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Hey, that’s a thought! Could be, we’ll see…

If you think about it, releasing anything would be splitting their user base. You don’t think people might quit WoW to play Starcraft 2? Look at SOE, they have many many MMOs under their banner. Maybe Blizzard will do the same thing where you can pay an extra fee to get access to both WoW and Starcraft MMO. And frankly, I don’t think having a fantasy MMO and a Sci-Fi MMO would really split their user base, considering there are plenty of people out there who are still waiting for a good Sci-Fi game because high fantasy is STUPID. Also, as Dan has stated, South Korea practically worships Starcraft as some sort of deity, so I really don’t think releasing another MMO would hurt them at all.

We have kept our ears very close to the ground. I clearly stated in my article that this game has been suspected to be Diablo 3, and Dylan Duarte here at Ripten has previously reported that to be the case.

And yes, I do think Blizzard would run 2 MMO’s, and no, I don’t think it would split their user base. Most people who started WoW back in 2004 have quit. It is always attracting new people, but it is always losing people also. A new universe would be much fresher than an expansion pack, so Blizzard would likely see return customers. Of course some people would leave WarCraft for StarCraft, but a lot of other people would get both. You also have to consider the very large population of StarCraft fans that don’t care about WarCraft, like the entire population of South Korea. They are obsessed. They even have StarCraft branded Doritos.

StarCraft and WarCraft would likely play very differently considering the character units from the RTS games. WarCraft is swords and sorcery while StarCraft is lasers and siege tanks. I don’t think the StarCraft MMO would be that heavy on melee combat.

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Of course the evidence isn’t conclusive, neither is the evidence that it is Diablo 3 or Wrath of the Lich King. It is all just speculation at this point. Blizzard has clearly stated that they are announcing a new game. Wrath of the Lich King and StarCraft II have been announced, so I ruled out a death knight head and associated a Protoss head with the MMO instead of StarCraft II.

I still think it’s possible that it’s Diablo 3, but it looks more like the StarCraft universe to me. I think there is a good chance that the evil purple penguin and the Blizzard splash image are actually representing different games, and Blizzard might announce BOTH Diablo 3 and the StarCraft MMO.

I also think it’s possible that the splash image will only reveal the release dates for WotLK and/or StarCraft II, but that would be very lame considering how they’ve been building it up. And as I said before, this imagery could all just be misleading us so we never suspect the game it turns out to be, and that would be The Lost Vikings.

The only conclusive evidence here is that we’ll just have to wait and see.

Im hoping for either, just NOT a diablo MMO.

Example: http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/8034/faithv23tk1.jpg

Your evidence is, unfortunately, far from conclusive.