What Jeff Kaplan has said about Titan (cancelled video game)
2 quotes · 1 episode · Mar 11, 2026
Jeff Kaplan, American video game designer known for World of Warcraft and Overwatch at Blizzard Entertainment; co-founder of Kintsugiyama, has been quoted on Titan (cancelled video game) 2 times in 1 episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, most recently on March 11, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Kaplan places responsibility for Titan's failure on team leadership, including himself, and says it failed on art, engineering, and design.
“Ultimately, the failure of Titan lies with leadership, team leadership, myself included. Like, there's just no getting around that”
Lex Fridman Podcast: #493 – Jeff Kaplan: World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Blizzard, and Future of Gaming (Mar 11, 2026) · Listen from 3:16:53
Kaplan says the right way to incubate a game is with the smallest possible team, expanding only once the idea is proven.
“The right way to incubate a video game is you have the smallest group possible”
Lex Fridman Podcast: #493 – Jeff Kaplan: World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Blizzard, and Future of Gaming (Mar 11, 2026) · Listen from 3:19:17
Episodes
#493 – Jeff Kaplan: World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Blizzard, and Future of GamingLex Fridman Podcast · Mar 11, 2026
Former Blizzard designer Jeff Kaplan tells Lex Fridman about his path from failed writer and EverQuest player to World of Warcraft, Titan, Overwatch, and his new studio's game.
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