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Following a fiery bid for who would get the rights, it looks similar Nexon has won retired implicit NC Soft and different Korean developers.
The StarCraft IP has been mostly successful hibernation since StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm (save for a bully crossover successful Blizzard's online paper crippled HearthStone), though that whitethorn beryllium coming to an extremity successful the coming years. After a hard-fought conflict implicit IP rights, it looks similar Nexon has won the close to make a caller crippled successful the bid against different monolithic Korean companies.
As reported by MTN, Nexon volition beryllium moving alongside Blizzard to make caller contented successful the StarCraft IP. It besides secured the work rights to Overwatch Mobile successful Japan and Korea, which is simply a perchance invaluable prize. In presumption of what different video crippled companies that Nexon bushed for the rights, determination were immoderate Korean giants similar NC Soft and Netmarble besides keen to play astir with StarCraft and Overwatch Mobile.
This bidding warfare has been ongoing since Q4 of past year, during which antithetic companies came to Blizzard with assorted proposals connected what each would bash with StarCraft IP upon earning the rights to play astir with the IP. It's worthy noting that, according to MTN, there's nary RTS genre fastener for the IP, meaning Nexon volition beryllium escaped to marque thing wholly caller for the series. StarCraft Ghost, anyone?
With that being said, the extended past and popularity of StarCraft successful Korea indispensable beryllium acknowledged. The RTS proved incredibly breathtaking for Korean gamers, starring to what was fundamentally the archetypal big-budget esports country focused wholly astir StarCraft. Even today, radical inactive play StarCraft Brood War successful Korea! It truly is the hub for the IP successful presumption of interest.
But, looking astatine Nexon's room of games, there's immoderate existent assortment there. The creator of MapleStory and Blue Archive has dipped its toed into a assortment of genres acknowledgment to a premix of in-house improvement and outer publishing. Blue Archive is itself an strategy crippled of sorts (though not a accepted RTS), truthful possibly the company's acquisition with that crippled volition assistance with aboriginal StarCraft projects. That is, if Nexon decides to support it faithful and marque an RTS!
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