There is one point where you mention that you expect Cataclysm to take longer, due to the resources being spent on Diablo 3 and Starcraft 2. However, Blizzard is an ENORMOUS company, and still growing. They have at least four different development teams - one working on Starcraft 2, one on Diablo 3, one on the unannounced "next-gen" MMO, and at least one working on Wow. I say at least one because I'm not sure whether one team works on the expansions an the patches at the same time, two teams, or if there is some cross-over there.

These development teams are not entirely self-contained - some high-level devs move between them - but for the most part they each have their own pool of resources and manpower.

And that's just the ones I know about off the top of my head; it's very possible that there is a second unannounced game in development as well.



I'd say that this is accurate.


Also possible, although I'm expecting it to come a tad bit faster than that; two more years is a bit of a stretch, so I'd guess it'll be more like Spring 2011 or Christmas 2010.


No. It'll be out spring 2011, I'd guess. There'll be some gaps between the Starcraft campaigns, but not year and a half ones.


Much sooner than that. Summer 2012 is three years away; Cataclysm will be here in a year and a half, tops. Maybe two years, but that would shock me, frankly.


I'd guess this'll be around Christmas 2011.



I'd say this is a good estimate.



The patch with Arthas is two Wow patches away, we should be seeing it by the end of this year, or very early next year.