StarCraft II or Warcraft IV in development?
Blizzard job posting sparks speculation about new RTS titles - but don't get too excited just yet
Can we expect an announcement from Blizzard on either StarCraft II or Warcraft IV in the near future? Well, that's the speculation currently wafting around the internet following the appearance of a job posting on the developer's website.
In the job posting in question, Blizzard reveals that it's looking for a level designer "with experience building levels using any popular 3D Real-Time Strategy game toolset (Warcraft 3, Rise of Legends, Command and Conquer, etc)". Although there's no specific mention of a possible future game - or games - the position might involve working on, it is noted that, should the applicant not have existing level/map work in their portfolio, they "will be required to create a level using the Warcraft 3 World Editor".
We could read that to imply the level designer position is attached to Warcraft IV, but we'd be doing that while donning our own wide-brimmed speculation hats.
Adding a bit of extra fuel to the speculation fires, Blizzard has recently stated it's working on several unannounced games and has shaken its dev teams up a bit and redeployed its console development team members onto other projects. Blizzard president and co-founder Mike Morhaime told Next-Gen.biz, "By redeploying key talent onto projects that are currently in development, we will greatly improve our ability to deliver multiple high-quality games in the years ahead. We feel that this is an important step to take toward achieving our long-term development goals while also ensuring that our future games meet the expectations of our players and our employees."
But without any official announcements on these secret titles, we could go on guessing names till Doomsday.
Anyway, for now, read into all this what you will - and we have to say at this stage a new Warcraft RTS and StarCraft II just have to remain 'hoped fors'. However, surely they're part of Blizzard's future plans? We can only sit and wait for the official nod.
