Later, Pardo stood up in front of the company, tears in his eyes, as he gave a presentation about why Titan had failed. He noted that he should have done more about the game’s technical and artistic problems, which Team 4 members saw as a backhanded way of blaming other people for the game’s issues—the last straw for some. The longtime Blizzard designer had stewarded a lot of great games and was Morhaime’s heir apparent, but now he had lost the trust of Blizzard’s other leaders. Several executives and directors, including Metzen, demanded that he be removed from a position of leadership. They
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