On Tuesday, Blizzard rep "Zarhym" published at the WoW WOTLK Classic boards that the brand new MMOG turned into already underway and that "it is going to be a logo-new franchise, this means that the lore, artwork, and gameplay are being advanced totally from scratch." He delivered, "We don't have anything to put it up for WOTLK Classic Gold sale for the brand new MMO as it's a shell of a sport up to now."

Blizzard tainment declined to touch upon any similarly information.

The revelation comes after preceding admissions through Blizzard that a brand new MMOG turned into withinside the works, aleven though that is the primary time that Blizzard admitted the sport turned into a brand new franchise.

In January 2007, Blizzard discovered that it turned into already making plans for a sparkling MMOG that Blizzard's vice chairman of tainment, Itzik Ben Bassat, defined as "some thing modern and new that surely brings tainment to some other stage."

By October 2008, there have been already clues that the MMOG could be an unique belongings. In an interview with Wired, Blizzard CEO Michael Morhaime stated that the sport could "now no longer be a sequel to WoW WOTLK Classic . It could be distinct," including that the sport could be so distinct that it would not compete with WoW WOTLK Classic .

In a 2007 discussion board submit, Blizzard rep "Drysc" spoke back to rumors approximately activity listings for "Next-Gen MMO" artists, mentioning that the activity listings have been for an "unannounced Next-Gen MMO," including "and that does not imply for WoW WOTLK Classic , both." This February, Blizzard's lead clothier Jeffrey Kaplan (aka "Tigole") left his submit as sport director of WoW WOTLK Classic and its new enlargement, Wrath of buy WOW WOTLK Classic Gold the Lich King, so he may want to oversee paintings on the brand new sport.