Blizzard opens door for StarCraft revival though next game may not be an RTS BlizzardA new StarCraft game is certainly in the realm of possibility, according to Blizzard President Mike Ybarra. Though there\u2019s no guarantee the next installment will stick to the beloved Real-time Strategy (RTS) formula. It\u2019s been 13 years since StarCraft 2 hit store shelves. While a number of expansions followed shortly after, it\u2019s been years of silence in the community after updates were officially halted back in 2020. The franchise has largely remained dormant since, with just its most avid hardcore player base and esports competitors keeping the scene alive to a degree. But it now appears a revival of the iconic Blizzard brand could soon be in the cards. After going amiss at BlizzCon 2023, much to the chagrin of the remaining community, Blizzard President Mike Ybarra addressed the status of StarCraft in a follow-up interview with Bloomberg\u2019s Jason Schreier. And while nothing is yet set in stone, the studio is certainly open to restoring the IP. Moving forward on the heels of the historic Microsoft acquisition, Blizzard\u2019s priorities are still largely unchanged, according to Ybarra. The biggest dev teams will remain working on their biggest titles like Overwatch, World of Warcraft, and Diablo. But under the new regime, they\u2019re also open to exploring \u201cless mainstream projects,\u201d as Schreier put it. One such project could be exploring the future of the StarCraft series. Though with dozens of original devs now gone, Ybarra isn\u2019t set on forcing newer team members into the RTS genre. \u201cIt\u2019s not me saying, \u2018Go make a StarCraft game. I need to have someone who has the vision and passion that comes with the idea, and I\u2019ll bet on that team.\u201d Seemingly, just about anything is possible with the iconic IP, rather than the next entry being another standard fair. We could see anything from a revamped FPS spinoff like the scrapped StarCraft Ghost, to another mobile game in the direction of the recent Warcraft Rumble. It\u2019s anyone\u2019s guess for the time being. So for now, we\u2019ll just have to continue holding our breath. Though for avid StarCraft fans, the news of any new project in development is sure to be welcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Blizzard opens door for StarCraft revival though next game may not be an RTS BlizzardA new StarCraft game is certainly in the realm of possibility, according to Blizzard President Mike Ybarra. Though there\u2019s no guarantee the next installment will stick to the beloved Real-time Strategy (RTS) formula. It\u2019s been 13 years since StarCraft 2 hit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79291\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}