the-many-mmos-of-blizzard-1/">The many MMOs of Blizzard</a></strong></p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/photos/the-many-mmos-of-blizzard-1/#926854"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.massively.com/media/2008/07/manyblizzmmo1_thumbnail.jpg" alt="The Lost Vikings" title="The Lost Vikings" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/photos/the-many-mmos-of-blizzard-1/#926855"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.massively.com/media/2008/07/manyblizzmmo2_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Rock N' Roll Racing" title="Rock N' Roll Racing" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/photos/the-many-mmos-of-blizzard-1/#926856"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.massively.com/media/2008/07/manyblizzmmo3_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Blackthorne" title="Blackthorne" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/photos/the-many-mmos-of-blizzard-1/#926859"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.massively.com/media/2008/07/manyblizzmmo6_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Warcraft, World of" title="Warcraft, World of" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/photos/the-many-mmos-of-blizzard-1/#926857"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.massively.com/media/2008/07/manyblizzmmo4_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Diablo" title="Diablo" /></a></div><br /></div>
</div><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/07/21/the-many-mmos-of-blizzard/">The many MMOs of Blizzard</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/07/21/the-many-mmos-of-blizzard/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1254082/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/07/21/the-many-mmos-of-blizzard/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>activision-blizzard</category><category>blackthorne</category><category>blizzard</category><category>diablo</category><category>featured</category><category>joystiqfeatures</category><category>rock-n-roll-racing</category><category>starcraft</category><category>the-lost-vikings</category><category>warcraft</category><category>world-of-warcraft</category><category>wow</category><category>wow-insider</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyle Horner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
