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Korean publishers looking to license StarCraft IP; develop…
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goody153
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This would be a step in a good direction | ||
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iFU.pauline
France1746 Posts
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Vision_
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Harris1st
Germany7390 Posts
On March 30 2025 18:05 Toshinou-Kyouko wrote: can't wait for the starcraft gacha game with SSR Kerrigan on a school girl outfit That depiction is right on the money! Now I can't get it outta my head. But honestly, for me, everything is better than just letting it die. | ||
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M3t4PhYzX
Poland4278 Posts
On March 31 2025 15:21 iFU.pauline wrote: If that means more people playing Brood War. That's cool. My thoughts exactly. | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland27339 Posts
On March 30 2025 18:17 Charoisaur wrote: But they have already shelved the IP. I don't know how the situation could get worse At least something shelved may at some point be retrieved from the shelf. Many a franchise has went from merely dormant to dead through association with sub-par products that bomb. I don’t know if I think that is really a huge worry for me here, but it can get worse. It’s an intriguing, albeit confusing time in many ways. Microsoft have done a decent job in the RTS space in recent years, and even with their new acquisitions, some decent-ish stuff. WC3 got a little love, still not quite there, but it’s close enough to what it shoulda been at launch, least features wise. But SC is the jewel in the crown and it’s, nothing really? Quite strange to me. Of the two, I’d have thought SC2 would get more love than WC3 if I was to bet on it at the time. Or do both, or neither, but I wouldn’t have expected WC3 to get a look and not SC2 | ||
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Harris1st
Germany7390 Posts
On March 31 2025 18:40 WombaT wrote: At least something shelved may at some point be retrieved from the shelf. Many a franchise has went from merely dormant to dead through association with sub-par products that bomb. I don’t know if I think that is really a huge worry for me here, but it can get worse. It’s an intriguing, albeit confusing time in many ways. Microsoft have done a decent job in the RTS space in recent years, and even with their new acquisitions, some decent-ish stuff. WC3 got a little love, still not quite there, but it’s close enough to what it shoulda been at launch, least features wise. But SC is the jewel in the crown and it’s, nothing really? Quite strange to me. Of the two, I’d have thought SC2 would get more love than WC3 if I was to bet on it at the time. Or do both, or neither, but I wouldn’t have expected WC3 to get a look and not SC2 Starcraft has the bigger RTS crowd but Warcraft is a way bigger IP in general so it actually makes senso IMO | ||
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Toshinou-Kyouko
Philippines674 Posts
On March 31 2025 17:52 Harris1st wrote: That depiction is right on the money! Now I can't get it outta my head. But honestly, for me, everything is better than just letting it die. Pray that it is Nexon that gets the licensing rights so that we can have Starcraft x Blue Archive collab | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland27339 Posts
On March 31 2025 20:22 Harris1st wrote: Starcraft has the bigger RTS crowd but Warcraft is a way bigger IP in general so it actually makes senso IMO That was my argument for not fucking up Reforged in the first place, you could maybe have dragged people who love the IP to give RTS a shot. But it was such a fuckup and gigantic PR dumpster fire that I think it was somewhat squandered. I’m happy it’s getting some fixes now mind, I prefer the SCs to watch but WC3 to play so that’s all good. SC2 does have some advantages too, the infrastructure is there for a bit of new content that’s monetisable, player base is still pretty damn good etc. | ||
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Legan
Finland589 Posts
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CicadaSC
United States1986 Posts
On April 01 2025 19:39 Legan wrote: I wonder if they will get other interested parties outside South Korea to make an offer now. No one outside Korea is interested 😂 | ||
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Legan
Finland589 Posts
On April 01 2025 19:56 CicadaSC wrote: + Show Spoiler + On April 01 2025 19:39 Legan wrote: I wonder if they will get other interested parties outside South Korea to make an offer now. No one outside Korea is interested 😂 Exactly. Nobody outside Korea wants SC3 or non-RTS SC games. Even tl.net, the biggest foreign SC forum, is dead because of the total lack of interest outside of Korea. It's the same with the SC subreddit and Twitch streams. No one has tried to make a successor for SC in years. In fact, we two are hallucinating about this whole thread. | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland27339 Posts
