Rob Pardo Shatters Our Hopes And Dreams For “World of Blackthorne”
Amazingly, when you make the most popular game on the planet, you can pretty much set your own agenda. So despite Vivendi announcing that Blizzard was going to get right to work on cranking out the meat loaf…
Nothing in that rumor is true in regards to Blizzard. If I had to guess, there was some confusion between what Vivendi has planned for its game division versus what Blizzard has planned. While Blizzard is owned by Vivendi, their game division operates seperately from Blizzard.
Aww. (Source: WoW forums)