Blizzard Confirms Titan MMOG
The media isn't supposed to know about Titan darn it! Sheesh!
Earlier this month, a document revealing Blizzard's product slate was leaked, revealing quite a number of things the company would rather keep under wraps. Since its release, Blizzard China general manager Ye WeiLun was reportedly fired over the leak while Blizzard HQ "reshuffled" the Chinese staff.
According to the product slate, Diablo 3 is expected to arrive in Q4 2011 (yes!) and will be followed by its first expansion in Q2 2013 and a second expansion in Q4 2014. On the StarCraft 2 front, the first expansion will be released alongside StarCraft 2 Phoenix in Q4 2011. The second expansion pack for StarCraft 2 is expected to launch in Q1 2013.
As for World of Warcraft, the product slate lists expansion four with a Q2 2012 release date followed by a fifth expansion in Q4 2013. The World of Warcraft movie is slated to hit theaters in Q4 2012, and there's also a listing for World of Warcraft TCG with a Q3 2012 date.
But now we come to the meat of the story: Blizzard's mystery MMOG. Called Titan, the product slate has its release listed for Q4 2013. In an interview with Destructoid, Blizzard's Frank Pearce owned up to the listing by admitting that Titan was indeed the much-speculated "next-generation" MMOG.
"The media is not supposed to know anything about that," Pearce said with a sudden "busted" look on his face. "We've only started talking about it in a limited fashion because we want to 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."
And there you go. We're betting Blizzard wants us to inform readers that schedules are subject to change, so all listed titles may or may not meet their scheduled dates, depending on how development progresses.
Nevertheless, could Titan be something along the lines of World of StarCraft? Sorry, but that would simply be pure awesomeness, and you know it.
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We've known about it for a while now tho. First they had a job listing about a new MMO team member years ago. Then there was a leaked chart with expected release dates for like the next 5 years.
Oh and btw its a MMOFPS.
OMG 2011 Q4 for diablo 3!!!
I guess that's not bad, i was expecting 2012.
this is the media: resistance is futile
i hope thats not a rummer your trying make proxy711 . lol i hate fps cause aim cheats
OMG 2011 Q4 for diablo 3!!!I guess that's not bad, i was expecting 2012.
Yeah, since Blizzard is so great with their scheduled release dates. If we see D3 in its final, released form before 2013, it will be a Festivus miracle.
omg blizard doing an MMOFPS??? YES! i hope it requires true skill and not crappy autoaim like tabula rasa did.
I think an MMOFPS would probably be awful. I don't know how that would even work.
what would be awesome is a StarCraft FPS!!
I think an MMOFPS would probably be awful. I don't know how that would even work.
You're forgetting that Blizzard is behind it. Given their reputation, it will probably be a lot of fun and incredibly addicting.
World of StarCraft MMOFPS would be sooooo win.
Why must the new MMO be StarCraft related? Why not give Blizzard creative liberty to come up with something new?
I know FPS rpg's work, so all they need to do is apply it to an MMO game model effectively, and this game would be fantastic, where the best players in the game are not the best because of time they play, but by how good at the game they are.
if it were a MMOFPS aimbots could not only be permanently banned, but possibly prosecuted. I love FPS's but botters make them no fun because you can't tell genuine talent from hacks. a MMOFPS would rock that world! I would even love a MMORTS!!!
Why must the new MMO be StarCraft related? Why not give Blizzard creative liberty to come up with something new?
I think I remember reading that the new MMOG would be an original IP
i want wc4!
i want wc4!
WC4 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
Oh and btw its a MMOFPS.
I call bull, show proof
>On the StarCraft 2 front, the first expansion will be released alongside StarCraft 2 Phoenix in Q4 2011
What is StarCraft 2 Phoenix?
Are you fucking kidding me, a Starcraft MMO would completely ruin the genre (aka Where the hell is WC4). Stop being retarded and don't ruin of one of the only good RTS's on the market scrubs.
what would be awesome is a StarCraft FPS!!
They already made one.
They never released it because even they admitted it sucked.
I'd say, anything coming from BLIZZARD (make it sound like "no-Activision") and their franchisees (is that spelled correctly? XD) would be full of win; and by full of win, way way way above average quality.
We all know it, we all love that.
Just make it happen before I'm dead Blizz; that's all I ask of life/God/FSM/Chuck 8)
Cheers!
world of starcraft to take on BIOwares star wars old republic
"The World of Warcraft movie is slated to hit theaters in Q4 2012"
OMG!
"The World of Warcraft movie is slated to hit theaters in Q4 2012"OMG!
Well I hope it will be on theaters AFTER the 12/12/12, you know those mayans and egyptians can be party ruiners...
Screw mayans, their calendar sucks!
given how long blizzard is in releasing a title after they first mention it (its been what, 7 years for diablo 3 so far?), I would be amazed if they can get Titan out in 2013. Especially when you consider that supposedly this detail was accidental and an actual leak.
My money is on 2015 for titan
i hope thats not a rummer your trying make proxy711 . lol i hate fps cause aim cheats
I hate noobs like you calling us good players "aim cheats"
2013 for SC2, well then I guess I will buy the game in 2013 after I can buy the whole thing at once instead of $200 with tax the way it is now.
Diablo 3 in Q4... sucks to know we still have quite a wait but I'm sure it will be well worth it. However what disturbs me is the fact that expansion packs already have expected release dates. While expansions are to be expected they obviously know what the core game lacks already and
can be improved upon if they are already thinking expansions before the core game is even finished. That just seems shadey to me.
I have visions of space marines dancing in my head...
Games Workshop called and it wants its entire IP back from Blizzard.