Mav
01-05-2011, 11:51 PM
So the conspiracies are floating around out there, and I've taken some time to read through and, the information is fairly, impressive to say the least.
We've known for several years Blizzard is working on a "next gen" MMO, and it's not Diablo, Warcraft or Starcraft related. It's a new IP, or at least if the evidence shows true, a new IP for the company.
Due to the leaked slideshow presentation a few weeks ago, we know they are targeting a 2013 release, and it's named Titan (or at least codenamed).
Basically, what most of us think? It's Halo Online.
Evidence? Well, some are known facts, others are, pretty good educated guesses;
- The codename for the Halo MMO that was being worked on years ago but never got anywhere, was Titan, by Ensemble Studios.
- Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street, big time guy at Blizzard, used to work for Ensemble Studios before coming Blizzard.
- Activision and Bungle have a 10 year agreement, so theres still games to be made there, or at least with the IP. Activison now owns Blizzard, currently.
- In Feburary of 2007, Thirty Rock Season 1 Episode 15 "Hard Ball", the credits had "Promotional consideration furnished by Blizzard Entertainment.". The interesting part? No where in this episode was there any dialog or footage of Diablo, Starcraft or Warcraft. The only game that had footage shown? Halo.
- One of the jobs listed by Blizzards HR department (most likely direct towards Titan) is them looking for a "Science Fiction Texture Artist". That could relate to something Starcraft related but it also could be Halo related too.
- When Blizzard starting hiring staff for Titan, hiring began in 2007, around the same time as the previously mentioned episode of Thirty Rock.
What do you think? Theory hold weight or just connecting dots that don't exist? I find the tv show reference to be pretty oddball for sure. I've never played Halo so.. I cant say "omg super excited" but hey, could be cool right?
We've known for several years Blizzard is working on a "next gen" MMO, and it's not Diablo, Warcraft or Starcraft related. It's a new IP, or at least if the evidence shows true, a new IP for the company.
Due to the leaked slideshow presentation a few weeks ago, we know they are targeting a 2013 release, and it's named Titan (or at least codenamed).
Basically, what most of us think? It's Halo Online.
Evidence? Well, some are known facts, others are, pretty good educated guesses;
- The codename for the Halo MMO that was being worked on years ago but never got anywhere, was Titan, by Ensemble Studios.
- Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street, big time guy at Blizzard, used to work for Ensemble Studios before coming Blizzard.
- Activision and Bungle have a 10 year agreement, so theres still games to be made there, or at least with the IP. Activison now owns Blizzard, currently.
- In Feburary of 2007, Thirty Rock Season 1 Episode 15 "Hard Ball", the credits had "Promotional consideration furnished by Blizzard Entertainment.". The interesting part? No where in this episode was there any dialog or footage of Diablo, Starcraft or Warcraft. The only game that had footage shown? Halo.
- One of the jobs listed by Blizzards HR department (most likely direct towards Titan) is them looking for a "Science Fiction Texture Artist". That could relate to something Starcraft related but it also could be Halo related too.
- When Blizzard starting hiring staff for Titan, hiring began in 2007, around the same time as the previously mentioned episode of Thirty Rock.
What do you think? Theory hold weight or just connecting dots that don't exist? I find the tv show reference to be pretty oddball for sure. I've never played Halo so.. I cant say "omg super excited" but hey, could be cool right?