According to games journalist Jason Schreier, Blizzard is working on a shooter in the StarCraft setting. Making an appearance on IGN's Unlocked podcast to promote his upcoming book on the history of Blizzard, Schreier said of the shooter "If it's not cancelled—that's a strong—this is Blizzard, after all. And their history with StarCraft shooters is not good. Yes, [the StarCraft shooter] is the project that, as far as I knew, was in development, or at least as of the time that I wrote this book, was in development. Which is, yes, they are working on a StarCraft shooter. StarCraft is not dead at Blizzard."
Blizzard reportedly working on StarCraft shooter
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Waxangel
United States32861 Posts
According to games journalist Jason Schreier, Blizzard is working on a shooter in the StarCraft setting. Making an appearance on IGN's Unlocked podcast to promote his upcoming book on the history of Blizzard, Schreier said of the shooter "If it's not cancelled—that's a strong—this is Blizzard, after all. And their history with StarCraft shooters is not good. Yes, [the StarCraft shooter] is the project that, as far as I knew, was in development, or at least as of the time that I wrote this book, was in development. Which is, yes, they are working on a StarCraft shooter. StarCraft is not dead at Blizzard." | ||
FO-nTTaX
Johto4861 Posts
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argonautdice
Canada2704 Posts
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lechatnoir
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Nakajin
Canada8944 Posts
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NovusLex
United States4 Posts
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Balnazza
Germany931 Posts
On September 28 2024 01:56 NovusLex wrote: Are we sure that this is about a post-Ares shooter? The Battlefield-style SC shooter was only completely cancelled a couple years ago. I think I've read somewhere that this specifically means a shooter post SC: Ghost and Ares | ||
Yoshi Kirishima
United States10253 Posts
Either way, surprising but i guess if Blizzard is trying to make revenue then shooters seem like a safe genre... Curious what direction the gameplay will lean towards. Battlefield, Halo, or something more like Fortnite/Apex, etc. And will it just be Terrans I'm guessing? | ||
Kitai
United States857 Posts
Anyways, the hopium is real. | ||
Excalibur_Z
United States12203 Posts
On September 28 2024 03:14 Kitai wrote: Man, I'd love it if this comes to fruition. Unlike with SC Ghost, Blizzard has actual shooter experience now. Also I don't think Ghost was being developed in-house if I remember correctly? Anyways, the hopium is real. Yeah Ghost was a Swingin Ape Studios project, it wasn't in-house at Blizzard. Personally I thought the Ghost shooting feel was pretty good and the multiplayer was fun, but reportedly it was canceled because the single player component was thin and boring. Modern shooters are also an extremely mature genre at this point, so they have big shoes to fill. | ||
M3t4PhYzX
Poland3973 Posts
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Cricketer12
United States13910 Posts
Like if this is real it's potentially interesting...but I am...unconvinced, which is to say nothing if the fact this likely means nothing and will likely continue to mean nothing. | ||
Shellshock
United States97273 Posts
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Kantuva
Uruguay203 Posts
That said, I am not buying anything Blizzard until they fix WarCraft 3. To get me back, they need to do an unprofitable passion project and come back successful fixing WarCraft 3 before I bother with their other products | ||
ztrgfhwetrw
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On September 28 2024 06:10 Kantuva wrote: I am content if it is just a straight up copy of Helldivers, that's what a SC shooter should have been something like that or Space Marine That said, I am not buying anything Blizzard until they fix WarCraft 3. To get me back, they need to do an unprofitable passion project and come back successful fixing WarCraft 3 before I bother with their other products Grubby Looks good to me. How is it not playable? | ||
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