You may not have heard much about Blizzard's upcoming DOTA clone Blizzard All-Stars, but nonetheless, it's still on its way. The multiplayer online battle arena title, first announced at Blizzcon 2010 and since only mentioned in passing, is in development as its creators figure out how to optimize in game microtransactions to support its free to play structure. StarCraft 2 production director Chris Sigaty tells Eurogamer:
"We're actively working on it. That I can confirm. A lot of the stuff that's remaining right now that we need to focus on are the systems necessary to pull off a game with a different business model than StarCraft 2.
"StarCraft 2 is a box. We intend to do something different with the business model in Blizzard All-Stars, something more closely resembling the other types of games in that genre, the MOBA-style games that are out there today, and being able to sell smaller amounts of things to players, the things they want."
Blizzard All-Stars will be a team based competitive title that features characters spanning the entire Blizzard univers. Rumor has it that Blizzard All-Stars will be re-revealed later this year at Blizzcon.
