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.

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

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

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.

According to Jason Schreier, Tim Morten and his team were desperate to get a new RTS off the ground at Blizzard.

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.