Hey Xbox Game Pass team and gamers,
I’m a big StarCraft 2 fan, and I think Xbox Game Pass should include the premium Arcade maps ARK Star and Direct Strike alongside StarCraft 2. These maps are awesome and would make Game Pass even better for strategy fans!
Why Add Them?
ARK Star ($4.99) is a tactical RPG with Protoss, featuring crafting and leveling. It’s perfect for story-driven players.
Direct Strike ($4.99) is a fun tug-of-war game with new modes like Sabotage. It’s great for competitive and casual play.
Both are paid on the Blizzard Shop, but including them in Game Pass would let subscribers play without extra cost.
StarCraft 2 is already on PC Game Pass. Adding these maps would make it a complete package for fans.
Let’s Do This!
What do you think? Would you love ARK Star and Direct Strike in Game Pass? Let’s show Microsoft and Blizzard we want these premium maps included to boost the SC2 experience!
Thanks
um the arcade maps are made by actual players and have nothing to do with blizzard at all, so no they cannot include the prices for them, as those payments are going to who ever created those arcade games and not blizzard.
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Not anymore. Their contracts are long ended, 100% goes to Blizzard’s pocket
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those games arent contracted at all. all arcade games are made by us gamers, not blizzard. those pay things you all see are through a third party and not through blizzard, meaning its going to who created that specific arcade game.
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That’s not true, both authors of those two arcades had a contract for several years to get a certain percentage cut from the Premium purchase, which ended at some point few years ago (I assume it’s the case for both, and not just Tya). Tya’s only income from the map now comes from patreon subscriptions. You can come to the Direct Strike discord server (or some other server where Tya is, like SC2 Mapster) and ask Tya yourself if you really want a confirmation on that.
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