Possible Leaked Titan Info

[sgurb]

Possible leaked info about Titan, the next Blizzard mmorpg.

Game Universe

• It's based on Earth's history, but also includes a high amount of fiction. It will have a "deep history", just as Warcraft and Starcraft.
• They're intending to include many Warcraft elements into Titan's world. Mostly Easter Eggs, but can also extend to entire characters being ported into the new game, one way or another.
• There will be a lot of Time Travel.
• When it comes to weapons, we'll have almost everything at our disposal, from magic to guns.
• Heavy use of Greek, Roman and Viking myths.
• They've invited some established writers (Richard A. Knaak for example) to help with the storyline.

Game-play

• It's an MMORPG. We'll play from a 3rd person view, but there will also be a first person view during "events". No extra clarification as to the nature of these events could be given.
• TAB targeting in combat.
• It will benefit from a completely new game engine.
• Graphics will be in the established "Blizzard style".
• Primarily a PC game, but next-gen consoles are still being considered. Probably after launch, as with D3.
• Expected 12+ PEGI.
• It's designed with eSports in mind. They will try to grow it into a successful eSport.
• There will be "clan" housing. No details on player-housing.
• Last but not least, the game will have an Auction House. Nothing conclusive about a Real-Money Auction House but it is possible. As an extra tidbit, Blizzard was also considering introducing a RMAH into WoW at one point, but apparently not anymore.

Miscellaneous

• 150 developers working on it now. Last we've been told, in September last year, there were just a bit over 100, so the team is growing at a nice pace, quickly becoming the biggest one. They're about to bring new Community Managers into the team and some testers that will be needed in the near future. Many of the new team members have come from Blizzard's other projects.
• Speaking of inside transfers, Jay Wilson is on the Titan team. Please don't go overboard with this. ^^
• English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish localization now. More will come during beta.
• They were considering implementing easy in-game recording at one point, unsure of the state of this at the moment.
• BLIZZCON 2013 - Titan Teaser, details on expansions for all other major franchises (SC2, D3, WoW). There will be other small Titan teasers at the event but nothing major. They don't want to show any game-play until they have a solid date for beta.
• Speaking of which, current plan is to open Family & Friends testing (Alpha stage basically) in Q1 2014.
• The game has a name already that has been changed multiple times over the course of the development process. Unknown unfortunately.
• They're going full-out when it comes to the soundtrack. Each zone will have its own song, and the songs will vary vastly in type, rhythm. We've reported before that Jason Hayes has returned to Blizzard, so this is definitely not surprising.

Source: Titan Focus - Blizzard's NextGen MMO fansite

[EEGold]

Wow, this seems great cant wait!

[Disphotic]

thanks for this, + rep

[DaigonoYouso]

nice! +rep, however I don't really think I can wait ~2 years for this:/

[Futile570]

I'll be old and decrepit by the time Titan comes out.

[Kenneth]

cant wait. Ill be out of school by this and working though =( hopefully it will be casual friendly

[Jordanrocks21]

I can't wait.

Thanks for this!

[EviLSidE]

It's cool .. we waited 15 years for Diablo III to come out .. what's another 15 for a totally new MMORPG ey?

[fredalbob]

More info released.

The studio said as far back as 2007 that it was developing a successor to its groundbreaking work, and it later confirmed the working title. Project Titan was even up and running in 2011, and Blizzard confirmed in 2012 the development team had grown to around 100 staff members as of last September. So it exists, but what is it? A StarCraft MMO? Just World of Warcraft 2? One source claims that it’s something entirely different, the first wholly new IP from Blizzard in fifteen years.

Blizzard fan website Titan Focus spoke with a source claiming close ties to the Titan development team, who provided a wealth of information about Blizzard’s next game. Rather than the fantasy and science fiction settings of its staples StarCraft, Warcraft, and Diablo, Titan will actually build its dense fictional history on the real world. The third-person MMO will retain the character view of World of Warcraft, and it will also let players travel through time to the Roman Empire of more than 2250 years ago, the 11th century Viking Age, and even ancient Greece. All these time periods will have the character interacting with prominent mythological characters from those respective cultures. Characters from World of Warcraft may also make appearances in the game.

The game will be for PCs first, but next-gen console versions will follow later on. The goal with Titan is to establish Blizzard back at the top of the eSports field currently dominated by the likes of League of Legends and Dota. The game will be teased at Blizzcon later this year with early Alpha testing scheduled to begin in 2014.

TL;DR Alpha testing is in 2014, will be displayed at Blizzcon this year.

[ieatglueandstuff]

More info released.

The studio said as far back as 2007 that it was developing a successor to its groundbreaking work, and it later confirmed the working title. Project Titan was even up and running in 2011, and Blizzard confirmed in 2012 the development team had grown to around 100 staff members as of last September. So it exists, but what is it? A StarCraft MMO? Just World of Warcraft 2? One source claims that it’s something entirely different, the first wholly new IP from Blizzard in fifteen years.

Blizzard fan website Titan Focus spoke with a source claiming close ties to the Titan development team, who provided a wealth of information about Blizzard’s next game. Rather than the fantasy and science fiction settings of its staples StarCraft, Warcraft, and Diablo, Titan will actually build its dense fictional history on the real world. The third-person MMO will retain the character view of World of Warcraft, and it will also let players travel through time to the Roman Empire of more than 2250 years ago, the 11th century Viking Age, and even ancient Greece. All these time periods will have the character interacting with prominent mythological characters from those respective cultures. Characters from World of Warcraft may also make appearances in the game.

The game will be for PCs first, but next-gen console versions will follow later on. The goal with Titan is to establish Blizzard back at the top of the eSports field currently dominated by the likes of League of Legends and Dota. The game will be teased at Blizzcon later this year with early Alpha testing scheduled to begin in 2014.

TL;DR Alpha testing is in 2014, will be displayed at Blizzcon this year.

I thought you'd have picked up on things quicker around here, bungie creators of halo press released the release of a New MMO game inwhich they are CO-Developing with Blizzard...Titan = Destiny

[fredalbob]

I thought you'd have picked up on things quicker around here, bungie creators of halo press released the release of a New MMO game inwhich they are CO-Developing with Blizzard...Titan = Destiny

Destiny is NOT an MMO and has only been announced for consoles, not PC.
"Polygon reports that Destiny will include both competitive and cooperative single-player and multiplayer modes."
Bungie unveils 'Destiny,' an MMO-like console shooter set in a new sci-fi universe | The Verge

Blizzard does not have a hand in Bungie's development of Titan as far as I know, unless you can provide a source proving me wrong.
It is being co-developed with ACITIVSION, not Blizzard. (Contrary to popular belief, these are NOT the same company. You do not see Activisions name on titles like Diablo 3 or Mists of Pandaria. Nor will you ever see Activision's name on any Blizzard title. ACTIVISION-BLIZZARD is a publisher, while game makers Activision and Blizzard are still two separate companies.)
If you want to know more, read here.
Activision-Blizzard is not Blizzard

Furthermore, Destiny is said to be first-person AND only first-person. Blizzard has already confirmed both first person and third person can be used in Titan.

Also, Blizzard does NOT let other companies release details about their game. (Bungie has already released screenshots and information about Destiny.)
A man released a little information about Titan in Blizzard-China and was fired on the spot. Blizzard does not take "leaked" information kindly.
Any huge new MMO Blizzard has to release or release details about, they'll do at their own event, Blizzcon.

[DD2Shop]

Cool info! hope Sounds really awesome.