Blizzard Announces New Survival Game

[Dystemper]

Most games are late to their genre, does that means those games should be cancelled?

Yeah, pretty much

[Kralljin]

So basically Valheim.

How we gonna call this thing, Blizzheim?

[Depakote]

Is the survival game a job at Blizzard?

No, it's a game about living in the USA

[ClassicPeon]

I already have Valhiem in my life that I am kinda addicted to. Unless its got a theme that will capture me as much as that game. (which I doubt it)

If there's a solo mode survival with the option to bring in friends that would be great too, forced open world multiplayer survival I am not a fan of.

At least we know the graphics are bound to be better then valheim.

Minecraft has better graphics then valheim

[Dystemper]

Sounds awesome. Survival games are awesome.
Got a good laugh from people saying the genre is dead because they don’t play it. I guess shooters/fps is a dead genre too by that logic ������

Name a big survival game everyone knows

[Orby]

At least we know the graphics are bound to be better then valheim.

Minecraft has better graphics then valheim

I personally like the very wooden graphic art style of Valhiem. Not sure why. But then I haven't been one to go mad on graphics. Probably because I don't play many triple A games anymore either lol

[Capultro]

I don't want to be a spoilsport, I hope it's not a child's game or "fornite" style because then I don't even touch it with 1 stick...

[LTN]

What exactly is left in the survival genre? I guess it fits blizz since they want to make casual games now but it feels half a decade at least to late.

[Edward Wu]

I've never seen a AAA studio announce a game like this, basically do a half-announcement and also beg for help from prospective devs in the same announcement.

This project screams like it's at risk of being cancelled due to the massive dev turnover they have been suffering since last year and Blizzard is under threat of consolidation so they are trying this as a last-effort play before this project gets cancelled and the devs folded over to other projects.

A fucking survival game that won't be out for years is hilariously out-of-touch, but then again that is modern Blizzard in a nutshell.

[pacotaco]

Little late to this genre.

Weel, Blizzard was always late to the genres they made game for, so it's not indication of anything.

[Lorgar Aurelian]

I enjoyed Conan exiles but only did co-op so while it’s possible this could be fun if it’s an always online game I’ll likely pass.

[MiiiMiii]

If it's not multiplayer I'm not interested.

[Venziir]

Oh yeah. How innovative. What will be their next big thing? Battle Royale?

Please, Blizzard.

I'm not a fan of Surv. games and the chances that I'll play it are slim. But... Let's be honest here, Blizzard has never been innovative when it comes to making games, I mean every game of theirs has been part of an already established and tried genre, be it RTS, MMORPG or MOBA.

[vizzle]

Name a big survival game everyone knows

Aren't you just proving that there's space in the genre? Lol.

[crusadernero]

Announce they are working on a new game and are looking for people to work on it? Cool? I guess?

[LTN]

So basically Valheim.

How we gonna call this thing, Blizzheim?

Will call it heroes of valheim until they get sued.

[Lorgar Aurelian]

I've never seen a AAA studio announce a game like this, basically do a half-announcement and also beg for help from prospective devs in the same announcement.

This project screams like it's at risk of being cancelled due to the massive dev turnover they have been suffering since last year and Blizzard is under threat of consolidation so they are trying this as a last-effort play before this project gets cancelled and the devs folded over to other projects.

A fucking survival game that won't be out for years is hilariously out-of-touch, but then again that is modern Blizzard in a nutshell.

Riot did pretty much the exact same thing with there mmo just said they were making one and that people could apply to work on it.

[Venziir]

I've never seen a AAA studio announce a game like this, basically do a half-announcement and also beg for help from prospective devs in the same announcement.

This project screams like it's at risk of being cancelled due to the massive dev turnover they have been suffering since last year and Blizzard is under threat of consolidation so they are trying this as a last-effort play before this project gets cancelled and the devs folded over to other projects.

A fucking survival game that won't be out for years is hilariously out-of-touch, but then again that is modern Blizzard in a nutshell.

For sure, this is the really wierd part. No spectacle, no cinematic, no conference no nothing. Just a single FB post and nothing else. That's really fucking odd.

[Souflikar]

Dayz-Craft

[ClassicPeon]

Well, Blizzards main strength was to make niche genres mainstream. Thing is, that survival games address a broad audience already.

Ark is pretty successfull, so are games like Rust.

They should probably start with making MMORPGs mainstream again. And yes, i mean WoW, which adresses a small ultra casual and a small raider playerbase nowadays.

What niche genre did they make mainstream exactly?