LEAK: Blizzard Product Slate

[Winterherz]

i stumbled upon mmochamp and........

Spoiler

Battle.net 2.0
BNET2 - Well, that's the Battle.net we now use on WoW.
BNET2MapMarket - This is pretty self explanatory, but I'm a little surprised by the timeline.
BNET2 3rd Parties - The end-game with Battle.net is as far as I know to compete with Steam. One of the best way to do that would be to use the new platform to distribute a popular game, and if that game was an upcoming Call of Duty title the Activision/Blizzard merge would suddenly make a lot of sense, right?

Starcraft 2
Nothing really new here, but I have no idea what SC2 Phoenix is.

Diablo 3
Target release date in a year makes sense. The 2 expansions aren't really a surprise but I wouldn't take it as a confirmation, that's usually the kind of stuff you mention in company meetings with the higher-ups to make everyone happy.

World of Warcraft
WoWMobile - Done/in-progress with the mobile Auction House and the upcoming extra features.
Cataclysm - Well, we all know about that.
WoW Brazil - Portuguese translation of the game. I already heard a couple of rumors about that and at this point I'm 99% sure it's true, this is one of the reason why I think this document is legit. (The 2 others being the TCG Game and Titan)
WoW X4 - 4th expansion in a year and a half sounds very plausible.
WoW TCG - TCG Game, this part will probably remind you of one of my old posts ... The Future of World of Warcraft: TCG
WoW Movie - I'd say the timeline is off because the document is a few months old, before Sam Raimi decided to work on other projects before the Warcraft movie (but I still want to believe).
WoW X5 - 5th expansion a year and a half later, nothing surprising.

Titan
Yeah, that's Blizzard's new MMOFPS and I might have hinted at that in the past but I don't have a lot of extra information about it and the release date is just an estimation. Don't assume that it will be released by the end of 2013 based on that document, it would be very stupid. (Edit: Titan is a new game by the way, not an existing IP. But I'm really not sure what's the plan with it, I just know that the FPS bit is most likely here to stay)

Conclusion
The document is probably legit, even if it's already a little old it still confirms and backups a couple of information I already mentioned, and mentions the portuguese translation for the first time in public. Don't take it as a hard fact and don't bring it up too much on official forums but I think it's an interesting piece of information.

 

[esb]

I'm heartbroken there's no sign of Warcraft IV...

 

[13lade619]

NO WC4!!

WoW movie actually making progress?

What's SC2 Phoenix?

 

[esb]

It's interesting how SC2X1, Phoenix, and D3 are set for the same time of year.

 

[Squeekems]

Interesting, but where's the graphically revamped WC3? <( ; . ; )>

 

[Daskunk]

Someones comment on it:

It's a fake.

First of all, Blizzard has a confirmed schedule of 2 games per year, and StarCraft 2 expansions have a confirmed 18 month gap between them.

This new "list" contradicts those 2 official statements (source is past year's accionist's conference).

Also, the list appeared originally at http://www.mmogamesite.com/news/blizzard-product-slate-leaked.html so you should give credit to them.

Finally, someone commented on how "suspicious" was that the chart used that same "rare" green color that is used, too, at MMO-Champion forums.

It's a fake.

Edit: Also, whoever wrote this is a douchebag. No company gets 2 titles out in the same quarter, and less one with these low levels of titles. It's not only because of the sales, it's because the beta testings and the maintenance, that is carried over by the same group for all the games.

Idk if its fake or not, though. Some of the dates seem fairly accurate, while others are more dubious.

 

[Jedimindtrixxx]

if this is real im liking the 2 expansions on diablo 3.
however, not until late 2011? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
also if its real i dont see anything relating to bnet 2.0 chat channels. wtfuxorz

 

[Lyerae]

Not that this means anything, but Titan is listed under Blizzard's Wikipedia page (as an MMOFPS).

Edit: It's not surprising that Battle.net would want to compete with Steam.
As a matter-of-fact, it's actually rather likely they've been planning something like this (though they may decide to drop it).

 

[Daskunk]

if this is real im liking the 2 expansions on diablo 3.
however, not until late 2011? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
also if its real i dont see anything relating to bnet 2.0 chat channels. wtfuxorz

Thats not a product, its a patch or feature that will either come with an expansion or feature patch. This list isn't very detailed, its a very generic time-line.

I don't trust it very much, myself. But interesting nevertheless.

 

[Wargasm]

Shame about D3 i hoped that one would released alot earlier :/


Wargy
http://rogue.su

 

[Oninuva]

It does not look to be reliable source of information unless from blizzard itself

 

[Whitesock]

Some of the dates on there do make some sense though (especially the D3 ones).

 

[Dinowc]

even if this is fake, it's pretty much what's expected...
with current retarded dev team, Wc4 is still only a dream

what happened to todays democracy? ffs they make all the decisions by themselves -.-

 

[Darthfett]

even if this is fake, it's pretty much what's expected...
with current retarded dev team, Wc4 is still only a dream

It is a shame. Medieval games make the best RTS's!

what happened to todays democracy? ffs they make all the decisions by themselves -.-

Blizzard makes all the decisions themselves because Blizzard is not a democracy. They're a company.

Some of the dates on there do make some sense though (especially the D3 ones).

Yep. Doesn't really provide any useful insight on whether it's fake or not, though. I personally think it's fake, but that's just me.

It's also too bad that big companies like Blizzard tend to fall prey to Hofstadter's law.

 

[Nenad]

Blizzard Games - Release Q's leaked.

While i don't consider it particularly newsworthy, this is certainly something for us who play Blizz games:

Following one of the largest leaks in game developer history, Blizzard China General Manager Ye Weilun has left the company for reasons that have not been revealed. The leak, which occurred last week, included a bevy of sensitive information such as confidential financial data and budgets, personal subscriber data and the company’s product roadmap for the next four years. The roadmap, shown above, reveals Blizzard’s timeline for upcoming releases like the third and fourth installments of the company’s popular World of Warcraft franchise, the third Diablo game and a new title called Titan. Blizzard’s leaked financial data and its subscriber database are rumored to have been delivered to one or more of the company’s competitors. Former sales director of Nokia China Dai Jinhe has replaced Weilun as General Manager of Blizzard China.

Source.
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What this means is....D3 is planned for Q4 2011! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

 

[Miz]

Threads Merged because Nenad's has an update (somewhat)

 

[BANANAMAN]

Most likely SC Phoenix would be a renamed SC Ghost but more awesome than what we got to see of SC Ghost during it's development before it was shelved.

 

[esb]

So many leaks from Blizzard (This and the SCII ending).

Also, maybe Titans is just a codename.

 

[Bartuc08]

To me this just doesn't seem accurate at all. Anyone who has played a Blizzard game, or waited for the release of one. knows how much time they put into it and also knows that release dates can change. Diablo 2 was supposed to come out 1999, I believe it released late 2000.

 

[Whitesock]

What this means is....D3 is planned for Q4 2011! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

So that means it'll be released in 2014?