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For a hot minute, the Blizzard game that morphed into StarCraft was a Star Wars RTS concept that went nowhere

LucasArts' president at the time has no memory of the project, though

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This new book gave me far better insight into Blizzard Entertainment's history

I've read Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment, and it's a great book that sheds light on the history of Warcraft, Starcraft, Diablo, Overwatch and the team that made these games.

Windows Central

Blizzard's axed MMO Project Titan reportedly "cost the company $80 million," and was like Animal Crossing or The Sims meets Overwatch

"It was just a debacle for the company as a whole"

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'Overwatch' Reportedly Just Canceled The One Thing Players Wanted

Blizzard reportedly had animated adaptations of 'Overwatch' and other popular series in the works until a deal with Netflix fell through.

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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

"[Tim] Morten and his team tried for years to kick off a new RTS."

PC Gamer

Activision Blizzard reportedly clashed with the Overwatch team on how to cope with the hero shooter's swelling demands like OW2, pushed for "hundreds" of hires to be more Call of Duty-like

Not everyone loved that

GamesRadar

Netflix adaptations of Overwatch, Diablo, and StarCraft were reportedly in development before Activision Blizzard filed a lawsuit against the streaming giant

The lawsuit was filed in 2020

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Overwatch 2 players are banging their heads against a wall after finding out that Blizzard fumbled a Netflix adaptation

That answers my almost decade-long question.

PC Gamer

Desperate to get another RTS off the ground, Blizzard developers reportedly pitched Warcraft 4 and a Call of Duty RTS that got shot down

Warcraft 3: Reforged made a real-time strategy return tough

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Blizzard is reportedly 'incubating' a StarCraft shooter again, which would be the developer's 3rd attempt at the accursed concept

"Perhaps after Ghost and Ares, the third time would be the charm."

PC Gamer

"StarCraft is not dead at Blizzard" - Blizzard reportedly "incubating" another StarCraft shooter after its last attempts failed

With a former Far Cry boss at the helm

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For a third time, Blizzard Entertainment is trying to make this famous game into a shooter. Will it succeed this time?

Blizzard Entertainment is reportedly working on a StarCraft shooter again, according to reporter Jason Schreier, who discussed the topic alongside his upcoming book Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment.

Windows Central

Phil, buddy, you can't just tease StarCraft fans only to announce that the RTS is coming to Game Pass

It's just cruel.

PC Gamer

Everything you missed at the Xbox Tokyo Game Show: Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster confirmed, more Square Enix games, and Starcraft on Xbox Game Pass

The Xbox Tokyo Game Show returned today in a 45-minute long show; here's everything we got to see from Xbox, Bethesda, Square Enix and more.

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A videogame patent lawyer breaks down Nintendo's risky Palworld lawsuit: 'It definitely feels like a punishment'

A crash course in videogame patent law and the legal minefield Nintendo's navigating by suing Pocketpair.

PC Gamer

It's time for Blizzard to change World of Warcraft's expansion formula

And bring old expansions back into the fold.

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Right before Sony dropped 3 remasters in 40 minutes, former Blizzard president echoed gamers tired of remasters: "Personally want to see sequels and new games"

Mike Ybarra is looking forward, not back

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Pro WoW player risks it all by using a bug to get a 4% damage increase in world first race before getting caught on stream

Liquid player Imfiredup seemingly tried to hide that he was using the bug with his UI.

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Blizzard has made it impossible to die while levelling in World of Warcraft, for some reason — at what point does being too easy become boring?

World of Warcraft's levelling experience is one of the worst and most under-baked aspects of the modern game, and Blizzard just made a change that I feel is actually worse for the health of the near 20-year-old MMO.

PC Gamer

Several emergency patches later, Blizzard almost has WoW's new solo dungeons figured out

But Blizzard and its players still can't figure out who Delves are for exactly.

GamesRadar

Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred isn't the only big thing on the RPG's horizon, as devs say Season 6 "does for progression" what Season 4 did for improving loot

You've got my attention

PC Gamer

For the first time in 20 years, World of Warcraft will let solo players fight its hardest boss in a new 'Story Mode' raid difficulty

The 'Story Mode' version of the latest raid is now available.

PC Gamer

Blizzard has apparently decided the best way to combat the Hearthstone-is-dying narrative is by releasing a $60 Ragnaros hero skin

But hey, it also comes with six card packs. Six!

Windows Central

Overwatch 2 comes to Xbox Game Pass — but you can't play it on the cloud for one annoying reason

Overwatch 2 will be added to Xbox Game Pass on September 17, 2024. This means exclusive skins for subscribers, but unfortunately, there will be no Xbox Cloud Gaming for one easily missed reason.

Windows Central

Blizzard is on the edge of making World of Warcraft truly amazing for endgame solo players for the first time in 20 years — but balance has been an ongoing nightmare

Blizzard's "Delves" in World of Warcraft have been incredibly fun and rewarding, or horribly painful and depressing, depending on which class you ask. WoW has been designed all up for group play for the past two decades, which is clearly making its new solo dungeon "Delves" a nightmare to balance.

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