E3 has been tamer this year. That doesn’t mean there’s nothing happening there.
Gamasutra has an interview with Frank Pearce, founding member and senior vice president of product development for Blizzard.
Here a bit from the interview:
“Our global headcount is 2,700,” said Pearce, “And most of that is customer service for World of Warcraft! In terms of development staff it’s probably around 350. World of Warcraft is about 135 people, 40 for Starcraft II, 40 for team 3, our cinematics team is about 85 guys. Then there’s sound and Q/A and that sort of thing.”
When pressed for details regarding the new project, Pearce was cagey. “Team 3 is working on something really awesome. I can’t give you any hints, but it’s totally awesome.”
All attempts to extract additional information were understandably met with looks of shock and horror from Blizzard’s director of global public relations, who also attended the meeting.
With Blizzcon just a few days away, I wonder if Blizzard are warming up to a formal announcement of this mysterious third project.
