Blizzard is looking for developers for an unannounced project. Interesting: They should have knowledge of the first-person perspective.
Blizzard’s career page is bustling: They are practically looking for everything. An IT specialist and an Oracle administrator; a game tester and community manager, someone for the HR department and a Portuguese translator.
One section is particularly interesting: The “unannounced Games/Projects” section, which includes positions Blizzard is already hiring for but has not officially introduced yet.
Now, two job postings for two “Lead Software Engineers” have appeared. One is supposed to take care of the engine, the other to program tools. These are the two people needed: If there is already an idea and a concept for a game and one is slowly starting to prepare for the actual development.
In addition to the usual requirements (a lot of experience and knowledge about everything possible) Blizzard considers it a plus if the two have experience with first-person games or other action-oriented games.
We don’t know much more right now – maybe really a first-person shooter or something in the direction of first-person action spectacle. Could Warcraft, Starcraft, Diablo, or the new Overwatch gain new facets with such a game? Or is there even a new franchise? What do you think?
Blizzard’s attempt to create something new and significant in the MMORPG genre has failed:
