[Megathread] Titan Speculation

[Wilian]

It is already known that they have hired programmers to work in real time in game advertising for current products. This is fact. Explain how anything other than a modern day, near future, or future setting can be possible with a Coca-Cola or Mcdonald's ads in game?

They could try to retro-fit them into SC2 in case Earth's fleet would come for another visit.

[Conbot]

Except they've said several times it isn't related to any of their previous franchises, including Starcraft.

I thought they said it's a new IP. That doesn't mean it's not related to Starcraft.

World of Warcraft was a new IP, since it was not a direct continuation of the Warcraft games. Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit are different IP's, but both are united within the same universe.

[unholytestament]

I thought they said it's a new IP. That doesn't mean it's not related to Starcraft.

I am really tired of this.

People need to stop using the term ''IP''. It's misleading and it's also not what anyone at Blizzard said.

http://titanfocus.info/_/news/top-5-...-far-r26#franc

We have nothing to advertise for the new MMO because it's a shell of a game thus far. We've already stated it'll be a brand new franchise, which means the lore, art, and game play are being developed entirely from scratch. It's an overwhelming process, but a process through which we excel. Our track record supports this.

[Yonnau]

I am hoping that Titan will be an MMO that alters its environment based on the actions of the server. This isn't a new concept since WoW does alter environments with patchs and xpacs and GW2 has world events can manipulate the surroundings. I am imagining this concept taken to an extreme level. One where the actions of players and their guilds will shaped the layout of the Titan world to the point where individual servers are nothing alike.

Using Warcraft as a template, imagine playing on a server where Stormwind was destroyed by Deathwing; a server where the Scourge retake the Undercity; a server where Hillsbrad is still under Alliance control. I know they were time consuming, but events like the opening of AQ made you really feel like you were a part of a community. I think the next gen of MMO needs to make the environment and server just as much of a living, changing entity as the player himself/herself.

Maybe, "Titan" means that we will play as the god-like toons who shape the world around us.

[Bardarian]

Maybe, "Titan" means that we will play as the god-like toons who shape the world around us.

Act raiser online!!!

But I think we should probably stick to what blizzungie has said. This is probably a 3rd person shooter mmo, aimed at casual play, that takes place in the destiny universe.

:P

Watch it happen.

[link4117]

Act raiser online!!!

But I think we should probably stick to what blizzungie has said. This is probably a 3rd person shooter mmo, aimed at casual play, that takes place in the destiny universe.

:P

Watch it happen.

http://titanfocus.info/_/news/top-5-...-far-r26#franc
Read #4 "With Broad Appeal". It talks about what you're saying.

Also, can we please post this when someone says Destiny = Titan?
http://titanfocus.info/_/news/forget...tan-mmorpg-r49
A snapshot of the quarterly report which specifies Bungie's new IP and separately Blizz's new MMORPG.

[Northy]

I can tell you that if this turns out to be an MMOFPS, I will have zero interest in it. Still crossing fingers for Diablo MMORPG.

[Scrooloose]

Why has nobody mentioned this?

Titan, The Fighting Fantasy World
Map of Titan

Titan was a world created in the 1980's by two guys called Steve Jackson and Ian Livingsone and set in a series of books for children. I was a huge fan and have the whole collection in my cellar. Today, both authors are now Computer game developers and both of them have received CBE's for their work AND both of them have WORKED FOR ACTIVISION in the past.

Could these guys be working in conjunction with Blizzard and Activision to bring this world to life??? I know it's another Fantasy world, but it would be a damn fine one.

[Vankrys]

Why has nobody mentioned this?

Titan, The Fighting Fantasy World
Map of Titan

Titan was a world created in the 1980's by two guys called Steve Jackson and Ian Livingsone and set in a series of books for children. I was a huge fan and have the whole collection in my cellar. Today, both authors are now Computer game developers and both of them have received CBE's for their work AND both of them have WORKED FOR ACTIVISION in the past.

Could these guys be working in conjunction with Blizzard and Activision to bring this world to life??? I know it's another Fantasy world, but it would be a damn fine one.

there could be a link but i don't think so

blizzard start working on titan before the merge with activision, so it's unlikely they could have contact with those authors.
beside, titan is so common and used term, it just could be anything.
Finally, Titan is an internal code name, not necessary the final name of the game, though it became so popular nowaday that blizzard could probably bank on that name

[Kittyvicious]

Why has nobody mentioned this?

