Blizzard’s cancelled MMO reportedly cost the company around $50 million

Someone has spilled the beans to Kotaku regarding what exactly Blizzard’s now cancelled MMORPG Project Titan was and how it was to be played. Meanwhile, analysts predict the cancellation could have cost Activision-Blizzard in upwards of $50 million. According to ex-Blizzard employees speaking anonymously to the site, the sci-fi MMO took place on a near-future version Earth and allowed players to choose between non-combat and combat-centric professions. While the report notes many things changed over the course of development between 2007 and 2012, the premise was that mankind had “successfully fought off an alien invasion,” and the end result was a raging war among three factions. Each wants control of the planet and battle zones spanned the west coast of the US and over into Australia, Europe and South America. New areas would have been added over the years through expansions.