<s>
Titan	B-Protocol
was	O
the	O
project	O
name	O
for	O
a	O
cancelled	O
Blizzard	O
Entertainment	O
massively	B-Application
multiplayer	I-Application
online	I-Application
game	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internally	O
,	O
about	O
forty	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
Titan	B-Protocol
project	O
used	O
the	O
developed	O
assets	O
to	O
craft	O
a	O
new	O
game	O
which	O
became	O
Overwatch	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
exact	O
details	O
of	O
how	O
Titan	B-Protocol
would	O
have	O
played	O
are	O
not	O
known	O
,	O
but	O
Blizzard	O
's	O
Jeff	O
Kaplan	O
,	O
who	O
served	O
on	O
the	O
Titan	B-Protocol
development	O
team	O
and	O
later	O
became	O
the	O
director	O
for	O
Overwatch	B-Application
,	O
identified	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
a	O
"	O
Titan	B-Protocol
was	O
a	O
class-based	O
MMO	O
and	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
classes	O
was	O
called	O
the	O
Jumper	O
,	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kaplan	O
said	O
that	O
,	O
near	O
the	O
point	O
of	O
Titan	B-Protocol
cancellation	O
,	O
the	O
variety	O
of	O
skills	O
they	O
had	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
led	O
to	O
overpowered	O
combinations	O
,	O
and	O
described	O
the	O
result	O
as	O
"	O
very	O
cluttered	O
and	O
confused	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
the	O
cancellation	O
announcement	O
,	O
Kotaku	O
ran	O
an	O
article	O
in	O
which	O
they	O
described	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
massive	B-Application
multiplayer	I-Application
PC	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
players	O
could	O
both	O
maintain	O
non-combat	O
professions	O
and	O
shoot	O
their	O
way	O
through	O
death-matches	O
on	O
a	O
sci-fi	O
version	O
of	O
Earth.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
,	O
users	O
on	O
a	O
Blizzard	O
Internet	B-Application
forum	I-Application
speculated	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
in	O
development	O
after	O
the	O
company	O
published	O
job	O
listings	O
for	O
character	O
and	O
environment	O
artists	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
a	O
"	O
Next-Gen	O
MMO	O
"	O
that	O
was	O
"	O
Top	O
Secret.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Blizzard	O
community	O
representative	O
confirmed	O
that	O
the	O
postings	O
were	O
for	O
an	O
unannounced	O
game	O
that	O
was	O
not	O
an	O
expansion	O
for	O
World	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Warcraft	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
showed	O
a	O
project	O
titled	O
"	O
Titan	B-Protocol
"	O
with	O
a	O
release	O
date	O
in	O
the	O
fourth	O
quarter	O
of	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
explained	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
using	O
lessons	O
from	O
the	O
years	O
of	O
working	O
on	O
World	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Warcraft	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
he	O
also	O
emphasized	O
the	O
significance	O
of	O
players	O
gaming	O
with	O
people	O
they	O
know	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
strangers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Morhaime	O
believed	O
that	O
World	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Warcraft	I-Protocol
and	O
Titan	B-Protocol
,	O
upon	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
would	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
co-exist	O
on	O
the	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
23	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
Morhaime	O
revealed	O
in	O
an	O
interview	O
with	O
Polygon	O
that	O
production	O
of	O
Titan	B-Protocol
had	O
been	O
cancelled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cancellation	O
of	O
Titan	B-Protocol
was	O
estimated	O
by	O
external	O
industry	O
analysts	O
to	O
have	O
cost	O
Blizzard	O
at	O
least	O
,	O
though	O
this	O
amount	O
of	O
money	O
for	O
Blizzard	O
was	O
not	O
overly	O
burdensome	O
,	O
given	O
that	O
the	O
company	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
was	O
valued	O
over	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
analysts	O
believed	O
that	O
Blizzard	O
recognized	O
that	O
unless	O
Titan	B-Protocol
offered	O
something	O
significantly	O
compelling	O
over	O
currently-active	O
competing	O
MMOs	O
,	O
it	O
would	O
not	O
have	O
