Blizzard CEO Drops Hints About New MMO

[standokan]

Two go in one comes out, I'm starting to get interested.

 

[Gilbert Estrada]

I figured that they might try to make a console based MMO, that way they are eating in to the WoW target audience less. And with Activision having an unhealthy ability to publish games on such media and having enough cash to throw at Blizzard to make it happen, surely it isn't such a crazy idea?

This. The console MMORPG market is virtually untapped and is a vast source of potential income for Blizzard. Seems mad they haven't given it a go.

Phantasy Star?

...hey just out of curiosity, what was the first MMORPG with a monthly fee in order to play it?

Depending on your definition of MMORPG I think it's either Island of Kesmai (text-based like Rogue) in 1985, Club Caribe (simple text and graphic avatars) in 1988, or Neverwinter Nights (totally graphical) in 1991. The first and last required Compuserve or AOL, respectively, and an extra monthly fee while the second was part of Q-Link (precursor to AOL for Commodore computers).

 

[icyneesan]

Well everyones making bets now so I might as well bet on it being Starcraft Ghost.

Warcraft 4 is also acceptable and just as unlikely.

 

[LogicNProportion]

Starcraft MMO?

Starcraft MMO.

 

[Javelk]

Meh, a space MMO really isn't all that innovative, consitering all the MMOs out already. What they need to do is finish Diablo 3 before it ends up the last StarCraft spin-off.

 

[Torrasque]

"For me, playing with people that you know always deepens the engagement and connection," he said.

And, of course, the revenue.

I'd just like it if they'd stray away from the whole competitive PvP, levelbound areas, that change once an expansion and for Blizzard to catch up to the fact that character customization is now accepted as standard. (apart from in their games)

Titan: Well, let me guess - It's based around one of Saturn's Moons and it's a Oregon Trail space adventure; or they're going to totally rip off Titan Quest.

Either way; they're gonna have to break some new ground if they want it to be anything like as popular as WoW, and I'll be amazed if they try that.

Bets on Titan being WoW in Space are now on.

The guy who is making World of Starcraft is already on that, lol.

 

[Valksy]

No thanks Blizz.

I don't care how great Titan turns out to be, the online gaming community is just 99% filth and I'm not prepared to go there any more.

I'be been gaming for 30 years or so and the online "community", as games move more and more towards requiring online play, might well be the thing that makes me quit. I just loathe most of you and do not wish to socialise or spend any of my free time with you.

 

[toapat]

"For me, playing with people that you know always deepens the engagement and connection," he said.

And, of course, the revenue.

I'd just like it if they'd stray away from the whole competitive PvP, levelbound areas, that change once an expansion and for Blizzard to catch up to the fact that character customization is now accepted as standard. (apart from in their games)

Titan: Well, let me guess - It's based around one of Saturn's Moons and it's a Oregon Trail space adventure; or they're going to totally rip off Titan Quest.

Either way; they're gonna have to break some new ground if they want it to be anything like as popular as WoW, and I'll be amazed if they try that.

Bets on Titan being WoW in Space are now on.

Rather unlikely. i would expect Titan to be more like Planet Side or Guild Wars then WoW.

World of Warcraft: Dungeons and Dragons
Guild Wars: Magic the Gathering
PlanetSide: Call of Duty: get everyone involved edition.
if they make it like WoW, then either WoW or Titan will fall, if they make it like GWs or Planetside, then both games will be able to co-exist.

anc[is]Aren't the Titans basically gods in Warcraft? So saying this isn't WoW2 is probably total BS

the first thing they said is that this game will not be related to the Starcraft, Warcraft, or Diablo universes.

 

[Digikid]

Oh lord....here we go again. MORE people wasting their lives in front of basement computers.....

Hey Blizzard....here is a news flash for you....make something OTHER than MMO and Warcraft type games. Then and ONLY then will I respect you.

 

[MrTub]

Great.. Will probably be another casual MMO. Gief back Vanilla/Bc. Cataclysm is a the same as Wotlk.

 

[Darthlex]

Titan: Well, let me guess - It's based around one of Saturn's Moons and it's a Oregon Trail space adventure; or they're going to totally rip off Titan Quest.

Bets on Titan being WoW in Space are now on.

Well with a name like Titan, Sci-fi is pretty much a foregone conclusion. Too bad it would completely destroy The Old Republic.

