Blizzard dives into the starship The shooter is working well again, after two previous titles were cancelled. This information comes from a x.com/jasonschreier/status/1754525624830484654″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:forthcoming book about the developer;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” class=”link “>next book about the developer by gaming journalist Jason Schreier and was discussed .
This time, veteran developer Dan Hay is leading the effort to translate the world of starship in a shooter. Hay certainly has the right pedigree for the job. He has been involved with distant scream franchise since far away 3eventually becoming creative director of the series. Hay joined Blizzard to oversee the long-gestating survival game Odyssey . This is the first time we've heard from him since then.
We don't know anything about the game he's working on now, other than it's a starship shooter. Beyond being a prologue, it will probably be canceled sometime in 2029.
To that end, starshipThemed shooters have had a difficult history. First there was StarCraft: Ghostwhich spent years in development limbo before being consigned to the trash. The game, 14 years after being canceled.
After that, Blizzard started developing something called Areswhich ended up being a starship FPS. It was reportedly quite far along in development before being scrapped and, It was shaping up to be “pretty good.” Blizzard must have disagreed, since…
Who knows what will happen with this one. The best case scenario? It's over and we'll all have a great time destroying swarms of arthropod aliens at some point in the next few years. Meanwhile, both StarCraft: Remastered and Starcraft II .
