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Ok, first problem in most of these statements is people saying Activision owns Blizzard. Blizzard's parent company (Vivendi) purchased Activision, not the other way around. Semantics yes, but kind of an important distinction. Second there is very little to suggest MMO here. If anything the articles linked here would suggest that Bungie has NOT met with Blizzard as Pardo states that if Bungie wanted help, they'd be happy to provide some, suggesting they HAVEN'T asked for any yet, so yeah, no meetings happen (at least going by these linked interviews). Second is that Staten has only mentioned a persistent world that is always there for you. Everyone and there mom knows what an MMO is, so if he meant MMO, he probably wouldn't have said something so open ended. Everyone knows that unless your WoW, the MMO space is hard to make a profit on and a lot of MMO's have died lately. Add that to the fact that Bungie's new publisher already runs one MMO and that they are working on another (Blizzards long ago announced "next gen" MMO) and trying to publish a third would seem like cannibalizing your own market.

A persistent world that's always there for you is a vague description, and I think that's intentional. It could just mean a shooter similar to Halo but with realtime info and stats (or even playable things) from your mobile phone. It could mean a game like MAG where there's always a war going on and you jump in and out when you log in or off. It COULD be an MMO, but this seems like well tread ground, and I'd expect something a LITTLE more unique from Bungie.

  • 11.12.2010 5:57 AM PDT

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We sill don't know what Bungie's next game will be, all we really know is that they are working with Activision. If Blizzard does end up helping Bungie with a MMO then I don't know what to picture the game right now. (I also think Bungie next game has as space related theme, and Blizzard is more of a WOW theme)

  • 11.12.2010 6:16 AM PDT

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I have to agree with ^ in that I believe Bungies next project will be space related. Considering that Bungies space style and Blizzards medieval style don't exactly mix like bread and butter, I don't really think it's safe to assume what's going to happen next, yet.

  • 11.12.2010 6:25 AM PDT

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  • 11.12.2010 6:31 AM PDT

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Posted by: walshypru
There's no smoke without fire.

And this fire would be awesome.

Trust me,its happening. The links I posted don't really just throw it out in the open but if you read deep into them you'll see that the evidence stacks up to show us Bungie and Blizzard are tag teaming development on an MMO.

  • 11.12.2010 6:36 AM PDT

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Sure things hint to it, and they're not being very sneaky. But it's possible that the new IP could evolve from MMO to someting else. We, the public, just don't know. But let's say it is an MMO, why all of the damn pessimism over game that people don't even know the name of?

  • 11.12.2010 6:45 AM PDT

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Bungie are closer to Naughty Dog than to Blizzard. They got a shout out in the Uncharted 2 credits. ND are the industry leaders with regards to mocap and Bungie have been expressing a lot of interest in this as seen in recent job descriptions. It's hard to imagine mocap as a useful for mmo. Maybe? Not to mention that nobody writes ps3 software better than ND and the signs are that it is being developed for the ps3 will be ported elsewhere.

I think the new ip will look and play a lot more like Uncharted than WoW.

[Edited on 11.12.2010 7:00 AM PST]

  • 11.12.2010 6:46 AM PDT

Posted by: Baph117
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Staten: "We'd love to do something with a persistent world."
Media: "IT'S OFFICIAL, BUNGIE ARE MAKING AN MMO! TO THE HYPE-MOBILE!"

  • 11.12.2010 7:32 AM PDT
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"if you read deeper into them you'll see th evidence stacks up..."

What? How do you get ANY evidence of an MMO or working with Blizzard from reading "deeper" into these interview statements? Looking at the statements makes it pretty clear that they HAVEN'T talked to Blizzard at all yet and NO ONE from Bungie even mentions Blizzard. At all. Rob Pardo from Blizzard says they'd be happy to help if Bungie wanted, but clearly they haven't asked for any or he would have said something different, or just a no comment.

If you're going to read "deeper" into interview statements, how about the interview where Sketch is asked if their next game will be a shooter and Sketch says something to the effect of, "we know where our bread and butter is and where our fanbase comes from."

  • 11.12.2010 7:48 AM PDT

I will not be buying this. I hate MMOs.

We had some good memories, Bungie.

  • 11.12.2010 8:08 AM PDT

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I will not be buying this. I hate MMOs.

