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Blizzard Confirms 'Titan' is Studio's Next-Gen MMO

While Diablo 3 is the next game Blizzard fans can look forward to, in terms of a massively multiplayer follow-up to the ubiquitous World of Warcraft, Blizzard has now confirmed that the rumored Titan is what's on the table. "Titan is... the media is not meant to know anything about that. It's our next gen MMO and 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," Frank Pearce, Senior VP and executive producer for World of Warcraft explained.

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Sinner101GR4915d ago

Time for another MMO to engulf the lives of gamers everywhere. Wonder how the graphics are going to look

donniebaseball4915d ago

Well, we all know they'll be a step up from WoW... I'm guessing the game will look very pretty

Chris3994915d ago (Edited 4915d ago )

Not my pick, but I can see how it will sell a shit-tonne - especially if they put it out in the console space (next gen Xbox).

http://www.industrygamers.c...

It makes sense from a financial perspective, they'll get millions in sales just off the franchise name alone and break into a new market.

Sinner101GR4915d ago

It can't be in the Halo universe...they don't have the rights to it....

Chris3994915d ago (Edited 4915d ago )

MS can collaborate with them. You do see how friendly Activision and MS are these days don't you?

I'm not a Halo fan myself, but there's information to suggest that this is the case.

It's not uncommon for developers to make a game that they don't own the IP for. Castlevania LOS ring a bell? That's just one of many off the top of my head.

Edit (from the link I posted):

"Monk added that since Ensemble's closure, some of the scattered staff have gone to Blizzard, including Greg Street. "We had all this incredible talent, we had the right people, the right passion, we had a phenomenally successful IP - the Halo IP,” described Monk."

Some of the staff have gone to Blizzard. Activision and MS are close. BOTH IPs are called Titan. It's just a supposition, but I'm not pulling it out of my ass. I'm not even the first person to suggest it.

SuperM4915d ago (Edited 4915d ago )

There is NO WAY whatsoever that this new game is in the Halo Universe. First of all Blizzard has been working on this game for a long time already, long before Ensemble Studios got shut down. Second of all blizzard has several successfull IPs themselves. Why on earth would they want to start making Halo games? Its a ridiculous statement to say the least.

Besides Blizzard has already confirmed that the MMO is based on a new IP. If they were to use an established franchise they'd use Starcraft or Diablo. If you think Blizzard will ever make a halo game then you dont know Blizzard very well.

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Kurisu4915d ago

I wonder if this will hit consoles as well as PC?

Thecraft19894915d ago (Edited 4915d ago )

I think it will depend heavily on how popular DC universe becomes on consoles and Final Fantasy 14. Console make money blizzard love money if they can make a profit you can bet it make its way to consoles.

STONEY44915d ago

Blizzard doesn't even need the money. They'd probably spend more money and time (and we know how slowly Blizzard works enough already) on console development than they would make back. Thought RTS was a niche genre on consoles? MMOs will be even worse.

Christopher4915d ago

Graphics will be better than WoW, but won't require more than a standard desktop PC at the time that it is released to play. One of the _huge_ factors behind the success of WoW is the ability to be played by practically anyone with a PC or laptop.

rrw4915d ago (Edited 4915d ago )

AKA: World of starcraft

negroguy4915d ago

Nice, DCUO will hold me over for now and ill keep an eye on this.

SuperStrokey11234915d ago

Agreed, DCUO is very good so far for a beta.

hudsoniscool4915d ago

at first i also thought it was the previously cancelled halo mmo called titan. that would be so cool but i dont think it is. im sure microsoft would allow blizzard to make a halo mmo but i dont think blizzard would want to.

Saryk4915d ago

It will be a new IP more than likely. I don’t think that they will go into a realm that they have already created. But that is my opinion, which doesn’t mean much.

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Activision Blizzard Faces $23.4M Fine for Patent Infringement

Activision Blizzard ordered to pay $23.4M for patent infringement involving popular games.

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Skuletor21d ago

Another L for Xbox, when are they going to have good news?

MrDead21d ago

I would read the article but the giant pop-ups from the top and bottom of the screen made me close it.

Without reading $23.4 million isn't a deterrent for a company that size.

peppeaccardo21d ago

Boss: Let's fire a few people to recoup on that loss.
Slave: Cortana has decided to get rid of Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks.
Boss: Let's get those Firing Letters "Copilot Approved" and send them through the power of the cloud.
Slave: Long Live Phil !!!
ALL in the room: LONG LIVE PHIL !!!!

rlow121d ago

Well another troll company with a patent trying to extort money out of companies. Seems like they’re going to try and sue everyone.

PRIMORDUS21d ago

Not enough drain them for more, fuck Blizzard POS company.

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An Update on This Year’s BlizzCon and Blizzard’s 2024 Live Events

Blizzard writes: "After careful consideration over the last year, we at Blizzard have made the decision not to hold BlizzCon in 2024. This decision was not made lightly as BlizzCon remains a very special event for all of us, and we know many of you look forward to it. While we’re approaching this year differently and as we have explored different event formats in the past, rest assured that we are just as excited as ever to bring BlizzCon back in future years."

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PRIMORDUS36d ago

How about you not hold Blizzcon anymore period. You fucking POS company. I really hope Blizzard would just die.

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Microsoft has ‘let Blizzard be Blizzard’ following its acquisition, studio says

Microsoft has 'let Blizzard be Blizzard' following the acquisition of the veteran developer according to World of Warcraft's executive producer.

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Kaii44d ago

Diablo 4 storefront being a cash grabbing shitshow does unironically attest to that, kudos.

kythlyn43d ago

Microsoft needs to be guiding Blizzard to be what it USED to be, not allowing it to continue to be the greedy bastardization of itself that it has become.

XiNatsuDragnel44d ago (Edited 44d ago )

Okay i will be interested if they become old Blizzard but might as well be dead.

Rynxie43d ago

They will never be old blizzard. Most of all the OG's left from developers to those on the top (even some decision making folks left).

Vits44d ago

Shame most of the people that made Blizzard what they were, have already left a while ago.

ApocalypseShadow44d ago

I was about to say this. How can they be blizzard when they're no longer blizzard from yesteryear?

blacktiger44d ago

Rare was the thing I lost heart

victorMaje43d ago

Exactly. Blizzard hasn’t been Blizzard for a long time.
Oh how the mighty have fallen.

Knightofelemia44d ago

Blizzard is not the same Blizzard like it use to be.

PassNextquestion44d ago

Were you expecting Microsoft to hire everyone that had left Blizzard long before they purchased the company...

Microsoft has let the Blizzard company they purchased continue to be the Blizzard company they purchased.

thesoftware73043d ago

Wow, PassNextquestion,

You fully understand what that saying means, unlike some people on here who just have to say negative garbage talk.

When someone says, "Just let *blank* be *blank*, "they are just letting them operate how they operate.

It's pretty much how Sony "let Bungie be Bungie."

This comment section is full of outright haters, but you have to "let N4G be N4G"

GamerRN43d ago

This site leans so heavily in one direction...

BISHOP-BRASIL43d ago

I don't think people commenting are necessarily blaming MS for anything here, this is just collective longing for what Blizzard/Vivendi was before Activision's meddling.

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