Blizzard confirms 'Titan' as 'next-gen MMO'

by JC Fletcher on Dec 17th 2010 10:55AM

In an interview with Destructoid, World of Warcraft producer Frank Pearce finally confirmed "Titan" as at least a codename for Blizzard's new MMO project. "The media is not supposed to know anything about [Titan]," Pearce said with a smile. "It's our next-gen MMO, and we've only started talking about it in a limited fashion because we wanna leverage the fact that we're working on something like that for the purpose of recruiting, getting some of the best talent in the industry on that project." Does "we made WoW" not work well enough for recruiting developers?

The name "Titan" most recently appeared on an alleged Blizzard release schedule that had supposedly leaked, but Blizzard has declined to verify its authenticity. These documents also contained details about two additional WoW expansions, as well as expansions for Diablo 3 and StarCraft 2.

Via: Massively
Source: Destructoid

Tags: blizzard, frank-pearce, mmo, pc, titan

Reader Comments (56)

They wanted all that hot Tennessee talent.

They would be stupid to try and create a game that would try to "Take over" from WoW. I think this "Titan" has to be WoW related in some way

@Billlop

Actually, thinking about it. It MAY not be an RPG at all. It could be an MMOFPS or something.

@Billlop The leaked chart said it was to be an MMOFPS. If that has any weight, anyway.

@Billlop Please for the love of God be World of Starcraft.

GIVE ME SOMETHING TO SHOOT.

@jynxycat

Well if it is an MMOFPS then thats smart. Its not amaing for WoW Players at all so it wont harm that playerbase. Its aiming for CoD Players

@The Blank Mage Returns

Blizzard confirmed a long long time ago that their new MMO was a completely new IP

@Billlop

A good point. Suddenly "CoD subscriptions" makes a lot more sense. An MMO CoD game.

Soon every division of Activision will be working on CoD. Then tomorrow, the world! Muahahahaha!

@zerokku

Sounds like Blizzard wants to...

*Puts on sunglasses*

Titan their grip on the MMO market.

@Billlop Wow has such a solid fan base of commited players that even if there MMO is great it won't take away them all. Not to mention, WOW is getting pretty old now so they might as well use their new "talent" to create a game that takes advantage of new technology.

Can we hear more about these "additional WoW expansions, as well as expansions for Diablo 3 and StarCraft 2"?

@blueskyv201

Most people belive the next expansion will be the Emerald Dream, going on lore and the order of the last expansions. Also the Emerald Dream is already in WoW, but you can only see it by hacking.

@blueskyv201

Most people think the next expansion will be The Emerald Dream. Based on the last expansions and lore. Also, the Emerald Dream is already in WoW, but you can only see it by hacking. non working Portals to the dream have been around since Vanilla though

@blueskyv201 All that was shown was just a simple project schedule for now through like 2015, and it just put checkmarks in the corresponding quarter that the game was projected to be out.

I doubt they really have any details for the titles not due out for another couple years :P

@Billlop

Oh, it worked alright :)

@blueskyv201

If true, it makes me upset that they're talking about expansions to Diablo 3 when we're still at least a year off from the release of the actual game.

@blueskyv201

What the hell is up with the comment system? It happened to SisypheanLife below too.

You type out your comment, click "Submit" and then...nothing happens. You retype/paste your comment again and click Submit again...still nothing. Then, 5 mins later all of the comments appear at once.

@quiggy
I think Blizzard is just being realistic. They know once the game is released, people will want more Diablo. It's better to plan ahead :)

@Billlop

Sorry fellow WoW player, i had to LOL at this.

"POST GxDDAMNIT!" and imagining your latency frustration was priceless.

@Billlop
For posting issues your best bet is to click your name and check your profile and see what your last post is. Its not a guarantee but hey, double, triple, and quadruple posts can happen to the best.

I don't know why, but 'Titan' kind of makes me think it's going to be a space themed MMO.

Or at least futuristic in some fashion.

