Chapter 567 Titan Project(2/2)
This game is a classic both in the industry and among players.
And Blizzard's achievements go beyond that, such as "Dark Destroyer Series", "StarCraft Series", "War3" and so on...
At that time, there was a saying in the game circle that was spread by word of mouth: anything produced by Blizzard must be a high-quality product.
But, those are the past after all.
Even game manufacturers like Activision Blizzard have experienced decline.
This is related to the period game "Titan" that is now withdrawn.
When the classic MMO game "World of Warcraft" began to decline, Blizzard had a crazy plan to create a super game to succeed World of Warcraft.
It was around 2007. In order to produce this game, all the project teams under Blizzard joined in, including the entire team of "World of Warcraft".
Because at that time Blizzard wanted to create a game similar to the current "Conquest Online", covering all gameplay methods, and creating a world similar in size to the earth.
There are countries, camps, powerful social systems, etc...
To this end, Blizzard invested a lot of money. The initial investment was US$100 million, and the subsequent investment reached US$700 million, which is equivalent to more than 4 billion RMB.
And it was more than 4 billion 300 years ago.
The production cost of a game reached such a level that many game manufacturers could not even imagine at the time.
However, it was because of this game that it ultimately brought down Blizzard.
Because the content of the game "Titan" was too complex and the ideas were too advanced, the Titan project was ultimately aborted.
It can also be said that "Titan" should not have been a product of that era.
Since then, Blizzard has started to decline step by step.
Although the "legacy" of Project Titan created games such as "Overwatch" and "Heroes of the Storm", which were once popular, Blizzard's subsequent fatigue has shown.
After spending too much energy on "Titan", Blizzard simply has no new works to connect with the era of new games constantly emerging.
Lu Wu knew about this period of Blizzard's history, and when he saw the "Titan" CG on the EA booth, he felt a little emotional.
That was my lost youth!
Chapter completed!