On April 02 2025 01:20 Legan wrote: Exactly. Nobody outside Korea wants SC3 or non-RTS SC games. Even tl.net, the biggest foreign SC forum, is dead because of the total lack of interest outside of Korea. It's the same with the SC subreddit and Twitch streams. No one has tried to make a successor for SC in years. In fact, we two are hallucinating about this whole thread. RTS is still doing alright as a genre. SCs 1 and 2 are the biggest games ever made in the genre. I don’t live on Reddit but the SC sub forums are more active than I can keep track of, there’s still plenty of activity. RTS isn’t at the peak of the tree anymore sure, but it’s not like idk, jazz music which hasn’t been a mainstream commercial concern for forever. If MS don’t want to rebuild the Blizz RTS division to make an SC3 or WC4, there’s still good devs out there they could get to put out a new title, and it would probably do pretty well. Not SC1 or 2 well, but would do fine. Relic did a decent job with AoE for example, and AoE isn’t as big as SC is. | ||
Waxangel
United States33693 Posts
On April 02 2025 01:20 Legan wrote: Exactly. Nobody outside Korea wants SC3 or non-RTS SC games. Even tl.net, the biggest foreign SC forum, is dead because of the total lack of interest outside of Korea. It's the same with the SC subreddit and Twitch streams. No one has tried to make a successor for SC in years. In fact, we two are hallucinating about this whole thread. Eh, you guys underrate the value of boomer nostalgia/established IP to a general audience. The StarCraft setting is something pretty fondly regarded by an older generation of gamers, and that kind of thing can snowball into more broad appeal. For example, Baldur's Gate 3 came out like 20+ years after Baldur's Gate 2 and ended up being a huge success. Obviously, not every nostalgia IP is gonna succeed to the degree of BG3, but established IP is generally considered a stronger foundation than trying to build a new world from scratch (to the detriment of the industry, some would say). That's why we see all sorts of game franchising getting reboots/sequels after huge gaps in publishing, and I'd say among PC-only games, SC has one of the biggest footprints for a game that could be 'revived.' | ||
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WGT-Baal
France3541 Posts
On April 02 2025 08:23 Waxangel wrote: Eh, you guys underrate the value of boomer nostalgia/established IP to a general audience. The StarCraft setting is something pretty fondly regarded by an older generation of gamers, and that kind of thing can snowball into more broad appeal. For example, Baldur's Gate 3 came out like 20+ years after Baldur's Gate 2 and ended up being a huge success. Obviously, not every nostalgia IP is gonna succeed to the degree of BG3, but established IP is generally considered a stronger foundation than trying to build a new world from scratch (to the detriment of the industry, some would say). That's why we see all sorts of game franchising getting reboots/sequels after huge gaps in publishing, and I'd say among PC-only games, SC has one of the biggest footprints for a game that could be 'revived.' Monster Hunter - Aiur; Zerg (alien) vs Protoss (predator) with a campaign as seen from a poor marine; flightsim with all the flying ships/units; RPG (lots of potential), Halo style FPS; prey style FPS/RPG; witcher style RPG, Splinter cell /Assasin s Creed - Zeratul (or a ghost). Hoping for not a mobile game though ~ | ||
digmouse
China6331 Posts
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CicadaSC
United States1986 Posts
What happened to that StarCraft shooter everyone was so sure was coming out? | ||
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Harris1st
Germany7390 Posts
On April 02 2025 12:56 CicadaSC wrote: This seems conflicting when we were just getting reports there was a new StarCraft game in development... by Blizzard. What happened to that StarCraft shooter everyone was so sure was coming out? I believe it when I play it. Anything before that is just hopium. Wasn't that just from some job description/ hiring page? Interesting article https://massivelyop.com/2025/01/16/not-so-massively-what-id-like-to-see-from-a-starcraft-shooter/ | ||
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kajtarp
Hungary492 Posts
On April 02 2025 01:20 Legan wrote: Exactly. Nobody outside Korea wants SC3 or non-RTS SC games. Even tl.net, the biggest foreign SC forum, is dead because of the total lack of interest outside of Korea. It's the same with the SC subreddit and Twitch streams. No one has tried to make a successor for SC in years. In fact, we two are hallucinating about this whole thread. I'm pretty sure many of us would be interested in SC3. If it was released the life you are missing from tl.net would return quite fast imho. | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland27339 Posts
On April 02 2025 12:25 digmouse wrote: The Korean gaming industry is going through a branching out process to diversify their lineup with Nexon having Dave the Diver and First Berserker Kazan, Neowiz funding Lies of P or Shift Up doing Stellar Blade and so on, they aren't necessarily in this for a cheap mobile spin off. Yeah that’s a good point as well. Could be a ‘AA’ kinda spinoff may not necessarily some cheap mobile game. Suppose we’ll have to wait and see! | ||
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