

In response to a post on the official World of Warcraft forums asking about Blizzard's recent job listing seeking a "Lead 3D Character Artist - Next-Gen MMO," Blizzard Community Representative Drysc confirmed that Blizzard is, in fact, seeking employees to help them work on "an unannounced Next-Gen MMO."

Drysc then specified that this new project was not an expansion for the current World of Warcraft universe, leading many in the thread to speculate that the project could be anything from the oft-whispered-about Starcraft MMO to a persistent world based on The Lost Vikings or Blackthorne.

After contacting Blizzard for further information on the title and receiving Blizzard's customary stoic, PR-backed silence, we're left with nothing to do but wait for more information on the title (and pray to our respective deities that it's not an MMO based on Blizzard's 1992 hit Dvorak On Typing).

New MMO from Blizzard in the works [World of Warcraft Official Forums, via Ten Ton Hammer]