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E3 Exclusive: Blizzard Establishes Third Team, New Game Expected

E3 Exclusive: Blizzard Establishes Third Team, New Game Expected Talking to Gamasutra, Frank Pearce, founding member and senior vice president of product development for Blizzard revealed that the company has a third team hard at work on a new title, separate from World of Warcraft and StarCraft II.

The comment came amid discussion of the company's current workforce. "Our global headcount is 2,700," said Pearce, "And most of that is customer service for World of Warcraft! In terms of development staff it’s probably around 350. World of Warcraft is about 135 people, 40 for Starcraft II, 40 for team 3, our cinematics team is about 85 guys. Then there’s sound and Q/A and that sort of thing."

When pressed for details regarding the new project, Pearce was cagey. "Team 3 is working on something really awesome. I can’t give you any hints, but it’s totally awesome."

All attempts to extract additional information were understandably met with looks of shock and horror from Blizzard's director of global public relations, who also attended the meeting.

Gamasutra was able to confirm that, in spite of Rob Pardo's comments at Hollywood and Games that they weren't giving up on StarCraft Ghost, this Blizzard project remains something different. With Blizzcon coming up in mere weeks, it's possible that additional information could be revealed at that time.

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Rocklar wrote:

buzzbuzzbuzzworldbuzzbuzzofbuzzbuzzbuzzstarcraftbuzzbuzzbuzzbuzz

All signs point to yes!

That would sooo rock!

Master Gui-Jan wrote:

Rocklar wrote:

buzzbuzzbuzzworldbuzzbuzzofbuzzbuzzbuzzstarcraftbuzzbuzzbuzzbuzz

All signs point to yes!

That would sooo rock!

(quote from that article)
World of Warcraft is about 135 people, 40 for Starcraft II, 40 for team 3,

i say warcraft IV, thats what the numbers seem to say

no way to tell for sure...

I don't think we'll ever see another Warcraft RTS game, sadly. Blizzard will use WoW to continue storylines in the WC universe from now on. Doesn't make sense for both WoW and a new WC RTS to exist at the same time.

Warcraft III followed by the MMO...

DEEEEEAAHHHBLLLOOOO 4

Please let it be.

GodOfGophers wrote:

DEEEEEAAHHHBLLLOOOO 4

Please let it be.

Are they even doing a Diablo 3 or did I mis one along the way?

World of Starcraft gets my vote. I told ya... repeat of the same marketing plan that made WoW so successful. Warcraft III followed by the MMO made HUGE money. Starcraft II followed by MMO will equal even more success. I'd put money on it.

Author:	iJasonT [ Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:39 am ]
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http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_i ... tory=14691 Quote: E3 Exclusive: Blizzard Establishes Third Team, New Game Expected E3 Exclusive: Blizzard Establishes Third Team, New Game Expected Talking to Gamasutra, Frank Pearce, founding member and senior vice president of product development for Blizzard revealed that the company has a third team hard at work on a new title, separate from World of Warcraft and StarCraft II. The comment came amid discussion of the company's current workforce. "Our global headcount is 2,700," said Pearce, "And most of that is customer service for World of Warcraft! In terms of development staff it’s probably around 350. World of Warcraft is about 135 people, 40 for Starcraft II, 40 for team 3, our cinematics team is about 85 guys. Then there’s sound and Q/A and that sort of thing." When pressed for details regarding the new project, Pearce was cagey. "Team 3 is working on something really awesome. I can’t give you any hints, but it’s totally awesome." All attempts to extract additional information were understandably met with looks of shock and horror from Blizzard's director of global public relations, who also attended the meeting. Gamasutra was able to confirm that, in spite of Rob Pardo's comments at Hollywood and Games that they weren't giving up on StarCraft Ghost, this Blizzard project remains something different. With Blizzcon coming up in mere weeks, it's possible that additional information could be revealed at that time.

Author:	Arindel [ Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:44 am ]
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<3 Team 3

Author:	Rocklar [ Mon Jul 16, 2007 1:54 pm ]
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buzzbuzzbuzzworldbuzzbuzzofbuzzbuzzbuzzstarcraftbuzzbuzzbuzzbuzz

Author:	Rocklar [ Mon Jul 16, 2007 1:54 pm ]
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bah...duplicate post

Author:	Master Gui-Jan [ Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:11 pm ]
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Rocklar wrote: buzzbuzzbuzzworldbuzzbuzzofbuzzbuzzbuzzstarcraftbuzzbuzzbuzzbuzz All signs point to yes! That would sooo rock!

