Revival Hopes: The Future of StarCraft Under Microsoft Ownership and Phil Spencer’s Vision

2023-11-07 20:31:00

In fact, it has been 13 years since Blizzard launched “StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty” and three years since support ended. Unfortunately, there’s no new StarCraft in sight, and no rumors about any developments. But since Microsoft now owns Activision Blizzard and Phil Spencer is a huge fan of the series, many are hoping that its revival might happen in the near future. In an interview with Bloomberg, Blizzard president Mike Ybarra touched on this briefly, saying that he wouldn’t order a team to make a game, but if there’s an exciting vision and passion behind it, He would support them: I’m not saying, ‘Make a StarCraft game. I need someone with vision and passion, and I’m going to bet on that team. That means he’s open to any good idea, and the next time we see something StarCraft, it won’t necessarily be an RTS. Ybarra also mentioned that he doesn’t yet know how Blizzard will fare in the Xbox era, but added that they now enjoy more autonomy than they have in years, and that Phil Spencer’s decision-making is faster. Where there used to be “a lot of decisions going up the executive chain at Activision that slowed everything down,” now Blizzard has the opportunity to develop “less mainstream projects.” We certainly wouldn’t mind a revival of 2006’s canceled StarCraft: Ghosts (albeit a minor revival in the DLC StarCraft II: Nova Covert Ops), but frankly, almost any kind of StarCraft Many things can be made. What is your dream project for StarCraft?
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