Actually, Linda has said pretty bluntly that there will be no Wiz 9. The team has been disbanded, the company is no more, plans for 9 have not been shelved, they have been scratched. So we have to just enjoy this for what it is, an incredible swan song from one of the all-time great game studios.
(although, if they ever got bored and decided to release level/map creation tools, it would not suck)
