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StarCraft could return, according to Blizzard president, but not necessarily as an RTS (www.pcgamer.com)

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While Blizzard is very much focussed on its big money-makers like its various Warcraft games, from WoW to Hearthstone to Warcraft Rumble, as well as Diablo and the much-maligned Overwatch 2, he's still open to StarCraft making a comeback. That said, RTS fans shouldn't get their hopes up. While the series might return, that doesn't necessarily mean it will be an RTS, and whatever shape it takes will depend on the person or team who goes to bat for it.

"It's not me saying, 'Go make a StarCraft game,'" Ybarra told Bloomberg. "I need to have someone who has the vision and passion that comes with the idea, and I'll bet on that team."

A vision and passion he - according to his own words - clearly does not have. 😑

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[-] Tronn4@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sounds like under Microsoft it's going to be a first person shooter :rolls eyes:

[-] kogs@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

To be fair, I reckon a well made SC FPS could be pretty rad if you got to play each species/unit type. Playing as a Zealot or Dark Templar would be awesome.

[-] Tronn4@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's Microsoft. Points wildly at the shitstorm that became of Halo

[-] kogs@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Sometimes it's nice to be recklessly optimistic.

[-] ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Ghost?

[-] Tronn4@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I remember those rumors. Yes that would have good. I think though that almost every game rhat comes out is trying to be the next call of duty or the next fortnight. Run n gun arcade style shooter with goofy guns and gadgets and microtransactioned to hell.

[-] Rakonat@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Blizzard cut their teeth and grew most of their oldest fans on RTS's, and now don't want to make more RTS because the average gamer wants to play an arena game, battle royal or rpg. The RTS market is there, investors just don't see it because RTS tends to be more niche and players putting in more hours overall compared to more casual friendly genres.