Blizzard Entertainment recently posted on its official website a new job listing looking to hire a new senior software engineer with the aim of restoring or remastering some of their classic titles such as "Diablo II," "StarCraft II" and "Warcraft III."
According to the listing, the aim is to update the games for modern PCs. The post also explains that to this day, there are still many players who purchase and play these older titles. However, installing and running them properly is growing more difficult due to new operating systems, computer hardware and online services.
Responsibilities for the newly hired senior engineer will include updating the game so they can run smoothly on newer OS such as Windows 10 and Mac OS X El Capitan, "combat hacking" in order to improve the multiplayer experience, implementing newer features into the games, and addressing issues such as glitches and game crashes.
This move will be a part of the new "Classic Games" department under Blizzard, which is stated to be a small team. The senior engineer is expected to "wear many hats" and should be able to work with a small team. This new department will be responsible for handling their classic titles such as the aforementioned three.
In a response to Gamespot's inquiry, Blizzard Entertainment made the following statement:
"We need engineers to help maintain our legacy games. We have a history of maintaining our games for many years. Our earlier games are still played and enjoyed today, so we want to continue to maintain them for those communities."
This will be the first time that Blizzard has ever made a move to update its classic games via remastering or restoration. "Diablo II" and "StarCraft II" were given a bundle pack release over ten years ago but the games were not updated at the time since most computers during the time of release were still compatible with what these games originally ran on.