succeeded	O
in	O
the	O
market	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
decision	O
to	O
cancel	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
despite	O
the	O
cost	O
,	O
was	O
a	O
benefit	O
to	O
the	O
company	O
in	O
the	O
long	O
run	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
2019	O
interview	O
,	O
following	O
his	O
departure	O
from	O
Blizzard	O
,	O
Morhaime	O
had	O
stated	O
that	O
Titan	B-Protocol
was	O
cancelled	O
because	O
the	O
company	O
failed	O
to	O
control	O
the	O
scope	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
described	O
Titan	B-Protocol
as	O
essentially	O
being	O
two	O
games	O
developed	O
in	O
parallel	O
,	O
which	O
created	O
development	O
pipeline	O
problems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Blizzard	O
publicly	O
stated	O
that	O
Titan	B-Protocol
had	O
been	O
delayed	O
in	O
May	O
2013	O
as	O
they	O
refocused	O
its	O
development	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
already	O
been	O
canceled	O
internally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Of	O
the	O
140	O
members	O
on	O
the	O
Titan	B-Protocol
team	O
,	O
only	O
40	O
were	O
kept	O
in	O
a	O
group	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
new	O
intellectual	O
property	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
others	O
were	O
transitioned	O
into	O
other	O
departments	O
within	O
Blizzard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
remaining	O
Titan	B-Protocol
group	O
of	O
40	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
Kaplan	O
and	O
Chris	O
Metzen	O
,	O
were	O
told	O
they	O
needed	O
to	O
come	O
up	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
idea	O
in	O
about	O
six	O
weeks	O
,	O
or	O
otherwise	O
they	O
too	O
would	O
be	O
transferred	O
to	O
other	O
departments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taking	O
inspiration	O
from	O
team-based	O
shooters	O
like	O
Team	B-Application
Fortress	I-Application
2	I-Application
and	O
the	O
popularity	O
of	O
multiplayer	O
online	O
battle	O
arenas	O
(	O
MOBAs	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
used	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
existing	O
Titan	B-Protocol
assets	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
prototype	O
game	O
,	O
where	O
players	O
would	O
select	O
pre-defined	O
hero	O
characters	O
with	O
different	O
types	O
of	O
abilities	O
and	O
skills	O
,	O
and	O
face	O
off	O
in	O
team-based	O
matches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Metzen	O
also	O
said	O
that	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
recent	O
failure	O
of	O
Titan	B-Protocol
,	O
the	O
group	O
suffered	O
from	O
poor	O
morale	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
a	O
team-based	O
shooter	O
invigorated	O
them	O
,	O
and	O
helped	O
to	O
establish	O
an	O
optimistic	O
narrative	O
taking	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
near-future	O
of	O
Earth	O
,	O
encompassing	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
diverse	O
heroes	O
and	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
prototype	O
game	O
proved	O
successful	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
team	O
set	O
off	O
to	O
develop	O
what	O
would	O
become	O
Blizzard	O
's	O
fourth	O
major	O
IP	O
,	O
Overwatch	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
Overwatch	B-Application
assets	O
can	O
be	O
traced	O
to	O
their	O
Titan	B-Protocol
roots	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
character	O
Tracer	O
,	O
who	O
originally	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
skins	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
Jumper	O
class	O
in	O
Titan	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
the	O
map	O
"	O
Temple	O
of	O
Anubis	O
"	O
that	O
had	O
been	O
developed	O
for	O
Titan	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Overwatch	B-Application
was	O
formally	O
announced	O
on	O
November	O
7	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
and	O
released	O
May	O
24	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Morhaime	O
stated	O
in	O
2019	O
that	O
the	O
decision	O
to	O
take	O
what	O
they	O
had	O
done	O
for	O
Titan	B-Protocol
but	O
limit	O
its	O
scope	O
with	O
tighter	O
control	O
as	O
to	O
produce	O
Overwatch	B-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
decisions	O
that	O
Blizzard	O
had	O
made	O
.	O
</s>
