Blizzard, RTS and StarCraft
For a hot minute, the Blizzard game that morphed into StarCraft was a Star Wars RTS concept that went nowhere
In a rare peek at alternate history, a new book details how Blizzard Entertainment's StarCraft sort-of-kind-of started life as a Star Wars RTS. Speaking to IGN about his upcoming book Play Nice, Bloomberg's Jason Schreier slightly delved into an odd situation that occurred in the 1990s where Blizzard employees were apparently "really excited" to work on a Star Wars game that hadn't been greenlit by LucasArts.
Key Blizzard developers apparently tried for years to get a new Starcraft or Warcraft RTS off the ground, but execs had 'no appetite' for them
Throw that in with a lack of features present in the 20-year old original, a crappy EULA that gave Blizzard ownership over what you made in it, and the fact this thing released during the nightmare of the studio's rep-tanking controversies, and you have the final nail, one which fan reception drove hard into the genre's coffin at Blizzard.
How Blizzard devs almost brought a Call of Duty RTS to life
The revelations come from Bloomberg's Jason Schreier, who detailed the failed efforts of Tim Morten and his team to get a new RTS project greenlit at
Desperate to get another RTS off the ground, Blizzard developers reportedly pitched Warcraft 4 and a Call of Duty RTS that got shot down
Blizzard hasn't dipped its toes into the real-time strategy waters in a hot minute, but it's reportedly not for a lack of trying. Developers "desperate" for an RTS return have reportedly pitched everything from Warcraft 4 to a Call of Duty spin-off to no luck.
Blizzard’s RTS Dreams: Warcraft 4 and a Call of Duty Strategy Game that Never Happened
Blizzard pitched Warcraft 4 and a Call of Duty RTS, but both ideas were rejected. Explore why these RTS dreams were shot down by executives
Warcraft 4 And Call Of Duty RTS Reportedly Shot Down By Blizzard
According to Jason Schreier, Tim Morten and his team were desperate to get a new RTS off the ground at Blizzard.
Call Of Duty RTS and ‘sci-fi Diablo’ amongst 17 cancelled Blizzard games you’ll never get to play
Warcraft 4 is probably never happening, but far more games than that have been cancelled by Blizzard over the years, ...
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Broken Arrow, RTS About Modern Warfare, Won’t Be Released This Year, But Will Offer Open Multiplayer Beta as Consolation
The Steel Balalaika team has announced that the release of Broken Arrow has been postponed until next year. As a consolation, ...
Rogue Waters is a new pirate RTS with glowing Steam reviews
Rogue Waters is a tactical, pirate-themed roguelike where you can summon sea creatures to fight, and it just launched this week on Steam.
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City of Gainesville to add ADA improvements to 100 RTS bus stops
Over the next year, Gainesville’s Regional Transit System (RTS) will renovate 100 of its stops citywide to accommodate people ...
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Age of Empires Mobile preview - "RTS past into future"
All empires rise and fall, but in this age, being able to build them in our pockets will help them rise faster and fall ...
Huge RTS milsim Broken Arrow delayed to “guarantee a quality product”
Broken Arrow, an enormous new real-time tactics military simulator in the vein of War Thunder and Command and Conquer, has ...
Here's an indie that takes classic RTS and runs it into a modern roguelike
Rogue Command is a Command and Conquer-style RTS where each win expands your arsenal.
A Scrapped Overwatch Netflix Show, A Proposed Call Of Duty RTS, And Four More Details From An Upcoming Book On Blizzard
Activision Blizzard has been the subject of immense attention and scrutiny over the past three years, ever since the company ...