When talking about the new Teen Titans #1, IGN posted: "Tim Drake is forced to step out from behind his keyboard when an international organization seeks to capture or kill super-powered teenagers. As Red Robin, he must team up with the mysterious and belligerent powerhouse thief known as Wonder Girl and a hyperactive speedster calling himself Kid Flash in TEEN TITANS #1, by Scott Lobdell and artists Brett Booth and Norm Rapmund." 
 
Extrapolating from this, it sounds like Tim is a computer nerd/hacker that set out on his own as a superhero - with no ties to Batman - to help out super-powered teens at the urging of only his conscience, forming the Teen Titans in the process. I wish this was some kind of ongoing Elseworlds title instead of the new status quo, but this actually sounds PRETTY DANG AWESOME. 
 

 
UPDATE! According this Bleeding Cool interview with Scott Lobdell, writer of the upcoming Teen Titans series, this isn't nearly so much of a reboot as I had suspected, but there WILL be changes to the continuity - such as the Titans never having met before. Check out the article, it answers a lot of questions.

....not sure how I feel about this

Not really sure yet. I want to read it first.

Does that necessarily mean a new origin?  Could it be that he retired from Red Robin to do school or college or w/e and now he has to come back to it?

I think none of the TT have anything to do with there respective famlys, superboy wonder girl kid flash and red robin, I think there all on there own. Also he might play keyboard in a band...?

Sounds like Tim is going back to square one and may not even really be a part of the bat family.

But outside of that, I'm under the suspicion that the new Teen Titans will basically center around Tim, and then everyone else just gathers around him.

  Also he might play keyboard in a band...?

@-Vigil-:  But logically speaking, Tim will need to have some sort of training.  He can't go being a hero without any sort of training, so that is actually more supportive of some connection to Batman.  And it's been shown, countless times in fact, that outside of helping keep Bruce mellow, Tim had no reason at all to be a hero, until that whole, killing off  his parents and all his friends thing happened.  Tim, out of all the Robin's, had the most reason to stop being a hero because, he had a family to return to and he was the most normal of them all.

What I'm iffy about in all this is, if he's "stepping out from behind the keyboard" and Batman isn't directly involved, how does Drake know how to fight?

What I'm iffy about in all this is, if he's "stepping out from behind the keyboard" and Batman isn't directly involved, how does Drake know how to fight?

THIS IS DUMB. 
 
One of the biggest sells on Tim Drake was his relationship with Batman. The fact that he managed to deduce who Batman and Robin. Now I'm supposed to believe that he's some new superhero and the past 20+ years of his stories are gone?  
 
Someone call me when this reboot nonsense is over.

@iLLituracy: The old universe will be back eventually, I'm sure. But for now I'm enjoying the new take on existing characters.

@fodigg said:

What I'm iffy about in all this is, if he's "stepping out from behind the keyboard" and Batman isn't directly involved, how does Drake know how to fight?

  That's exactly why there could be a connection between Tim and Bruce.  At the  very least, a connection between Tim and a member of the Bat-Family.

@Amegashita: I think it would be cool if he's still connected to Nightwing but not to Batman.

@Amegashita said:

@fodigg said:

What I'm iffy about in all this is, if he's "stepping out from behind the keyboard" and Batman isn't directly involved, how does Drake know how to fight?

  That's exactly why there could be a connection between Tim and Bruce.  At the  very least, a connection between Tim and a member of the Bat-Family.

@-Vigil- said:

@Amegashita: I think it would be cool if he's still connected to Nightwing but not to Batman.

I think Vig has it about right. Tim should probably still be connected to the Bat family just for old times' sake (although there are ways for him to learn to fight without the connection) but Bruce already has Damian and will presumably still be connected to Dick and Jason in the relaunch. He doesn't really need Tim, and I don't think Tim really needs him.  I also agree with Vigil that we'll probably pretty much get the old universe back in a few years.

@-Vigil- said:

@iLLituracy: The old universe will be back eventually, I'm sure. But for now I'm enjoying the new take on existing characters.

I actually hope this isn't true. Even though it probably will happen, I wish for ONCE DC or Marvel when they do something THIS big they'll actually stick to them and take let the changes last, I'm so freakin' sick of the whole "status que" -__-

Does this mean all the origins of characters are gonna be changed? I'm slightly confused. Do I have to forget everything I know about Tim? I really hope not.

Does this mean all the origins of characters are gonna be changed? I'm slightly confused. Do I have to forget everything I know about Tim? I really hope not.

could be interesting, but have to see how they actully adress some of his story in this rebooted world.
Is his father still dead? or will see a new way to kill the parent off?

@Amegashita: I think it would be cool if he's still connected to Nightwing but not to Batman.

WOW!!! This is........really......different.I'm speechless.....I don't think I like this

What I'm iffy about in all this is, if he's "stepping out from behind the keyboard" and Batman isn't directly involved, how does Drake know how to fight?

I'm glad I'm not a massive DC fan or getting any of their titles atm because I could see somthing like this really annoying me based on my feelings about The Beyonder retcon.

@fodigg said:

What I'm iffy about in all this is, if he's "stepping out from behind the keyboard" and Batman isn't directly involved, how does Drake know how to fight?

Yea he plays keybored for a Culture Club tribute band

I think I like the old Red Robin better.

He was originally just a Dick Grayson fan, right?

Looks like him not being Robin anymore has hurt him alot

I'll be upset if he isn't in the Bat family since I love his relationship with Bruce however,the computer thing fits him.

@Amegashita: Actually, it WAS a flip that Robin did that tipped Tim off in the first place - or perhaps just confirmed his suspicions (since he'd seen the Flying Graysons in person), but that doesn't mean Tim is a bigger fan of Robin than Batman.

Wait, does this mean Tim's past/origins are all erased? Meaning he was never Robin, never knew Bruce or Dick or anything? Because if so that's just not cool. You can't just take away EVERYTHING Tim's gone through, everything that define him. Don't get me wrong, his new suit looks wickedly awesome and the story sounds pretty cool, but if it comes at the price of forgetting all the battles and life changing moments he went through then "nooo thank you!"

An article on a site that isn't IGN specifically (I believe it was Newsarama) mentioned Tim's former Robin status, mentioning that the former Robins (Dick, Tim, and Jason) will be headlining books.  I doubt Tim would've been mentioned as a former Robin if he wasn't once Robin in the new continuity. 
 
And since all of the Batman continuity is staying, especially the stuff since Grant has been on the book, then Tim would've been Robin who retired when Dick and Damian became Batman and Robin and went on to become Red Robin.  The only thing that would change in the new continuity is that he was never a member of Young Justice and never went on to join the Teen Titans because of the Graduation Day event with the Superman Robot.