暴雪为开发新游戏开始招聘新员工

　　It looks like Blizzard Entertainment got yet another game in early development. If you are a programmer with awesome skills and experience in the game industry, you have the opportunity to join the best international game studios and all what comes attached to that: good salary, benefits, reputation and access to the in-house gym and cafeteria to boot.

　　看来暴雪最近刚刚开始开发另外一款游戏了。如果你是一位在游戏业界经验丰富、技术出色的程序员，那么这是个好机会。加入全球最好的游戏公司，并且享受随之而来的许多好处：不错的薪水、暴雪的名声、随时可用的室内健身房和自助餐厅。

　　Thus far Blizzard is developing five new games:
　　　　1. Starcraft II
　　　　2. Diablo III
　　　　3. New World of Warcraft expansion
　　　　4. Next-Gen MMO
　　　　5. A new unannounced game (New IP?)

　　目前暴雪正同时开发着5款游戏：
　　　　1、星际争霸2
　　　　2、暗黑破坏神3
　　　　3、新的魔兽世界扩展包
　　　　4、次世代大型在线网游
　　　　5、另一款还未公布的游戏（新游戏？）

　　The fifth brand-new unannounced game surfaced last week. I don’t recall any executives commenting about the existence of a fifth game before, but certainly two executives have hinted interest in a new IP.

　　第5个全新未公布的游戏是上星期浮出水面的。我不曾记得之前有任何一位暴雪高层提到过这第5款游戏，不过倒是有过两次暗示他们有兴趣开发一款全新的游戏。

　　The first time a new IP was hinted was as far back as 2006, when Paul Sams said the following to Gamespot:

　　第一次暗示会有新作是在2006年了，当时Paul Sams对Gamespot说了这样的话：

　　Blizzard Quote:
　　Paul Sams: “I wouldn’t be surprised to see a new franchise from us at some time in the future; there’s certainly a desire to do so.”

　　Paul Sams：“对于在将来的某个时候我们注册一个新的品牌，我丝毫不会感到吃惊；其实我们一直都有那样的想法。”

　　Two years later, on August 2008, Paul Sams mentioned the Next-Gen MMO was in production, but he also mentioned interest in a new IP. That’s twice he mentions a new IP—two years apart. In that case, this new game that surfaced last week could fit the bill of a new IP. Or it is a new WoW Expansion. This is mere “rumor / conjecture” at this point. Blizzard has made no official announcements. However, I remind you that it was Paul Sams who first talked about three unannounced games a few years ago and lo and behold—Starcraft II and Diablo III were announced later, plus the Next-Gen MMO has been confirmed—although its title remains secret. If Paul Sams says a new IP is something they would like to explore—hear the Man.

　　两年之后，也就是2008年八月，Paul Sams提到他们正在开发一款次世代MMO，可同时他也提到他们有兴趣开发新作。这是在两年中他第二次提到新的游戏。那么就此推断，上星期浮出水面的就可能是这款新作、或者是新的WoW扩展包。仅凭以上这些还无法确定什么，BLZ也没有正式的发布什么。但是，还记得我之前告诉过你两年之前是Paul Sams首先提到过新作么，那么你看：之后SC2和D3都正式发布了，然后次世代MMO的消息也确定了，虽然还不知道它的名字。如果是Paul Sams说的“新作”，那么肯定是什么全新的玩意，我们来听听他怎么说的。

　　Blizzard Quote:
　　Paul Sams: What I will say, though, is that the idea of a new franchise is very intriguing to employees of the company. Are we ever going to release a new one? I would absolutely say we will at some point. I just don’t know when that day will be quite yet.

　　Paul Sams：我要说的是，公司的员工们都很喜欢发新作这一想法。那么我们真的会去作一个全新的游戏吗？我可以确定的说某个时候我们肯定会的。我只是不确定“那一天”会何时到来而已。

　　Blizzard is actively looking for programmers for this fifth mysterious game and it is not listed under the Next-Gen MMO category. It is under the category titled Unannounced Project .... What little we know about this brand-new game is that —it is run on the World of Warcraft engine for the time being, and doesn’t use SDL. The engineering Lead Slouken would want to see your resume if you meet the requirements to join the team behind this fifth game:

　　暴雪正在积极的为这第5款游戏招募程序员，而且这游戏并不是归在他们次世代MMO的项目中。目前这游戏的归类是“未命名项目”...目前我们仅仅知道关于这款游戏的一点皮毛：当前它使用魔兽世界的引擎，不使用SDL。如果你满足了他们的要求并且有兴趣加入的话，工程部的头头Slouken会审阅你的求职信。