One thing we'd definitely expect though is that the game will go through a soft-launch before it gets a worldwide release. When is Starcraft for mobile set to come out?Īll we know so far is that Blizzard might be working on Starcraft for mobile in some form, which means it's going to be a long way off actually releasing it. Whether that means the game will make some contentious decisions to ensure that mobile players get sucked in remains to be seen though.
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For one thing, games like Starcraft for mobile live and die by the number of players they can get playing and keep playing, and free to play is the best way to make sure that happens. We really don't think that's very likely though. In the unlikely event that Blizzard does decide to go premium with this one, we'd expect it to be in the same price bracket as the likes of the Square Enix RPG ports - somewhere around the £14.99 / $14.99 mark on the App Store. After all, Starcraft is massive in markets around the world where free to play has been the go-to monetisation option for a good long while. We'd put a good chunk of the very small amount of money we have on it being free to play though. Again, this all depends on the path that Blizzard decides, or has decided, to take with the game. Instead expect Blizzard to take a similar path to the one it's taken with Diablo Immortal. We wouldn't say that's particularly likely though. It's unlikely to be a direct port, unless it's a port of the original Starcraft from 1998 which has recently been re-released as a HD remake that doesn't just buff up the graphics but also adds all of Blizzard's swanky new online tech. We'd expect Starcraft for mobile to be something similar. That leaves the question - what sort of shape might Starcraft for mobile take? Iron Marines has shown that the RTS can work really well on mobile, if the developer uses its nous to bypass some of the problems that are inherent to playing on a small screen that doubles up as the game's controls. It tried to branch out with Starcraft: Ghost, but after years in development hell that game - a stealth action experience set in the Starcraft universe - was officially cancelled a few years ago.
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After all it's what the series is known for.
We'd be incredibly surprised, shocked even, if Starcraft wasn't an RTS. What sort of game is Starcraft for mobile going to be?
We might not have the answers right now, but we've got some ideas about what the game is going to be like, and we've got enough experience of the mobile gaming world that they can all be called educated guesses. Obviously if you've got questions you'd like the answers to, feel free to chuck them in the comments at the bottom of the article. Do bear in mind that, right now, the game hasn't been announced, so this is a speculative piece. That selection of facts and thoughts has lead us to write this here article, which tells you everything you need to know about Starcraft for mobile. What you might not have heard is that Blizzard is also planning to bring more of its IP to mobile. You've heard that Diablo is coming out for mobile, right? In the shape of Diablo Immortal, which was announced at Blizzcon? And then everyone went a bit crazy about if for reasons we considered right here.
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