@Ezio Auditore da Firenze

Because in your heart of hearts, you want titan to be world of Starcraft.

@Ezio Auditore da Firenze Thats what Im thinking. I like Blizzard, but I grew tired of WOW after the first year and a half. Im willing to get into another MMO. And I like scifi.

@RyogaVee

Vanilla WoW sucked. I know all the nostalgics will downvote me but whatever. Its like comparing a Atari to a PS3/360. Sure you have fond memories of an Atari, but you cant deny the PS3/360 is the better console

@Ezio Auditore da Firenze
World of Starcraft. Mystery solved!

@Ezio Auditore da Firenze

All of Blizzard's projects are code named after mythical creatures. Diablo III's code name was Hydra. Its possible that "Titan" could imply that its their biggest project to date.

@Ezio Auditore da Firenze

Titan A.E.?

By "Next-gen" I hope they mean less go out and kill 10 things like typical mmo standards.

Why do I have this feeling there going to fail at trying to beat their own game. (as in be as successful as WoW)

@KinseySS

Something will knock off WoW. The dominant MMO falls eventually, and they know it. So they're trying to be proactive and have a replacement product that succeeds. Basically like Sony tried with EQ2. Except for the succeeding part.

@KinseySS

I think they are trying to create an MMO that will co exist. If it does trun out to be an MMOFPS then they will have all the market cornered. If you like RPGs go to WoW, if you like fast paced FPS go to "Titan".

FPS-MMO in conjunction with Bungie. Calling it now.

They did sign a deal with Activision for some 10 year franchise.

@SisypheanLife

That's fine bud, you're basically predicting the predictable...Only problem is WoW set the bar in terms of subscriptions and sales for ANY MMO. I've played and and enjoyed it reasonably* since its release, reasonably* meaning i don't live on it.

Its current life span most likely WILL surpass the old 4-5 year lifespan of a console with an inferior graphics engine. Case in point, yes Cataclysm is alive and running but the END boss hasn't been added to the game yet. Only on its 3rd expansion, you may want to check back in about 2 - 3 years (literally) to fly your "Itz Tha END of WoW, repent" banner.

(edit)
Sorry for my poor sentence structure. When saying "inferior graphics engine", i was speaking on WoW's as it chugs along.

Something will knock off WoW. The dominant MMO falls eventually, and they know it. So they're trying to be proactive and have a replacement product that succeeds. Basically like Sony tried with EQ2. Except for the succeeding part.

If they want to transition players from WOW to this other game, they will probably have cross-game promotions such as "Get your Titan character to level 20 to unlock a special mount in WOW", hoping that once they can get people in the game, it will be enough to convert them over.

@SisypheanLife

How many times were you planning on posting that?

@Oskiee
Something will knock off WoW. The dominant MMO falls eventually, and they know it. So they're trying to be proactive and have a replacement product that succeeds. Basically like Sony tried with EQ2. Except for the succeeding part.

@swooded

Stop spamming!

@SisypheanLife
good job - I did laugh out loud.

Why do I hate the sound of diablo expansion when all I want is the game itself.

Shouldnt an expainsion be a discussion best saved For when the game comes out?

@AMH It'll be made, that's a given. Why wouldn't they plan for it in the future?

at least graphics wise im sure it wont be "next gen"

@(Unverified)

I dunno, After The Shattering hit, World of Warcraft does look pretty. Especially water

@(Unverified)

And yet blizzard will make considerably more money because of that fact. The more people that are able to play their games means that much more money lining blizzard's wallet.

World of Starcraft?

At some point, people are going to stop playing WoW. Blizzard should create a new MMO (maybe Titan) and charge users one monthly fee to play both games. That would immediately expose 8+ million people to the new game. When interest in WoW finally wanes, all those users -- and all those users' guildmates -- would have a smooth migration path to a new MMO which would keep them paying subscription fees to Blizzard.

@logicbus

Sony Online tried something like that in the past. It might still exist, for all I know. You could have a single pass that allowed access to a number of games.

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