I just hope it has pod races :3

When 'Titan' is released, I doubt it's TOR we're all playing .. It'll be years and years from now, no doubt. TOR won't last that long, I really do not believe that.

Even being a major KotOR/Bioware fan, I would never assume that.

 

[samsonguy920]

He just managed to say a whole lotta nothing about something! GAAAH!

Not sure about whether they are doing a whole new engine or using WoW's with tweaks for Titan. He kind of left that ambiguous.

 

[Vitor Goncalves]

Bets on Titan being WoW in Space are now on.

^$$^

I lost most of my hope in blizz when it went to activision, they were fine and rich on their own, but they wanted to be richerer. And thats never good for the common man.

It was not Blizzard decision. It's previous owner, Vivendi, decided to sell blizzard to activision, along with other miner developers, for the price of something between 65% to 70% of Activision shares, ending up owning both companies after all.

On topic, i guess this announces the decline of WoW. Just my feeling.

 

[Retosa]

So... Another really bad title for an article. There were ZERO hints here. I swear Blizz just trolled us all. "Here, I'll give you some hints... Keep it shush shush. *insert generic MMO strategy here*. Oh, and we've got our most experienced dev's working on it. It'll be great!"

 

[Nautical Honors Society]

anc[is]Aren't the Titans basically gods in Warcraft? So saying this isn't WoW2 is probably total BS

It is a codename. Also, Titan could mean a lot of things. Are you saying this new MMO could also be about an American football team?

OT: I don't like how it could coexist with WoW they should make it totally its own game, but Blizz is smart (and rich) so this could get interesting.

 

[Genixma]

In SPACE You say?

I get the feeling that they will say it just to sell and then it'll just start you off in space and you land back on Earth for the rest of the game.

 

[DBlack]

Ahh hell cant you guys see what this game is? WoW is the most addictive game ever made and Titan is everything that they learned over the last few years jammed into a new game. No shit he wants both games to co-exist, why only have people pay one subscription fee when they could pay for two? If WoW is alcohal then this new game is going to be a VLT.

I really hate what I'm about to say but... I think someone needs to regulate this crap. We cant have game developers makeing vertual heroin. I hate where games seem to be heading. When I buy a game I dont want to have to pay monthly subscriptions to play,and I dont want to be lead around like a wallet on a string.

I will never play another game that was designed to be addictive for the purpose of keeping people playing, and I hope many of you will join me in that pledge.

 

[Ferisar]

Bets on Titan being WoW in Space are now on.

^$$^

I lost most of my hope in blizz when it went to activision, they were fine and rich on their own, but they wanted to be richerer. And thats never good for the common man.

This is nonsense.

Blizzard isn't "owned" by "Activision", Activision-Blizzard is the publisher title, and Blizzard was previously owned by Vivendi games, which merged/bought Activision. In the end, Blizzard's under the same roof for the most part. Having a publisher provides resources to make the publisher money via game improvement. If they "creatively influenced" anything the games would suck, because the Acti-Blizz isn't there to design anything.

Heck you could find most of this jibberjabber on wikipedia.

 

[MarsProbe]

No thanks Blizz.

I don't care how great Titan turns out to be, the online gaming community is just 99% filth and I'm not prepared to go there any more.

I'be been gaming for 30 years or so and the online "community", as games move more and more towards requiring online play, might well be the thing that makes me quit. I just loathe most of you and do not wish to socialise or spend any of my free time with you.

I was going to say something about this, but then observed the incredible amount of whining going on in this thread over a rather vague non-announcement and it reminds me why I usually have the mic off or on party chat whenever I'm playing over XBL. People, you all need to lighten up and chill out seriously. If you're miffed about Blizzard making more cash out of another MMO, then just don't play. After all, if it's not your money that's being spent, then whats the big deal?

Anyway, I'm betting Titan is actually an acronym and that it stands for Thrifty Industry Team Alienates Noobs. Possibly.

 

[PrinceofPersia]

Who knows, they could do a new kind of MMO. As Daniel Floyd (Extra Credits) said, MMO =/= MMORPG. Who knows, this could be something like a MMOFPS or something o:

True true but that last thing I want is for Blizz to muscle in on that market with a pay to play MMOFPS. I am just so tired of WoW.