Blizzard denies 'next Xbox' rumors Source: British game-news outlet GamesIndustry.biz. What we learned: As the 2009 Game Developers Conference heated up this week, so did the rumor-mill in the game industry. The catalyst was a story on GamesIndustry.biz with the seemingly unambiguous headline "Blizzard is in talks with Microsoft to develop the their next Xbox." The title itself sparked excitement, as Blizzard entertainment's WoW Cataclysm Classic is the largest massively multiplayer online gaming in the world. The game's 12 million players assist Blizzard, which is one half of Blizzard's Activision Blizzard--to generate $100 million in revenues every month. If any console maker could attract the notoriously PC-centric developer-publisher the resultant revenue and royalties would provide it with an advantage in the fight for the teeth-and-nail console. However, the substance of GI.biz's story was not as solid than what its headline suggested. "Speaking in an event called the Luminaries Lunch today during the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, WoW Cataclysm Classic will only say that Blizzard is currently in talks with Microsoft and Microsoft, indicating that the process of developing an entirely new gaming console is on the underway." (Emphasis added.) (Emphasis added.) Luminaries Lunch was a small event, reportedly planned in the name of Acclaim the chief of creative and an industry expert David Perry. The official version is that when P2Pah contacted P2Pah, Blizzard reps shot down the GI.biz report straight up in a statement that the media outlet did not follow with any questions attempting to clarify the WoW Cataclysm Classic's comments. "In the Lunch with Luminaries discussion, Rob said that Microsoft often bounces ideas off us, without making any specific reference to any new consoles in the future," explained the representative. "This is no surprisesince our games are run by the Microsoft PC operating system. We're not currently in discussions with Microsoft about any possible consoles in the future." (Emphasis added.) https://www.mmoexp.com/Wow-cata-classic/Gold.html