I'll keep an ear to the ground.

But I don't like that $90 preorder logic at all, it's almost weird it exists.

I try to imagine going to a gamestop and a gaming associate was like, buy that game 3 days later and I'll give you $20.

Skip the in game pet and mount, that most people forget exists after the expansion, and I'll make that $40

But then.... why does this system exist?!

You know how in Starcraft, Infestors could take over a unit and parade it around to do its bidding?

It sounds kind of like that, but with the Starcraft brand.

So… it’s not Starcraft, then.

I think Starcraft has enough story and character development by now that its identity is more than just the mechanics that it started with.

It’s just another game.

It would still be a Starcraft game. If we were to ignore the lore and only consider the RTS format, then even the first Starcraft was "just another game". Those mechanics weren't unique or new.

Similarly, World of Warcraft is still a Warcraft game, even though it's hung on a different framework from the original.

The name is moneygrab

StarCraft extraction shooter confirmed.

StarCraft Pinball! I can't wait.

Yeah, let's not forget that Blizzard was bought by Activision and Activision was just bought by Microsoft.

There is no "Blizzard", just Microsoft.

Yeah it's been awhile, old penny arcade about it been almost 20 years. I remember hoping to see it at the time.

What, you don't have a phone?

It was made then they shelved it

"The lights mean stealth!"

My thought exactly!

Beat me to it. I'd put money on them completing this (or a bastardization of what it was supposed to be).

Do you guys not have phones?

Idk, I always thought Starcraft: Ghost sounded promising. Actually being able to participate in one of the battles seemed pretty cool to me. Of course, the devil is usually in the details.

World of StarCraft? /s

And I mean, while I can't see a Starfield-clone work in the Starcraft universe, I could see an adjacent spin-off game work really well like being a cargo-pilot having to drop stuff off on planets during active battles with fire all around you, or an exploration game where you explore galaxies and have to avoid being detected/caught by the zerg and/or protoss.

But I can't see the modern Actiblizzking pull that off, even with MS throwing endless money at them.

Blizzard cut their teeth and grew most of their oldest fans on RTS's, and now don't want to make more RTS because the average gamer wants to play an arena game, battle royal or rpg. The RTS market is there, investors just don't see it because RTS tends to be more niche and players putting in more hours overall compared to more casual friendly genres.

To be fair, I reckon a well made SC FPS could be pretty rad if you got to play each species/unit type. Playing as a Zealot or Dark Templar would be awesome.

Ghost?

That's because, if I remember the story correctly, StarCraft started out as a WH40K game, but Blizzard couldn't secure the rights from Games Workshop, so they basically made their own universe with hookers and blackjack.