Probably because we already have confirmed information that it's going to have current product advertising integrated into the game, which means that it can't be set in some non current, fantasy world. Unless you think they are just going to slap electronic billboards in the middle of a fantasy world, akin to having a McDonald's commercial play inside of the Stormwind Bank.

[Scrooloose]

Probably because we already have confirmed information that it's going to have current product advertising integrated into the game

As in like Anarchy Online does?

Sorry didnt know this, thanks for ruining my speculation!!!! :'( ......lol

[cubby]

Probably because we already have confirmed information that it's going to have current product advertising integrated into the game, which means that it can't be set in some non current, fantasy world. Unless you think they are just going to slap electronic billboards in the middle of a fantasy world, akin to having a McDonald's commercial play inside of the Stormwind Bank.

It could be some mixture of cyberpunk and fantasy where real-world/future meets fantasy elements. The one thing we know is that we don't know.

[Syrith]

I am really tired of this.

It's misleading and it's also not what anyone at Blizzard said.

We have nothing to advertise for the new MMO because it's a shell of a game thus far. We've already stated it'll be a brand new franchise, which means the lore, art, and game play are being developed entirely from scratch. It's an overwhelming process, but a process through which we excel. Our track record supports this.

Orly? They never said it was a new IP? Shall I link you one of the very first interviews with the Blizzard employees about Titan then? Cause I watched it 2 hours ago and he clearly said it was a new IP

[Sephiracle]

I am really tired of this.

People need to stop using the term ''IP''. It's misleading and it's also not what anyone at Blizzard said.

http://titanfocus.info/_/news/top-5-...-far-r26#franc

We have nothing to advertise for the new MMO because it's a shell of a game thus far. We've already stated it'll be a brand new franchise, which means the lore, art, and game play are being developed entirely from scratch. It's an overwhelming process, but a process through which we excel. Our track record supports this.

I'm confused that you posted that quote, and a link that conflicts your own post about it not being a new IP.

[Rukh]

Well, a lot of the rumors just got answered, but not in a way that people might be happy with. The biggest rumors were that Bungie was in on it, because they signed a 10 year deal with Activision, and people know Bungie works on space fantasy games.

Well with this:

http://destiny.bungie.org/

That fills in a lot of those rumors, and it is not likely to be project Titan. But it is what Bungie signed a 10 yr contract to make, and it is a new IP space FPS.

[unholytestament]

Orly? They never said it was a new IP? Shall I link you one of the very first interviews with the Blizzard employees about Titan then? Cause I watched it 2 hours ago and he clearly said it was a new IP

Why would you even post this and not post the video?

I'm confused that you posted that quote, and a link that conflicts your own post about it not being a new IP.

People need to stop using the term ''IP''.

the term ''IP''

Now go and read what I quoted again and point out where he says the term "IP".

He doesn't. They don't.

The term intellectual property can mean several things. It can mean exactly what Zarhym said, brand new franchise with lore created from scratch. It could also mean separate entries in the same franchise that have different titles (ex: The Burning Crusade, Wrath of The Lich King, etc. are all legally separate IPs), but that isn't what Zarhym (or other blues) have said.

And people have been theorizing that Titan could be a new installment based on "the fact that Blizzard said it would be a new IP". But Blizzard didn't say that. Other people have simplified what they said by saying that.

[OldSnail]

WHy is this discussion still going on? Blizzard revealed true name of game that was known under cover name Titan. They even confirmed it. Yes its Hearthstone. Moderator please lock this thread.

[edgecrusher]

WHy is this discussion still going on? Blizzard revealed true name of game that was known under cover name Titan. They even confirmed it. Yes its Hearthstone. Moderator please lock this thread.

Titan and Hearthstone are two different things. And if you want to request a thread locked for one reason or another, report it, don't post in the thread.

[OldSnail]

Titan and Hearthstone are two different things. And if you want to request a thread locked for one reason or another, report it, don't post in the thread.

Source for this information or I call it bullshit. Titan was cover name for Hearthstone.

[evokanu]

WHy is this discussion still going on? Blizzard revealed true name of game that was known under cover name Titan. They even confirmed it. Yes its Hearthstone. Moderator please lock this thread.

Hearstone and Titan is two different games, this is a known fact by now. Mostly comes down to blizzard stating that it would be a new franchise and heartstone being based upon warcraft, the source for that you can find by just scrolling up on this very page.