Rumor Mill: Blizzard Preparing Titan and Phoenix

A launch schedule leak from the Chinese division of Blizzard suggests that the company has two entirely new games in development, one called Titan and set to arrive at some point in 2014 and another titled Starcraft 2: phoenix which could come alongside the first expansion for Starcraft 2, while also showing plans for already established properties.

Information from the leak, which allegedly also includes subscription info for World of Warcraft, sales numbers for other games and details about the advertising efforts that Blizzard will undertake, has become more credible after the information being made public lead to the firing of Ye Weilun, who was the general manager for the Chinese Blizzard operations.

The good news coming from the Blizzard data leak is that the first expansion for Starcraft 2, called Heart of the Swarm, is set to be released before the end of 2011.

The game will come alongside a new Starcraft related game called Phoenix, which could see the company move into the first person shooter territory and maybe on consoles, as it has tried to do with the canceled Ghost project.

The leak also suggests that Diablo III will arrive before the end of next year, which is somewhat surprising considering that the company tends to space out its big releases.

World of Warcraft is also projected to get at least two full expansions, one in the first half of 2012 and another in late 2014, probably delivering more content and more options to the most popular subscription based MMO in the world.

The most intriguing project mentioned in the leak is Titan, at the moment scheduled for a launch in late 2014, which could be the new, much discussed about MMO from Blizzard.

Given the perfection-oriented nature of Blizzard, it is very likely that all launch dates should be taken with a grain of salt, with delays almost a given for anything which is set for later than the end of 2011.