Blizzard hiring RTS developers

By Tor Thorsen, GameSpotPosted Aug 2, 2006 4:57 pm PT

Job posting on Web site sparks rumors of Starcraft and Warcraft sequel; developer declines to go into specifics about "unannounced project."

For better or worse, World of Warcraft continues to dominate the PC gaming market. But while nearly 7 million people play Blizzard Entertainment's massively multiplayer online role-playing game, many gamers are wondering if the developer is planning future efforts in the genre that made it a household name--real-time strategy.

Blizzard's first big RTS hit was Warcraft: Orcs and Humans in 1994, followed by Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness in 1995 and the Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal expansion in 1996. The company enjoyed even greater success with Starcraft (1998), Starcraft: Brood War (1998), and Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (2002). However, since Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne was released in 2003, the developer has steered clear of RTS games, focusing on the successful WOW and the now-indefinitely postponed Starcraft: Ghost.

This week, though, the myriad Blizzard RTS fans got some good news, courtesy of a job posting on the official Blizzard Web site. The company is now currently accepting resumes for the position of "Level Designer" with "experience building levels using any popular 3D Real-Time Strategy game toolset." (Emphasis added.) Candidates must have "experience creating levels in [a] 3D RTS game toolset" such as those used in Rise of Legends, Command & Conquer, and--drum roll--Warcraft III.

While the job posting appears to be proof positive that Blizzard is working on a new RTS game--which some speculate is Starcraft II--reps for the Vivendi-owned studio weren't tipping their hand. "We have some unannounced projects in development," a rep told GameSpot, "and we'll be revealing more information about those at a later date."

295 Comments

  • athenian29

    Posted Jun 26, 2008 7:14 pm PT

    It had to be Starcraft II. Of course, the fact that this job was posted in '06 says that Bliz is either:

    a) slow as heck, or more likely:
    b) believers that slow and steady wins the race.

    Although, honestly, going so slow that you cancel the whole darn thing is taking it a tad overboard.

  • Charles_begin

    Posted May 22, 2007 8:42 am PT

    And now we know: it was Starcraft 2 all along!

  • Janpieterzun

    Posted Apr 15, 2007 10:38 am PT

    they cant top starcraft so expect another warcraft

  • jjb1919

    Posted Apr 12, 2007 8:09 pm PT

    Lets see... warcraft is good, but both diablo and starcraft have been long overdue for sequels. I personally am hoping for starcraft 2 to come out first

  • Spartan4001

    Posted Jan 22, 2007 6:49 pm PT

    Is this where Greg went?

  • Ilija_True_Game

    Posted Jan 20, 2007 8:02 pm PT

    I'd love to see Warcraft 4. I love the warcraft series except World of Warcraft but the RTS Warcrafts are nice.

  • rikhan_z

    Posted Jan 1, 2007 6:35 pm PT

    interesting i wonder what kind of game they'll come up with this time?

  • taggerung000

    Posted Dec 13, 2006 7:55 pm PT

    yeah i agree with thrawn. lol

  • ThrawnEternal

    Posted Dec 11, 2006 12:14 am PT

    Crossing my fingers for Starcraft 2. There`s already 3 Warcrafts and an MMO. Let the warcraft fans play WOW and give us some Zerg!

  • Goliath_unit

    Posted Dec 3, 2006 4:47 pm PT

    Starcraft meets Diablo meets Warcraft? that would be kind of cool

  • rugripper40

    Posted Nov 15, 2006 8:21 pm PT

    i would love to see all three games in one....starcraft meets diablo meets warcraft...a big blockbuster of a game...the game of all games...that would be sweet......cheers

  • magoogo

    Posted Nov 8, 2006 4:16 am PT

    Warcraft movie announced...14th April 2007. Lord of the Rings style movie.

  • LocoK1

    Posted Oct 11, 2006 10:01 am PT

    Maybe it would be an rst set around the first demon-man war in the diablo universe (the one where Baal is imprisoned in Tal Rasha)

  • Echo_One

    Posted Oct 7, 2006 8:44 am PT

    Blizz should also hire a balance specialist. WC3 TFT was a joke.... Human castercraft, to Orc cheese, to UD Nuke fest, to hunt cheese. Some heros were 1337 (ex. AM, DK,FS) and some were just brutal (ex. PAL, Tinker).

    Mass those hunts noobelves..ROFL!

  • Goliath_unit

    Posted Aug 21, 2006 2:51 pm PT

    i am interested in this story, and hope that it is a starcraft ii, not a warcraft iv, or a new franchise. but i wun be able to play it cuz of my old computer. i hope there is a ps2 version.

  • AnnoMundi

    Posted Aug 18, 2006 5:09 am PT

    Don't expect too much with Blizzard. Their next project may have an ended like StarCraft Ghost.

  • zh1zha

    Posted Aug 15, 2006 11:35 am PT

    STARCRAFT was, and still is, THE BEST RTS EVER, i know that warcraft was the first and that warcraft has many mods and that WoW originated from warcraft, but it's like the wiseman said :
    - - - - ' STARCRAFT IS NOT WARCRAFT IN SPACE ! ! ! ' - - - -

  • tsb247

    Posted Aug 15, 2006 10:45 am PT

    I was never a fan of SC or WC, but I am nonetheless intrigued. I don't deny that SC and WC were good games in their own right... They just did not appeal to me, but at the same time, I am curious about what Blizzard is cooking up behind the scenes.

  • PSdual_wielder

    Posted Aug 14, 2006 11:46 pm PT

    monkeytoes61
    i say make all 3 of them. all 3 were really good and i hope to see more in the future

    companies are made to make money, blizzard is no exception. With all three of their franchises being so megapopular, I wouldn't be surprised if they are actually resurrecting all three of them at the same time, or simultaneously. Blizzard is definetly onto something currently, its just a matter of time before they show it. WoW took like 3-4 years to make, only at around 1-2 yrs before it released did we learn of the existence of the game.

    be patient people.

  • tpizzy2486

    Posted Aug 14, 2006 7:32 pm PT

    I always found it very odd how much the Diablo and Warcraft worlds recieved so much more attention compared to the Starcraft. There was W1, W2, W2:Expansion, W3, WoW, Diablo, Diablo 2, Diablo 2: Expansion. But the Starcraft world has only seen the original and one expansion. It is quite sad when not only one of the most popluar and best selling RTS game but also best selling game of all time goes neglected. I have been waiting years for them to announce the releases of SC2 and the delays on Ghost have made me become increasingly suspicious that Blizzard just feels the fan base isn't there anymore.

    Battle.net is still filled with SC players. They need to bring this "Ghost" of a world back. (pun intented)

    For all teh SC fans out there keep hoping and one day Blizzard will see toward the truth. SC RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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