Next-Gen MMO Titan Canceled

Blizzard co-founder says that they "didn't find the fun."

World of Warcraft developer Blizzard Entertainment reveals that the next-generation MMO, Titan has been canceled.

"We had created World of Warcraft, and we felt really confident that we knew how to make MMOs," Mike Morhaime, the co-founder and president of Blizzard said. "So we set out to make the most ambitious thing that you could possibly imagine. And it didn't come together."

"We didn't find the fun," Morhaime added. "We didn't find the passion. We talked about how we put it through a reevaluation period, and actually, what we reevaluated is whether that's the game we really wanted to be making. The answer is no."

Titan was in development for years, with Blizzard never revealing the game officially.

Chris Metzen said that the decision to shut down the project's development was "really, really" hard.

"It was hard when we canceled Warcraft Adventures. It was hard when we canceled StarCraft Ghost," he said. "But it has always resulted in better-quality work."

"The discipline of knowing when to quit is important. We were losing perspective and getting lost in the weeds a little. We had to allow ourselves to take that step back and reassess why the hell we were doing that thing in the first place."

Even though Titan has been canceled, Morhaime said Blizzard hasn't closed the door entirely on making another MMO someday. "I wouldn't say no to ever doing an MMO again," Morhaime said. "But I can say that right now, that's not where we want to be spending our time."

Lastly, Metzen said that the company will continue to support World of Warcraft, which is now in its tenth year of continued operation. "My hope personally is that we'll support it forever," Metzen said.