Xbox-baas Phil Spencer heeft in een interview met Wired aangegeven dat hij geïnteresseerd is om oude IP’s van Activision en Blizzard terug te brengen nadat de overname rond is.
Met name de franchises StarCraft en Warcraft werden genoemd tijdens het interview. Spencer heeft aangegeven dat hij op dit moment nog niet met de teams kan samenwerking omdat de overname nog goedgekeurd moet worden. StarCraft ziet Spencer als één van de grootste RTS-games ooit niet alleen gaat om eSports maar ook verhaalvertelling in een strategiegame.
“The first thing I would say is, I’m not allowed to make any decisions about what happens at Blizzard or Activision or King. So this is all just kind of talking and thinking about what the opportunity is.
“Not only StarCraft, but WarCraft, when you think about the heritage of RTS games that we’re talking about here, specifically from Blizzard.”
While we don’t have any concrete plans today and can’t really get in and work with the teams” just yet, StarCraft is a seminal moment in gaming”: “from an esports perspective, from RTS on console perspective, and from just an RTS storytelling perspective in the genre”.
“I’m excited about getting to sit down with the teams at Activision and Blizzard and King to talk about back catalogue and opportunities that we might have,” he added. “So I will dodge the question other than to say it’s not something I can actively work on right now. But the thought of being able to think about what could happen with those franchises is pretty exciting to me, as somebody who spent a lot of hours playing those games.”
