A brand new report in Asia At the moment (noticed by IGN) says that 4 totally different Korean publishers are pitching StarCraft video games to Blizzard, within the newest try and deliver again the enduring RTS franchise.
Ah sure, the great previous RTS. StarCraft rumours come round pretty usually however not often do they centre on something as absurd as a Starcraft 3 following up two of the best RTS video games ever made: nope, what appears to get Blizzard excited nowadays is something however.
The 4 Korean corporations competing to pitch for the StarCraft license are NCSoft, Nexon, Netmarble, and Krafton. NCSoft, identified for Lineage and Guild Wars amongst different MMOs, is claimed to have been pitching a StarCraft RPG, which presumably could be an MMO.
Nexon has pitched a “distinctive” tackle the universe. Krafton, which owns PUBG in addition to extra not too long ago being within the headlines for Inzoi, goes for one thing “primarily based by itself growth capabilities,” in accordance with a machine translation of Asia At the moment’s report. And Netmarble? It is going for a cell recreation, so Blizzard’s most likely going to go along with that pitch (I jest in fact).
Pitches are pitches and, even when something comes of those, it is going to be a few years earlier than we see any form of precise recreation out of this. However I would say there are two notable elements to this growth.
The primary is that StarCraft initially turned a phenomenon in South Korea, with the much-improved Brood Battle turbocharging one of the vital thrilling esports scenes in historical past, and Starcraft 2 retaining that legacy alive. The sport is arguably better-known and extra beloved in South Korea than anyplace else on the earth, and I do not assume it is a coincidence that this pitching course of includes 4 big Korean corporations.
The second level is just that Blizzard’s listening, and will even have invited such pitches. The Asia At the moment report says it has confirmed that “a few of these recreation corporations have gone all the best way to Blizzard’s headquarters in California to carry displays with the intention to safe a aggressive edge.”
Nicely. Final 12 months introduced the information that, whereas Blizzard has a minimum of one StarCraft undertaking beneath growth in-house, it is the studio’s third try at making a shooter in that universe (following the cancelled tasks Ghost and Ares). “If it isn’t cancelled,” mentioned creator Jason Schreier on the time. “I imply, that is Blizzard in spite of everything. Sure, that may be a undertaking that, so far as I knew, was in growth. At the least, as of the time that I wrote this e book […] this felt like such an fascinating and helpful nugget to incorporate as a result of it actually simply exhibits you that Blizzard can’t give up StarCraft shooters.”
For those who sense that the wind is likely to be altering for StarCraft, you are not alone, however let’s not get our hopes up. Latest years have introduced good issues like StarCraft: Remastered and a crossover with Hearthstone, in addition to a brand new tabletop miniatures recreation introduced final week, although nary a touch of the quantity three (feels acquainted). All new StarCraft stuff is welcome, and maybe one in every of Blizzard’s suitors will make an incredible recreation. However make no mistake: I like StarCraft as a result of it is a tremendous real-time technique recreation and, if that is not not directly a part of its future DNA, I am unsure that love will final.
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