User blog comment:Jimeee/Elder Scrolls Online: Introduction to the Lore/@comment-81.97.202.48-20120825183219/@comment-95561-20120910093515

Yeah, that seems really stupid. I definitely don't think they'll end the series, because that would just be pure insanity on their part.

But as for Warcraft, I really don't think Blizzard "cut off" that series, either. Blizzard has been very well known for taking a long, looooong time to return to a series, or for taking a long time to program one and release it. Warcraft I came out in 94, Warcraft II in 95, but Warcraft III wasn't released until 02 (7 years later). WoW was released 2 years later but has been out for 8 years. They had 6 planned expansions at the very start of WoW, and are open to the idea of another RTS in the series if a full team wants to do it.

Other examples of Blizzard taking forever to add to new series are StarCraft I's release in 1998 and StarCraft II's release in 2010 (12 years) and the release of Diablo in 1996, Diablo II in 2000 but Diablo III in 2012 (again, 12 years). And if you want to go there, Lost Vikings in 1992 and Lost Vikings II in 1997. And we're still waiting on the sequel to Blackthorne (from 1994).

You pretty much have to expect Blizzard will take their sweet time on releasing something new for a series.