Topic: Blizzard working on a completely new IP

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Blizzard is working on a completely new IP.
They are currently using the WoW Engine to test this one out, for now...

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Blizzard Reveals Existence Of Fifth Project
New game speculated to be a new IP, unrelated to the next-generation MMO.
By Kat Bailey, 03/27/2009

They're busy little bees over at Blizzard. We know that they're working on StarCraft II and Diablo III, in addition to ongoing updates to World of WarCraft and their as-yet-unannounced next-generation massively multiplayer game. Now they've got a fifth project in the works.

According to a Blizzard representative (via Videogaming247 and IncGamers), "This brand-new game is not a World of Warcraft expansion, and it is not related to the next-gen MMO."

"In the present, the brand-new game is using the World of WarCraft engine merely for testing purposes."

The rumor mills started churning in earnest when a job posting went up for a Client Software Engineer who could develop an engine from scratch. Speculation has already begun that Blizzard is finally rolling out a brand new IP, which would be their first since StarCraft hit back in 1998.

Back in 2006, Blizzard's Paul Sams told GameSpot, "I wouldn't be surprised to see a new franchise from us at some time in the future; there's certainly a desire to do so."

Whatever this new game turns out to be, we can be certain that we won't be hearing about it for a long while. Still though, file this one away as something to keep an eye on. Blizzard hasn't disappointed yet.