MMO Roundup: Titan, why you gotta hurt me like this?
by Alex Ziebart 
Oct 4th 2011 at 7:30PM
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Blizzard's not talking about its unannounced MMO at BlizzCon this year Remember that one time when Blizzard accidentally leaked some info stating that it's working on a new MMO (codenamed Titan), and we all got excited? And then BlizzCon happened, and we all thought the studio would tell us more, but it didn't? And then remember when that happened the next year, too? Well, it's happening again this year. |
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BioWare founders: We make the decisions, not EA BioWare has a message for critical fans who blame the company's perceived inadequacies on its corporate overlords at Electronic Arts. "I always chuckle because we are EA, we're BioWare -- we're both, and we still have huge autonomy in terms of what we do," cofounder Greg Zeschuk recently told Eurogamer. |
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MMO impressions from Eurogamer Expo 2011 Some of the industry's biggest names were at Eurogamer Expo last week, including BioWare, NCsoft and Trion Worlds. Massively's Brendain Drain was on the floor at the expo to get some hands-on experience with several upcoming MMOs, including Guild Wars 2 and The Old Republic. |
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Not So Massively: Eurogamer Expo 2011 edition Not So Massively, Massively's weekly column for not-quite-MMO multiplayer games, covers all the latest and great not-so-massive Eurogamer news: League of Legends, Dark Souls, Diablo 3, and more. |
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Star Wars: The Old Republic accidentally taunts potential testers What's the worst thing that can happen when you're waiting for a chance to play a highly anticipated game? Being inadvertently taunted about the fact that you aren't in the beta. |
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Massively's week in review Don't let WoW Insider do all of the talking when it comes to Massively's best content of the week. The Massively staff themselves have picked out what they think is the best content their site has to offer in their own weekly roundup. |
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
cloudhopper013 Oct 4th 2011 8:19PM
Reading the comments on the titan link reminded me why I don't go to Massively. Everybody there but the occasional straggler seems to have the anti-WoW attitude I find so obnoxious. The guy who stated "Blizzard is taking most of the senior designers away from the game and move them over to Titan" (he later said ALL instead of most) and that "everyone knows" this got up voted to a 3 star rating.
*lurch*
cloudhopper013 Oct 4th 2011 8:20PM
Oh, but I suppose it's a little better because this comment by him got down-voted in to oblivion:
"If you dont know that Blizzard has put their Ateam on Titan and C team maintaining WOW - then go and read few posts.
Im sorry if I offended some1 when I said everyone knew. Obviously there are few ignorant ppl out there that hanv't been following whats going on."
Now THAT is a much more lurch-worthy comment.
Ant Oct 4th 2011 8:33PM
Yeah, I've noticed the anti-WoW bias in Massively for such a long time now. And, you can always tell they're going to post something about WoW when you see an article titled "Is raiding bad for you?" or "MMOs make you a murderer in real life, studys find!" and it's always with a picture of WoW and examples given of it.
I just don't really understand the hate for WoW. If you don't like the game, that's fine. But do you really need to constantly post bad stuff about it?
cloudhopper013 Oct 4th 2011 8:49PM
It's not anti-WoW people that bother me, it's the anti-WoW people that still loyally play the game that do (also, the "martyrs" who make a huge scene over quitting the game and even sometimes never do, at least for more than a few months). It's just so obvious that they're jumping on a bandwagon for the sake of jumping on a bandwagon (like people who hate pop star X before even listening to any of their music), and they're so irritating while they do it, it just grates on my nerves.
Vrykerion Oct 4th 2011 8:50PM
It's an Us vs. Them mentality. They like MMOs that are not WoW, so any news about WoW minutely outshining their game will send them on the defensive, which usually involves mudslinging.
It happened with Sega vs. Nintendo.
It happened with Playstation vs. Xbox.
Heck, it happened to a lot of WoW players when Rift first launched.
It's a defensive instinct that just builds more and more. Especially when the 'outside' public begins to associate them.
"I play MMOs."
"Oh, you play that there World of Warcraft?"
*grinds teeth* "No..."
Ice Oct 4th 2011 9:06PM
I dont really blame them.
Wow is call of duty of the MMO market. Using old engine, old gamestyles and yet totally crushes the competition and still is the most massive MMO to date.
I dont mean by this that "roar wow is bad" but for people who generally play other MMO's they dont really like WoW because its "popular" or sometimes they just dont understand why we still play "7 year old game when theres so many new ones with updated mechanics". People just hate "the big seller" usually, its how it is. Its nothing to do with being bias either..wow is pretty much THE mmo. When you say MMO everyone thinks of WoW. When news talk about MMO's its WoW. Its massive and has so much media coverage for reason.
adamjgp Oct 5th 2011 9:42AM
Ice has it right... There are a lot of gamers out there who will dislike something simply because it's popular.
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MrsG Oct 4th 2011 11:06PM
"Remember that one time when Blizzard accidentally leaked some info stating that it's working on a new MMO (codenamed Titan), and we all got excited? And then BlizzCon happened, and we all thought the studio would tell us more, but it didn't? And then remember when that happened the next year, too? Well, it's happening again this year."
Remember that one time Bobby Boucher showed up at half time and the Mud Dogs won the Bourbon Bowl?
Sorry I couldn't resist. ;)
Fletcher Oct 5th 2011 12:11AM
The EA/Bioware thing sounds a lot like the Activision/Blizzard thing. I wonder if SW:TOR players will be going "OMG FAIL, GG EAware"?
RogueJedi86 Oct 5th 2011 1:07AM
Unlikely since EA has owned BioWare for 3 or 4 years, long before TOR's launch. This isn't a post-launch merger like the Activision-Blizzard thing. The Doctors of BioWare were just reassuring us after some rumoring had gone around that EA was pushing a little on BioWare to influence TOR. And as the Doctors said, BioWare is being left alone to do their own thing on TOR.
rukamich Oct 5th 2011 1:25AM
Funny story: I got an email today inviting me to the ToR beta. lol
Kylenne Oct 5th 2011 1:57AM
I was a victim of that Bioware snafu and...I was a very sad panda. ;_;
BlackTiger Oct 5th 2011 5:15AM
Where can I get refund for virtual blizzcon access ticket?