Jonathan Lightfoot takes a look at the decline of the RTS genre.
A return of the classics Return to the mid-'90s, where two storied universes from Blizzard Entertainment began, as three legacy titles launch today on Battle.net for the first time! This year is the Warcraft universe’s 30th anniversary–the perfect time to revisit the first tales of Azeroth–and hot off the heels of the release.
Even though fans have been clamoring for a StarCraft 3 for years now, it seems like Blizzard really has no reason to spend time making one.
They sort of ran the story as far as it could go.
Also, it seems like blizzard is more busy with mediocrity at this point in time.
The problem with Blizzard is they have franchises that don't need sequels. People are happy playing the games that they previously made. What they need is new games, none of this business of trying to transport the old audience into a new version of an old game which only ends up nickle and dime'ing users.
"Get a historical look at one of the most beloved strategy game franchises as Age of Empires celebrates 25 years of delighting players around the globe.
Didn't read the article but the title says it all and I agree
They Are Billions, Northguard, Plague Inc, and all of the Total War say hello. And with Starcraft going free and Age of Empires being remastered, the genre is fine. MOBAs siphoned off a lot, but there is still a genre there.