Comments on: MMO Predictions for 2010 http://www.nerfbat.com/2010/01/01/mmo-predictions-for-2010/ Game design, development, and industry commentary by MMO Game Designer Ryan Shwayder. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:20:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: gentimouton http://www.nerfbat.com/2010/01/01/mmo-predictions-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-90579 gentimouton Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:44:41 +0000 http://www.nerfbat.com/?p=1900#comment-90579 <q>Blizzard will announce its next MMO. It will not take place in any of their existing IPs, and will not be fantasy.</q> To my mind, they have already Cataclysm <a href="http://www.wow.com/2009/08/23/world-of-warcraft-cataclysm-targeted-for-a-2010-release-date/" rel="nofollow">announced for the end of 2010</a>, that is to say, early 2011. I agree the game may not take place in any of their current IP, and I even think they may try to focus on something for "everyone". Just like the Wii brought new console games into new kinds of people, they may try to get a mass-appeal to this very new casual (social?) gamer population. It's not going to be a Facebook game, but it might be a fantasy one as the guys (moved from WoW to this game) working on are big fantasy fans. Who knows? Btw, sorry for this topic revival :-) Blizzard will announce its next MMO. It will not take place in any of their existing IPs, and will not be fantasy.
To my mind, they have already Cataclysm announced for the end of 2010, that is to say, early 2011. I agree the game may not take place in any of their current IP, and I even think they may try to focus on something for “everyone”. Just like the Wii brought new console games into new kinds of people, they may try to get a mass-appeal to this very new casual (social?) gamer population. It’s not going to be a Facebook game, but it might be a fantasy one as the guys (moved from WoW to this game) working on are big fantasy fans. Who knows?

Btw, sorry for this topic revival :-)

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]]> By: 2010 MMORPG Progdictionations « The Ancient Gaming Noob http://www.nerfbat.com/2010/01/01/mmo-predictions-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-90250 2010 MMORPG Progdictionations « The Ancient Gaming Noob Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:40:08 +0000 http://www.nerfbat.com/?p=1900#comment-90250 [...] course, other people are putting out their predictions for next year, so I am putting this sentence in as a place to link to them as [...]

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]]> By: defect9 http://www.nerfbat.com/2010/01/01/mmo-predictions-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-90226 defect9 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:29:43 +0000 http://www.nerfbat.com/?p=1900#comment-90226 6. EQ2 will once again launch an expansion (that's not the prediction) and will do very little of anything revolutionary with it. about 3-4 months after the expansion launches, SOE will change elements about the game to make it EVEN EASIER to get to the new level cap than it already is, including (but not limited to) increasing the amount of exp you get off lower level creatures, and introducing a way to buy levels through their virtual cash marketplace (hard to call it microtransactions for what I suspect they're likely going to charge). 6. EQ2 will once again launch an expansion (that’s not the prediction) and will do very little of anything revolutionary with it. about 3-4 months after the expansion launches, SOE will change elements about the game to make it EVEN EASIER to get to the new level cap than it already is, including (but not limited to) increasing the amount of exp you get off lower level creatures, and introducing a way to buy levels through their virtual cash marketplace (hard to call it microtransactions for what I suspect they’re likely going to charge).

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