Nexon Reportedly Secured StarCraft And Overwatch IP Rights

It seems to be like a few of Blizzard’s greatest franchises could be getting new entries, however not from Blizzard.

Earlier this yr, it was reported that Blizzard had been reviewing pitches for a new StarCraft game from various main Korean publishers since late final yr, together with Netmarble, Krafton, NCSoft, and Nexon.

Now, in response to Korean information outlet MTN, it feels like Nexon, greatest recognized currently within the west for creating The Finals and publishing The First Berserker: Khazan, has received the bid. It consists of not simply growth rights for a brand new StarCraft sport, but additionally Korean and Japanese distribution rights to a cell Overwatch sport as a bundle deal.

The Overwatch challenge is being referred to internally as “Overwatch 3”, and MTN states that the sport is understood to be a MOBA somewhat than a hero shooter.

The Subsequent StarCraft Recreation?

Whereas we all know their Overwatch challenge is about to be a MOBA, the StarCraft challenge is extra up within the air.

The deal reportedly doesn’t restrict the sport’s style, and whereas the traditional StarCraft RTS video games have traditionally been extraordinarily in style amongst aggressive players in Korea, Nexon has an incredibly varied catalog.

That being stated, final yr, there have been experiences that Blizzard was developing another StarCraft shooter, with job openings suggesting an open-world FPS.

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The StarCraft sequence has a famously rocky historical past with the shooter style, most notably with the ill-fated StarCraft: Ghost, however perhaps it’s time for one more developer to take a shot at it and see if they will get it previous the end line.

Whereas Nexon will get to creating the subsequent Overwatch and StarCraft, Blizzard has been laborious at work on new content material for Diablo 4, having just released their 2025 roadmap, though not all has been going easily in that division both, with criticism directed at that roadmap, in addition to the delay of the game’s Season 8.

For now, all we are able to do is wait and see what Nexon has within the works, however perhaps a brand new developer is what was wanted to breathe new life into the StarCraft sequence after it’s been largely dormant for therefore lengthy; the final launch was StarCraft: Remastered in 2017, and it hasn’t gotten a completely new sport since 2015 with StarCraft 2: Legacy of the Void.

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