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Blizzard cancels its next-gen MMO Titan after seven years

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http://www.polygon.com/2014/9/23/6833953/blizzard-cancels-titan-next-gen-mmo-pc

 

Blizzard has officially canceled development on its mysterious next-generation massively multiplayer game Titan. The company confirmed the news to Polygon in a recent interview.

This revelation comes after at least seven years in development and word last year that the developer was going back to the drawing board to reevaluate the project.

Speaking to Polygon, Blizzard co-founder and CEO Mike Morhaime reiterated that the company has technically never officially announced Titan, though it hasn't been shy to talk about the game over the past seven years. "We had created World of Warcraft, and we felt really confident that we knew how to make MMOs," Morhaime said. "So we set out to make the most ambitious thing that you could possibly imagine. And it didn't come together.

"We didn't find the fun," Morhaime continued. "We didn't find the passion. We talked about how we put it through a reevaluation period, and actually, what we reevaluated is whether that's the game we really wanted to be making. The answer is no."

Probably would have canbilized sales of WOW.  Although a historical MMO sounds interesting to me (think that's what it was supposed to be) - I like history, but I haven't ever touched any MMO.

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Again? I thought they did this before... I hope the dev team get reassigned to WOW as the game is slipping as of late IMO.

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I saw this on www.tweakers.net 

Feels like a huge waste of time and money to stop something like that after 7 years. 

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Now they can get back to Starcraft: Ghost

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FFS Blizzard.

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I don't go to Polygon but it's interesting news.

 

I am betting a big reason is the fact that WoW still has an enormous userbase. If you have a product that everyone is already paying for then the new product would simply cannibalize your market share. 7 years ago I bet they figured that WoW wouldn't still be as popular as it is.

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Again? I thought they did this before... I hope the dev team get reassigned to WOW as the game is slipping as of late IMO.

It's slowly turned into AIDS since WOTLK was released mate.

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It's slowly turned into AIDS since WOTLK was released mate.

 

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I just want them to release WarCraft as an RTS like it use to be... It that too much to ask for. :(

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Like I have been saying elsewhere it may be possible that WildStar was their Titan and they sold it to those WOW developers without the public knowing.  Blizzard gets paid for a project they no longer wanted and the WOW guys that bought it get whatever it is they wanted.

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TBC all the way! :)

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Good, they need to focus on and fix what they've got.

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Hmm. I wonder what WOD does for wow. I'm returning to the game as dreanor is something I always wanted to see. However if endgame is a bit... I'll probably get 100 on 2-3 alts then bugger off again.

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All that money and time wasted just so they dont realse a shitty game... congrats blizzard i wish more companies would do that.

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All right!!! we finally get StarCraft Ghost wohoo..

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I saw this on www.tweakers.net 

Feels like a huge waste of time and money to stop something like that after 7 years. 

well i like the way they think.

to put my thoughts together with an other's words.

 

At least there are some companies that know not to release a shitty game.

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Good for you Blizzard.

At least there are some companies that know not to release a shitty game.

It's too bad they didn't follow that for Diablo 3. Then again you have to release something when it takes a tenth of your employee's lifetimes to release a single game.

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Obligatory "Remake Diablo 2 in HD instead of Diablo 3" remark

 

Maybe they'll actually set a release date for Legacy of the Void SC2 expansion now. We've been waiting for that one for a looooong time.

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Now they can get back to Starcraft: Ghost

 

Argh, now you reminded me again. 

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I saw this on www.tweakers.net 

Feels like a huge waste of time and money to stop something like that after 7 years. 

As if Blizzard lacks time or money. 

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Meh, was looking forward to some new IP sci.fi MMO and now this. Oh well, I hope I'll see something in near future.
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Like I have been saying elsewhere it may be possible that WildStar was their Titan and they sold it to those WOW developers without the public knowing.  Blizzard gets paid for a project they no longer wanted and the WOW guys that bought it get whatever it is they wanted.

I never thought of that.

 

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