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WarCraft 4... Could it be true?
 

So somehow I didn't stumble upon this until now, but it seems that WarCraft 4 (RTS) may have been accidentally leaked at Blizzcon last weekend.

Essentially what happened is this:

On day 1 of the Blizzcon stream during an interview regarding Mists of Pandaria, Chris Metzen made a comment saying that "the Horde and the Alliance haven't been at eachothers throats like this since WarCraft 2." Kat Hunter replied with, "Or at least until WarCraft 4!" This seemed to provoke a shaken response from Metzen.

Later that day, during an intermission panel with Kat Hunter, Geoff Keighley and Mike Morhaime, Hunter asked a specific question to Morhaime about the current status of WarCraft 4 - as though she were trying to clear the air after her earlier comment. Morhaime denied the question by saying, "All of our RTS resources are completely focused on StarCraft 2 and Blizzard DoTA."


The next day after yet another panel wrapped up, Hunter was overheard having a conversation with Keighley, imitating VP of Creative Development Chris Metzen - quoting him on giving her a hard time for leaking WarCraft 4. Neither of the two realised that their microphones were still recording, similar to the incident in last years event where Nicolas "Tasteless" Plott was recorded swearing repeatedly on the live stream during a break.


There seems to be a lot of speculation around this conversation as it clearly wasn't an intentionally broadcasted conversation considering the swearing from Keighley. So is it just a joke? Or is there substance there?

When both of the hosts were bombarded on twitter with WarCraft 4 questions, they offered responses such as, "There is no WarCraft 4. Seriously, we were just kidding. "

Kat Hunter herself stepped forward with the following public statement as well:
Now considering Blizzard has edited these conversations out of the VOD's, we can only wonder - is there any legitimacy here? Or is it truly a joke like they claimed? Why would they talk about Mezten being pissed if there was nothing substantial behind it?

Keep in mind that for the first time ever - Blizzard will be releasing 3 major titles in the same year when 2012 rolls around (Heart of the Swarm, Diablo 3, Mists of Pandaria), so they're gonna have more than enough to keep them busy with Legacy of the Void and the Diablo 3 Expansion Pack after that.

We all know WarCraft 4 is bound to happen... someday. I personally don't expect to see anything about it until Legacy of the Void has done a few laps of the shelves. I guess all we can do at this stage is keep our ears to the ground and our fingers crossed!

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Hmmmm. Interesting, interesting.

Almost makes me want to go back an actually play through The Frozen Throne.

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I always forget how awesome it is! When Arthas goes from a stupid pompous Paladin to an awesome Death Knight it's just freakin' badass. If you haven't read Arthas: Rise of the Lich King by Christie Golden, I highly suggest checking it out. Lots of really cool background stuff on the entire life and undeath of Arthas Menethil - and a tragic story about the origin of his horse, Invincible.

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omg WARCRAFT 4 hahaha

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sounds like they were joking imo.

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omg warcraft 4 I wish it were true

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Warcraft 4 does exist. I hear it's getting some panda themed expansion. Que everyone getting every possible spelling of Sexual Harassment for their new character name.

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If Warcraft 4 IS coming out sometime in the near future, it's mine.

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Warcraft 4 coming out before Legacy of the Void has been out for at least a year would be an absolutely shocking decision by blizzard, so even if it was a leak that they were working on it (which wouldn't at all surprise me, I mean, they were working on sc2 for like 4 years before they announced that.), I wouldn't expect anything out of it for a looooooooooong time.

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If WC4 comes out - it will probably be when WoW has reached the end of its time. Such a strange day that will be :/ After all the diverse things you can do in WoW, how do you limit it to an RTS without taking away the feeling of Warcraft :/

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I don't see how wc4 could even be a possibility if Blizz wanted to. Starcraft 2 expansions will take up all focus for at least the next few years, not to mention diablo 3 + expacs, WoW expacs, and the upcoming un-named MMO.

Plus, the thought of WC4 has gotten less and less exciting for me the more WoW convolutes the lore

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Here's some food for thought in regards to Warcraft 4: http://daeity.blogspot.com/2011/09/b...her-stuff.html

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The heart says yes please.
The mind says no way.