StarCraft could return, according to Blizzard president, but not necessarily as an RTS

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. 😑

Artyom,

The next Starcraft game will be a MOBA BR because that’s the most soulless thing we could think of and it’s our best bet to boost shareholder confidence.

Restaldt,

Mobile gacha / 10

Sanctus,
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They need to make a Starcraft vs Warhammer 40k game. If only because Starcraft is 40k lite.

billiam0202,

That’s because, if I remember the story correctly, StarCraft started out as a WH40K game, but Blizzard couldn’t secure the rights from Games Workshop, so they basically made their own universe with hookers and blackjack.

MxM111,
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/c/unexpectedFuturama

Sanctus,
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Thats exactly what happened and its exactly why we should have a cross over. But by the downvotes it seems people dont want it.

altima_neo,
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StarCraft Ghost back on the menu?

orbitz,

Yeah it’s been awhile, old penny arcade about it been almost 20 years. I remember hoping to see it at the time.

bigbadmoose,

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarCraft:_Ghost please

evening_push579,

My thought exactly!

AHorseWithNoNeigh,
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Beat me to it. I’d put money on them completing this (or a bastardization of what it was supposed to be).

Grangle1,

Why do I feel like this is gonna just be M$/Activi$ion/Blizzard going, “Hey look at Starfield, we have a sci-fi thing, let’s copy Starfield with our sci-fi IP”.

Carighan,
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And I mean, while I can’t see a Starfield-clone work in the Starcraft universe, I could see an adjacent spin-off game work really well like being a cargo-pilot having to drop stuff off on planets during active battles with fire all around you, or an exploration game where you explore galaxies and have to avoid being detected/caught by the zerg and/or protoss.

But I can’t see the modern Actiblizzking pull that off, even with MS throwing endless money at them.

ono,

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    Zorque,

    If it were twenty years ago, sure.

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