If the Chinese are to be believed, and we’d be foolish to simply write them off, it seems as if World of Warcraft is set for two more expansions, and that a mysterious project Titan is set for release in 2013.

As you can see below, this timetable that was posted on Chinese WoW forum NGA details Blizzard’s key product launches all the way through 2014.  The dates are correct in regards to products which have already been launched such as Starcraft II and the WoW Mobile Auction House.  It’s also correct as to the launch of Cataclysm (Q4 2010)

However, if you look closely you will see that Blizzard also seems to be planning a 4th and 5th expansion for World of Warcraft as well as the WoW Movie in Q4 of 2012.  What’s also interesting is the release date for Diablo 3 (Q4 2011) as well as two planned expansions for both Starcraft and Diablo respectively.

So is this timetable feasbale?  Absolutely.  However, it is legitimate?  That remains to be seen. We can only hope so.

Check out the entire table and full list of supposed releases below:

Battle Net 2 – 2010.Q3

Battle Net 2 Map Market – 2011.Q2

Battle Net 2 3rd Parties – 2012.Q1

StarCraft 2 – 2010.Q3

StarCraft 2 X1 (Heart of the Swarm?) – 2011.Q4

SC2: Phoenix – 2011.Q4

SC2 X2 (Legacy of the Void?) – 2013.Q1

Diablo 3 – 2011.Q4

Diablo 3 X1 – 2013.Q2

Diablo 3 X2 – 2014.Q4

WOW Mobile – 2010.Q2

WOW X3 CATACLYSM – 2010.Q4

WOW Brazil – 2011.Q3

WOW X4 – 2012.Q2

WOW TCG – 2012.Q3

WOW Movie – 2012.Q4

WOW X5 – 2013.Q4

Titan – 2013.Q4

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As you can see, some of the products above have been confirmed by Blizzard (like SC2′s expansion and the 4th WoW expansion) while others have yet been unconfirmed (such as the Diablo 3 expansions).

But what the hell is Titan!?

One can only assume it’s the codename for Blizzard’s long awaited Next-Gen MMO they’ve been working on.  If it was to release in 2013 – it would be a Titan indeed.

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Original Source (Mandarin) / Translated Source (Engrish)

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It’s official! Okay, no, it’s not. Blizzard has been teasing the gaming world with its evolving homepage ice picture, and after this latest update, the planets certainly appear to be aligning for the announcement of World of StarCraft, or whatever they decide to call the new Massively Multiplayer Online game set in the StarCraft universe.

The StarCraft MMO has been rumored for a long time. It was reported as a sure thing for a brief moment in time back in May 2007 that it would be unveiled in South Korea at a Blizzard event, but that didn’t happen. Now with the upcoming release of StarCraft 2, what better time to release the StarCraft MMO than when they already got StarCraft on the brain?

Back to the picture, however, we’ve pretty much all decided there was a face there. It was originally suspected to be a Diablo head, indicating Blizzard’s new game was Diablo 3. Now the face, with glowing blue energy eyeballs, most likely is the face of a Protoss.

You can even see the faint glowing diamond between the eyes. Now let’s superimpose these two pictures:

Looks pretty clear to me. If that’s not good enough, take a gander at this:

The rune to the bottom left of the “face” is quite clearly the exact same as the Protoss symbol. Blizzard has already stated that they will be announcing a new game at their Worldwide Invitational, so it’s not just indicating StarCraft II again. They’ve also had job openings listed for “Next-Gen MMO” on their site for a while now. This all seems to point very rigidly in the StarCraft MMO direction, don’tcha think?

UPDATE: Turns out, no. While the flash image turned out to be completely unrelated to StarCraft (or an MMO), Blizzard confirmed that there is a fourth project in the works that is not yet announced, but is apparently the “next-gen MMO”.  I think you can guess what my prediction on that is.

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