Phil Spencer Wants to Talk to Blizzard About RTS Games Like StarCraft - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 07 November 2022 / 3,418 Views
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer in an interview with Wired was asked if there are plans for Blizzard to bring back some of its classic RTS games like StarCraft.
Spencer said he is not allowed to make any decisions about what happens at Activision Blizzard at this time, so it is only talk. However, he would like to see the return of classic RTS games from Blizzard like StarCraft and WarCraft.
"The first thing I would say is, I'm not allowed to make any decisions about what happens at Blizzard or Activision or King," said Spencer. "So this is all just kind of talking and thinking about what the opportunity is, but you're absolutely right.
"Not only StarCraft, but WarCraft, when you think about the heritage of RTS games that we're talking about here, specifically from Blizzard. And I don't have any concrete plans today because I can't really get in and work with the teams.
"But StarCraft was a seminal moment in gaming, right? From an esports perspective, from RTS on console perspective, and from just an RTS storytelling perspective in the genre.
"And I'm excited about getting to sit down with the teams at Activision and Blizzard and King to talk about back catalog and opportunities that we might have. So I will dodge the question other than to say it's not something I can actively work on right now.
"But the thought of being able to think about what could happen with those franchises is pretty exciting to me, as somebody who spent a lot of hours playing those games."
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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I still play StarCraft almost daily, make it happen!
Oh please yah, talk to them about it :)
By all means, do
In the spirit of "MX vs. ATV", perhaps we can have a "WarCraft vs. Age of Mythology", or "StarCraft vs. Halo Wars". :)
YES, PLEASE!!!! That's the best hopium I've heard for this IP in a long time! Blizzard doesn't give a damn about this IP anymore, but StarCraft is among the top 5 games of all time and deserves to live on.
And before Warcraft becomes a full RTS again, which I want just as much for StarCraft to get revived, I hope Warcraft 3 Reforged gets fully fixed first.
well you will be able to do shortly
I'd certainly like more Warcraft/SC RTS, but only if they can and want to do them, not because they are buying them out and need to pump out endless clones with no soul to them (like Rerofged).
Also SC hasn't been seen from a "console perspective" since the 90's, so I'm kinda sus to that notion, I saw what was neutered with Red Alert 3/Kanes Wrath when it comes to a console focus.
I live these journos doing questions like its a done deal xD
"RTS on console perspective"...
Consoles and RTS, this mix sucks! That is It, the entire "perspective".
RTS are made to be played using Board and mouse, Controller sucks, and every RTS on console sucks. Want make a RTS? Make It on PC, no questions, or... give consoles mouse and board support?
Age of Empires 2 and 4 are being ported to console next year and they’re including full MnK support and optional crossplay matchmaking to not intentionally mix the 2 play styles together.
They’ve said they worked hard on making an easy to understand controller system with an intuitive tutorial to show how controller support works, but most players will opt for MnK. As it should be.
It's fine when the RTS titles are designed on the platform they originated on and then ported to consoles, but I'm not cool with RTS games being designed purely for gamepads first, K+M later and being neutered in numerous ways (Like Halo Wars, or RA3/kanes Wrath being limited to 30fps and featuring smaller maps and no 4v4).
Halo Wars and Red Alert 3 showed us that RTS games can work on console and really well.
Obviously it's not going to be the PC Gaming Master Race level of experience, but they can still be great fun.
And that is what gaming is right, having fun?
They can, but I'm still miffed that RA3/KW were cut down from 4v4 matches to 3v3 and smaller maps and some visuals being scaled back to fit for the console hw of that time.
Halo Wars was also designed purely for consoles only, years later it got ported to PC and tbh, it still comes off as "babby's first RTS", not really being able to go toe to toe with RTS's like Supreme Commander or even the 3D C&C series.
I really don't wanna see my fave genre that's been semi dormant all these yrs start out being neutered again.
Eh, I'm still waiting on a new C&C sequel tbh, as well as SC, Supreme Comm, I'm really not one for squad based "RTS" titles and the AoE 1-3 remasters were nice, but 4 didn't do anything for me (also not big on Sins of a Solar Empire).
To me I'm still waiting for that one RTS to really grab me, and then for me to feast on 5 more, but I'm still waiting for that to happen.
Rts is great, i love some starcraft, warcraft, C&C, AoE 2, but only on PC... RTS on consoles, imho, sucks.