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  • 11.12.2010 10:03 AM PDT

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Posted by: walshypru
There's no smoke without fire.

And this fire would be awesome.

Trust me,its happening. The links I posted don't really just throw it out in the open but if you read deep into them you'll see that the evidence stacks up to show us Bungie and Blizzard are tag teaming development on an MMO.

Honestly, where are you pulling this out of your ass from? I'm not against the idea, but no, the evidence is not there.

  • 11.12.2010 11:52 AM PDT

MMO's are -blam!-. Unless they made one for Xbox. That wasnt 3rd person look behind camera and doesnt have terrible gameplay.

[Edited on 11.12.2010 12:10 PM PST]

  • 11.12.2010 12:10 PM PDT

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I'd be kind of annoyed because if it were an FPS MMO I'd want something akin to a Halo MMO but unfortunately since those rights now solely belong to 343 Industries (See: Microsoft) That'll never happen.

  • 11.12.2010 1:02 PM PDT
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That's too bad, Blizzard makes crap MMO's.

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Well considering CE was originally supposed to be an MMO, this isn't too far of a stretch.

  • 11.12.2010 1:28 PM PDT

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Posted by: C SEC Agent
Well considering CE was originally supposed to be an MMO, this isn't too far of a stretch.

Its not a stretch at all,its the truth. Too many of these kids need the game to fall on their lap before they will believe but when you look at the evidence and the events lately especially the bungie/blizzard tournament the other day which I believe was part of the celebration of the new project the two agreed to work on together. Just give it a year or less when Bungie starts talking about their next IP. I'll bump this thread when it turns out to be an MMO. :)

  • 11.12.2010 3:16 PM PDT

Posted by: Baph117
This is an incredible step forward to being able to cure Downss sybndonre mn humans bineg.s

Posted by: C SEC Agent
Well considering CE was originally supposed to be an MMO, this isn't too far of a stretch.


I thought CE was originally going to be an RTS?

  • 11.12.2010 3:17 PM PDT

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Posted by: Seggi31
Posted by: C SEC Agent
Well considering CE was originally supposed to be an MMO, this isn't too far of a stretch.


I thought CE was originally going to be an RTS?


It was.

Your tendency to doubt what you know to be true as a result of some random dude's forum post is disturbing.
Just saying.

None of this is "official", none of them are official sources. Not to mention no where in any of the articles does it state what the OP is claiming.

Just another case of attention whoring.

[Edited on 11.12.2010 3:34 PM PST]

  • 11.12.2010 3:33 PM PDT

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Posted by: Seggi31
Posted by: C SEC Agent
Well considering CE was originally supposed to be an MMO, this isn't too far of a stretch.


I thought CE was originally going to be an RTS?


It was.

Your tendency to doubt what you know to be true as a result of some random dude's forum post is disturbing.
Just saying.

None of this is "official", none of them are official sources. Not to mention no where in any of the articles does it state what the OP is claiming.

Just another case of attention whoring.


You take things to far - Go away

"Just saying"

Yeah, we know you are "Just saying".
Talk about attention whoring



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  • 11.12.2010 3:52 PM PDT

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Posted by: skullkid3128
And I also highly doubt Bungie would be telling other Game Devs what they are working on.

Makes leaks more likely.

Sure they probably will update Activision on the progress, but I doubt Actvision or even Bungie will be showing Activisions Studios what they are working on.

You don't know that. Seeing as how bungie has paired up with activision and blizzard is part of activision bungie would have nothing to fear. ActivisionBlizzard would actually be great people to show so they can get help on the MMO that will be bungie's next game.

  • 11.12.2010 5:09 PM PDT


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Posted by: SerialGhost1
That's too bad, Blizzard makes crap MMO's.


People seem to be forgetting this.

Popular =/= good.

Just look at the CoD franchise.

  • 11.12.2010 6:37 PM PDT

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Posted by: SerialGhost1
That's too bad, Blizzard makes crap MMO's.


People seem to be forgetting this.

Popular =/= good.

Just look at the CoD franchise.

OMG so true!

  • 11.12.2010 10:39 PM PDT

I suppose it could work... But it would need to be done well, which I'm sure it will be.

  • 11.13.2010 12:46 AM PDT