Blizzard is apparently interested in expanding its market for the Star and Deception franchises through mobile games. Although until now there has been no confirmation, a report by the Korean publication MTN indicates that Blizzard is looking to associate with Nexon to release games of smartphones based on Deception and Star.
According to the report, Blizzard has been accepting offers from Korean Development Studies that could use the Star and Deception IPS. It is said that licenses for both IP are a package, together with the rights to publish and serve games in Japanese and Korean markets.
It is worth noting that both Star and Deception They are quite popular IPS in Korea. StarEspecially, it has been accredited as one of the games to essentially give birth to the electronic sports market as we know it on this day, thanks to the Korean market that accepts the game with open arms.
According to MTN, the competition for this war war has been fierce due to the popularity of the Star IP in Korea. The report indicates, however, that any study taken by the IP would have to overcome Starcraft 2 In terms of play to obtain a support point. The report also indicates that Star Potentially it could adapt to a game of Moba or letters, but such titles would suffer not being able to use the Star IP in all its extension.
For Overwatch MobileAccording to the report, the fact that distribution rights were limited to Korea and Japan has been a point of conflict, with companies that want global rights.
Blizzard has been largely quiet when it comes to Starcraft, Since he announced in 2020 that no more content would be developed for Starcraft 2. The last important launch in the franchise was Starcraft: remastered All the way in 2017.
A rumor of September 2024 indicated that Blizzard has been working silently in a new game in the Star franchise. Instead of being a RTS monitoring for Starcraft 2However, the rumor indicates that the game is instead a shooter. The project, declared at that time, in its early stages of development, was being led by the Odyssey project team from the Canciliado. It is said that Far Cry’s veteran developer, Dan Hay, is directing the development of this spin -off.
More recently, Starcraft: remastered and Starcraft 2: Campaigns Collection Both have been available to play on PC Game Pass and Game Pass Ultimate since November last year. The multiplayer parts of Starcraft 2 It is available as a free game through the Battle.net pitcher of Blizzard.
Overwatch 2On the other hand, it is also available as a free title on PC, PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch. For more details, see the animated trailer released for Freja since March. Also consult the details of Overwatch 2 Season 15.
