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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."
http://www.polygon.com/2014/9/23/6833953/blizzard-cancels-titan-next-gen-mmo-pc
so.. yeah. Maybe Warcraft 4?
http://kotaku.com/heres-what-blizzards-titan-actually-was-1638632121
details on what the game was supposed to be
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oh haha well, guess maybe it was a good thing then. Blizzard, GIVE ME WARCRAFT IV! >
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Warcraft movie next year and at the same time they announce warcraft 4 to be released in 2016 but it will come out late 2017 or early 2018 in the end.
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Doubt it, RTS right now is a dead market, especially with their poorly designed distribution system. If anything i can see they wana explore the mobile space a lot more with the profits that hearthstone bringing. They just announced 20 million players a few days ago and that number definitely gona lead them toward that space more.
With that said, I think they would wana evaluate Heroes success before deciding on anything new.
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May we have StarCraft 3 please?
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On September 24 2014 03:00 Jusba wrote: Warcraft movie next year and at the same time they announce warcraft 4 to be released in 2016 but it will come out late 2017 or early 2018 in the end.
You're not wrong for thinking that in my opinion. God knows it would be a good time. I just want to know what a new warcraft looks like. Hopefully its nothing we expect at all.
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Great, now ToD can be the Warcraft 4 world champion in his old age Starcraft 3 is still a distant dream, hope im still alive by the time the beta is released
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It was the last hope for me. I was preserving my life only to play in Titan as a next vanilla wow. Now I need to rethink the meaning of life.
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Wow, this is huge news. I am glad they are going for the longer game instead of the quick buck though. Don't see that all too much nowadays. Guess that dirty WoW money comes with its own special kind of trust by investors
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On September 24 2014 03:09 Solmyr wrote: It was the last hope for me. I was preserving my life only to play in Titan as a next vanilla wow. Now I need to rethink the meaning of life. Mobile games.. it's all in the mobile games! Candy Crush Saga arghhh
To be fair I wasn't especially excited for Titan so whatevs, WC4 would be so much better
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Interesting that they would even bother announcing that they canceled the project. In all honesty I have no hope for Blizzard in coming out with "the next big thing" with Hearth/Heroes as their latest releases and consider Valve has taken over as the king of computer gaming. Just need HL3 to be confirmed now and all will be well.
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I'd like a new IP. With how big blizzard is and their deep reserves of talent, I'd like to see some creativity. I guess thats what titan was supposed to be, so maybe they are just going back to their 3 title model
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amazing news imo. i never had any interest in MMOs whatsoever. WoW is the only Blizzard game since the release of Diablo that i've never played in my life. i hope this means more capacities for LotV, second Diablo 3 expansion (there will be one right?), future Hearthstone content and maybe even War4.
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On September 24 2014 03:06 Plansix wrote:Show nested quote +On September 24 2014 03:00 Jusba wrote: Warcraft movie next year and at the same time they announce warcraft 4 to be released in 2016 but it will come out late 2017 or early 2018 in the end.
You're not wrong for thinking that in my opinion. God knows it would be a good time. I just want to know what a new warcraft looks like. Hopefully its nothing we expect at all. It's going to be a free to play low-budget title that still somehow takes years to develop.
Edit: one actually wonders who makes the financial decisions over there. Canceling a seven-year project is a huge waste of money.
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To all the people thinking Blizzard will make Warcraft 4 now... Keep in mind Warcraft 1, 2, Starcraft 1, and Warcraft 3 were all made by the same division within Blizzard (the RTS department). As they still have LotV to work on, I seriously seriously doubt we'll get WC4 anytime soon. In all honesty, I'd expect SC3 to come out after LotV first, considering that it seems like Blizzard is making the Starcraft franchise their flagship RTS series and Warcraft their MMO (and I guess cardgame).
Edit: Also announcing a WC4 would create competition with LotV which is never really a good idea.
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ah thats why we are seeing more expansion packs for every game.
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On September 24 2014 03:21 maartendq wrote:Show nested quote +On September 24 2014 03:06 Plansix wrote:On September 24 2014 03:00 Jusba wrote: Warcraft movie next year and at the same time they announce warcraft 4 to be released in 2016 but it will come out late 2017 or early 2018 in the end.
You're not wrong for thinking that in my opinion. God knows it would be a good time. I just want to know what a new warcraft looks like. Hopefully its nothing we expect at all. It's going to be a free to play low-budget title that still somehow takes years to develop. I think they have that already in Hearthstone. If anything, I think they are going to want to do something new or maybe to back to Warcraft. They have a lot of talented people at Blizzard and I bet the want to keep them, so its likely not going to be something soul sucking or a quick money grab.
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Why be creative, when you can use the same stuff for less expense. not surprised. Would have been nice to see a new IP. ah well cash money amiright?
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On September 24 2014 03:27 Kenthros wrote: Why be creative, when you can use the same stuff for less expense. not surprised. Would have been nice to see a new IP. ah well cash money amiright? You clearly didn't read the quotes. Mike Morhaime literally says they couldn't find the passion or creativity to make the game.
"We had created World of Warcraft, and we felt really confident that we knew how to make MMOs, so we set out to make the most ambitious thing that you could possibly imagine," CEO Mike Morhaime commented. "And it didn't come together. We didn't find the fun. 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."
They canceled it not only because they didn't think it would be profitable, but because their heart's were not in it. It was a game they didn't want to make.
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Disappointing from Blizzard. I was hoping more from them. I think they have too narrow a way of viewing things. They have the resources, the programmers, the imagination to make lots of incredible games. They just aren't doing it. I guess Hearthstone was the last big thing from Blizzard? Can't they do better?
Game devs just generally speaking these days are going downhill, minus a few exceptions.
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