The mysterious MMO has fans chomping at the bit as smokescreens continue to surround the project. Fans are still unsure as to the game's theme, though we are told it's neither Warcraft nor Starcraft related, instead something entirely new.

Next generation was the buzzword for the evening, "We want to create a great game," he said.

"Something that's cool, and new, and different, and kind of next generation in terms of look and feel and gameplay. That's a challenging endeavour."

When asked how far along the games development was, he said, "We're definitely at the beginning, in the first half of development."

"When we're building a new game from the ground up, what happens is that it’s slow going for the first bit, while the team goes round and round and round figuring out how it's going to look and feel, what the player experience is and what the differentiators are, and then the speed at which we then bring in the content and polish and actually get to the finish line... I think the second half of the process is always substantially faster than the first half of product development," he said.

As far as our first glimpse at solid details go, as per usual, Blizzard is tight lipped, "I don’t know yet."

"For us, we want to make sure that the gameplay and the experience that the players are going to have is fleshed out quite a bit," he said.

"The last thing we want to do is say, 'Hey we're doing this,' and everyone says, 'Oh cool,' and then we change things completely. We want to have a level of confidence that the direction we're going in is the right one, and that it's polished enough to be able to show something, also. And we're not in either of those places yet."

MMO's come and go quite literally day-to-day, but being the producers of the world's most successful MMO, World of Warcraft, certainly gives Blizzard a leg up on the competition. "The good news is that we've been able to do this with World of Warcraft, and so we have a lot of experience, so hopefully we've learnt a tremendous amount," explains Sams.

Statements about Blizzard's latest MMO are still few and far between, so at this point it really could be anything. However, assuming the news will rock the gaming community when details are released is probably a safe bet.

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