Frank Pearce Confirms Blizzard’s Next-Gen MMO Codenamed Titan

[Kaiser]

Medusa = Kerrigan
Hydra = 3 Headed Diablo? (Baal & Mephisto Heads On Diablo)
Titan = ???

[Quirel]

Medusa = Kerrigan
Hydra = 3 Headed Diablo? (Baal & Mephisto Heads On Diablo)
Titan = ???

No, no, no, Hydra has seven heads. Cut one off, and it grows another.
Cut off enough, and conceivably, it would fall over from being so top heavy. At that point, you can stake it to the ground and use it as an endless source of tasty meat to cure World Hunger or launch a new super-chain to kick Mickey D's out of its throne.

Titans... 50-armed giants who are gifted in the fields of crafting and metalworking.

[Carsickness]

Isn't Titan old news?

Blizzard first announced in 2007 it was developing another MMO title that was unrelated to the World of Warcraft franchise. It's unclear at this time if 'Titan" is the final name of the game or if it's simply a working title. IGN reached out to Blizzard Entertainment for clarification on Pearce's comments.

"We've previously announced that Blizzard Entertainment is working on a next-generation MMO game," a Blizzard spokesperson stated.

[Hawki]

I'm pretty sure the name "Titan" has come up before, but to my knowledge, the news in question is the first explicit confirmation of it. The codename however, probably has little root in its mythological connections. From what we know about the MMO, it's more along the lines of sci-fi and made to appeal to a broader audience-possibly an FPS. I don't see Polthyrean and co. featuring into that.

[GRUNT]

An FPS kind of MMORPG would be interesting and something that to me, would not be out of the realm of possibility for Blizz.

When WoW was in development, there were a lot of questions about whether or not Blizzard could make a great MMORPG - that was new for them, and it obviously succeeded tremendously.

If Blizzard were to do an FPS game, I don't doubt that they'll find SOME way to change the mechanics we've come to take for granted and doing so in an interesting way.

Anyway, I keep getting my hopes up that they'll announce something Titan-related at each Blizzcon, but they never do . Next Blizzcon FOR SURE, though, right?

Unless they're going to use Blizzcon2011 to announce whatever WoW expansion's coming AFTER Cataclysm! I'm still amazed that they've already said that they're working on another expo for WoW - it just keeps going!

[hyde]

SC2 phoenix is probably just StarCraft Ghost but completely redone for PS3/XBOX360/PC.

Uh I doubt their new MMO is anything "Ground breaking".
Keeping my explanation short, ACTIVISION BLIZZARD's revenue is 40% from WoW. They need to make a new money cow since WoW is aging (Think of 2015, not right now) .
Plus they have never been ones to really "Push the envelope", sure they go for AAA quality - but they definitely don't bother trying to reinvent the wheel. WoW is a great example, took all the nice things from every MMO and made it mainstream friendly.

[Hawki]

I doubt that Phoenix is a remake of Ghost as not only is the concept of a phoenix (the bird) about as far away from a psionic assasin as possible, but Ghost has already been converted/novelized into Spectres, so to speak. An entirely new story would have to be created and I don't see there being enough time for that for the creative department to work on so many projects at once.

Still, I also doubt it's a remake of the original game-doesn't seem worth it. If anything, I suspect it's the equivalent of console DLC.

[hyde]

I doubt that Phoenix is a remake of Ghost as not only is the concept of a phoenix (the bird) about as far away from a psionic assasin as possible, but Ghost has already been converted/novelized into Spectres, so to speak. An entirely new story would have to be created and I don't see there being enough time for that for the creative department to work on so many projects at once.

Still, I also doubt it's a remake of the original game-doesn't seem worth it. If anything, I suspect it's the equivalent of console DLC.

Well Phoenix is a metaphorical device from my interpretation... Since Ghost sort of "died" like a phoenix and will be reborn as a XBOX360/PS3 game.
That's how I see it.

You should take note that Blizzard bought out Swinging Apes Studio , which is a purely console related development house. I mean yah programming is programming but they technically have a small but capable team of console developers inside Blizzard now. Plus Console games is grassroots for Blizzard. It'd be nice to play a StarCraft console game, the idea of being a ghost is pretty tempting. But I'm an espionage junkie (Metal Gear, Tom Clancy, etc) soo haha

[Kaiser]

I hope that's what it is. I wanted to play Ghost since it debuted.

[Kimera757]

SC2 phoenix is probably just StarCraft Ghost but completely redone for PS3/XBOX360/PC.

If so, it just shows Blizzard can't learn lessons. The PS3/Xbox 360 aren't that new. Given how long Blizzard takes to make games, it'd just get canned again, and for the same reasons. (At least the PC is infinitely upgradeable.)