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Author:	Xenus [ Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:27 am ]
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Master Gui-Jan wrote: Rocklar wrote: buzzbuzzbuzzworldbuzzbuzzofbuzzbuzzbuzzstarcraftbuzzbuzzbuzzbuzz All signs point to yes! That would sooo rock! (quote from that article) World of Warcraft is about 135 people, 40 for Starcraft II, 40 for team 3, i say warcraft IV, thats what the numbers seem to say no way to tell for sure...

Author:	Master Gui-Jan [ Tue Jul 17, 2007 11:17 am ]
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Xenus wrote: Master Gui-Jan wrote: Rocklar wrote: buzzbuzzbuzzworldbuzzbuzzofbuzzbuzzbuzzstarcraftbuzzbuzzbuzzbuzz All signs point to yes! That would sooo rock! (quote from that article) World of Warcraft is about 135 people, 40 for Starcraft II, 40 for team 3, i say warcraft IV, thats what the numbers seem to say no way to tell for sure... I don't think you should read too much into the numbers in relation to WoW. WoW had fewer than 40 people on the team for the majority of pre-launch. Until the game is ready for late Alpha/early Beta there just isn't enough "room" for too many people to work on it.

Author:	Thermoon [ Tue Jul 17, 2007 1:14 pm ]
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I don't think we'll ever see another Warcraft RTS game, sadly. Blizzard will use WoW to continue storylines in the WC universe from now on. Doesn't make sense for both WoW and a new WC RTS to exist at the same time.

Author:	Xenus [ Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:40 pm ]
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Thermoon wrote: I don't think we'll ever see another Warcraft RTS game, sadly. Blizzard will use WoW to continue storylines in the WC universe from now on. Doesn't make sense for both WoW and a new WC RTS to exist at the same time. other continents, other worlds, huge undiscoverred cave systems, there still are ways i don't think they will make a starcraft MMO untill WoW is losing costumers at a fast rate, but then again, they can make it now to have it ready for when that day comes....

Author:	Talon1977 [ Tue Jul 17, 2007 4:15 pm ]
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World of Starcraft gets my vote. I told ya... repeat of the same marketing plan that made WoW so successful. Warcraft III followed by the MMO made HUGE money. Starcraft II followed by MMO will equal even more success. I'd put money on it.

Author:	GodOfGophers [ Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:08 pm ]
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DEEEEEAAHHHBLLLOOOO 4 Please let it be.

Author:	Deak Almar [ Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:01 pm ]
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Talon wrote: Warcraft III followed by the MMO... Hm, yeah forgot about that. Looked on lots of boards for info and not one brought that up.

Author:	Angelus [ Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:30 pm ]
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GodOfGophers wrote: DEEEEEAAHHHBLLLOOOO 4 Please let it be. Are they even doing a Diablo 3 or did I mis one along the way?

Author:	Arindel [ Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:10 pm ]
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Angelus wrote: GodOfGophers wrote: DEEEEEAAHHHBLLLOOOO 4 Please let it be. Are they even doing a Diablo 3 or did I mis one along the way? Nah, Z probably thought the D2:Expansion was Diablo 3

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Author:	Slugeater_again [ Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:48 pm ]
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Talon1977 wrote: World of Starcraft gets my vote. I told ya... repeat of the same marketing plan that made WoW so successful. Warcraft III followed by the MMO made HUGE money. Starcraft II followed by MMO will equal even more success. I'd put money on it. Not likely. woW is the market leader and it makes no sense to split the userbase in two with a WoStarcraft, especially since starcraft 2 is incoming. I'd says a WoS is likely...in 5-6 years. when wow starts to dwindle, when starcraft 2 will have had its RTS career, and when a competitor will have Blizzard raise the ante to keep its leadership. Which is not going to be warhammer online nor AoC, a PvP game will never have the following woW has even if it's very good. DAoC got to what, 10% of the max EQ playerbase ? If even ?