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United States33170 Posts
https://news.mtn.co.kr/news-detail/2025042808165242317
Korean media outlet MoneyToday reports that Nexon has won the competition among Korean publishers to develop new content with Blizzard's StarCraft IP. Nexon is also reported to have won the rights to distribute a new Overwatch mobile game—which is said to be a MOBA genre game—in Korea and Japan.
NCSoft and Netmarble are reported to have also actively bid for the package of StarCraft IP + Overwatch mobile distribution rights. There are said to be no restrictions on genre or type of content to be created with the StarCraft IP.
The Korean publishers are said to have submitted various pitches regarding StarCraft IP such as a spinoff game, mods, and user generated content, but Nexon's specific pitches are unknown.
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ALLEYCAT BLUES49781 Posts
not related to esports but imagine if they make an RTS with the campaign being mengsk as a regressed character and becomes a good guy like a true korean webtoon.
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I'm of two minds on this.
I don't mind the StarCraft IP being licensed if the game quality is good. But it's Nexon, and their track record for gacha elements in games isn't great. I'm very cautiously optimistic.
But if they do a StarCraft/Blue Archive crossover I might just have to barf up a lung....
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Hoping for some Open World RPG. Don't care if it's F2P filled with MTX and P2W
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Can't wait for the inevitable Blue Archive x Starcraft collab
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On April 28 2025 23:17 Toshinou-Kyouko wrote:
Can't wait for the inevitable Blue Archive x Starcraft collab
OHHHHHHHHHHH wasnt expecting that
Wasnt thinking of that angle at all
I am not quite looking forward to it tho... Knowing the BlueArchive type of erhmmm public and their erhmm preferences
That said, I am not "blocked" against what Nexon might cook up, they have got the people who could develop some interesting things I imagine
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I know this is the complete opposite of what Nexon does but it would be nice to have some SC themed board games, like a Betrayal game or Risk.
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Curious how the'yre gonna do it. Gacha RPG or like...make it like Command and Conquer mobile?
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On April 28 2025 22:41 Chris_Havoc wrote:
I'm of two minds on this.
I don't mind the StarCraft IP being licensed if the game quality is good. But it's Nexon, and their track record for gacha elements in games isn't great. I'm very cautiously optimistic.
But if they do a StarCraft/Blue Archive crossover I might just have to barf up a lung....
STARCRAFT X BLUEARCHIVE HYPE
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On April 28 2025 22:15 Zergxhx wrote:
Good news
Is it though? I don't see how mobile game slop is good in any way.
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On April 29 2025 05:16 Cricketer12 wrote:Is it though? I don't see how mobile game slop is good in any way.
plenty of people like those games.
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I've been thinking for a while that RTS devs have to spend thousands of hours building a game engine when the sc2 game engine really is all you need...
This IP licensing -- How likely is it that the SC2 game engine could be licensed out to other companies to make very high quality RTS games? Also, is this a possibility with Nexon?
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On April 29 2025 08:29 zelevin wrote:
I've been thinking for a while that RTS devs have to spend thousands of hours building a game engine when the sc2 game engine really is all you need...
This IP licensing -- How likely is it that the SC2 game engine could be licensed out to other companies to make very high quality RTS games? Also, is this a possibility with Nexon?
Short answer, yes. Long answer, sort of...
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Oof, thanks for posting this. Nexon is bad, bad news. Super janky, greedy history with maplestory, and a bad history of gacha games. Ugh. I'm honestly hesitant to believe this is even happening given the lack of suppor too sc2, but if it does, then godspeed.
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If they can NOT make a gacha game I will be reasonable lukewarm on this news. If they make gold, maybe its a redemption arc no one sees coming.
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anohter good IP gets Candy-crushed 😵
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On April 29 2025 07:17 CicadaSC wrote:Show nested quote +On April 29 2025 05:16 Cricketer12 wrote:On April 28 2025 22:15 Zergxhx wrote:
Good news Is it though? I don't see how mobile game slop is good in any way. plenty of people like those games.
I'm struggling to see the correlation between SC players and Candy Crushers.
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