Starcraft 2: Legacy of the Void Announced at BlizzCon 2014, New Modes, Archon Mode and Allied Commanders
During this year's BlizzCon, Blizzard had announced first-off the third and final chapter of the Starcraft 2 trilogy, "Legacy of the Void." The company had also announced that the installment will be a standalone game and an expansion at the same time. A release date for the game has not been announced yet.
Blizzard had unveiled a new trailer for the expansion, new units, as well as new game modes. One such game mode is Archone Mode, where two players will be sharing control over a single base and units, taking on another duo in multiplayer.
One other mode, Allied Commanders, was also introduced. The mode is an objective-based, co-op experience where players can team up and play as various commanders from the StarCraft lore. Each commander will be sporting their own abilities and upgrades, as well as unique bonuses for their respective units.
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In the meantime, lead producer of Legacy of the Void Tim Morten was interviewed by GameSpot and asked about the declining popularity of the real-time strategy genre as well as if Blizzard had any plans to make it more appealing to a wider audience.
"We talk a lot about that internally and there's a hope on my part that the audience that's playing Heroes of the Storm, that's playing MOBA games, will be interested in feeding into more complex gameplay," says Morten.
"In a way that's a gateway to what RTS is, and of course grew out of RTS in the first place. I hope there's some synergy there," he adds.
However, it seems that even Blizzard doesn't know the answer to the genre's ailing popularity. Morten had noted that the problem with RTS games is it's steep learning curve, a problem which Blizzard is currently trying to address in "Legacy of the Void."
"But there's a lot more thinking that I'd like to do. It may wind up being the case that it becomes the focus of something in the future, but it is something that we'd like to figure out how to solve. I wish I could say we knew what the magic bullet was," he says.
