Riot Games' new League of Legends Netflix show is performing admirably. Arcane has topped Netflix's charts as the most popular show in 52 countries, and three episodes still await fans on November 20. The show has captured the interest of League of Legends fans and newcomers alike, showing off the backstories of several major characters with well-produced 3D animation. It's a high-quality show for one of gaming's most popular franchises, and feels like the sort of high-budget love letter any massively successful property should get.

It's not entirely alone in that space, as Valve's DOTA 2 Netflix show Dota: Dragon's Blood came out to decent acclaim earlier this year and has a second season confirmed to release in January 2022. It seems like the major MOBA developers of the industry have their star franchises covered, and are producing high-quality offshoots that add to series' canons. However, one studio is seemingly missing from this set that could the trend: Blizzard Entertainment. Blizzard has many star properties filled with beloved characters, as well as a MOBA that brought them all together. It feels like a given that a high-quality show would be produced for one of Blizzard's properties akin to Arcane.

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It Feels Odd Blizzard Hasn't Produced a Show

For a long time, Blizzard was one of the star players of the Western video game market. The company has built up a strong stable of IPs, many of which are instantly recognizable to anyone. Warcraft, Starcraft, Diablo, and Overwatch are all humongous properties that dominate whatever genres they touch. Warcraft even pulls triple duty with a RTS, MMORPG, and virtual card game. It's odd, then, that these franchises don't have much multimedia representation.

Blizzard was known for its CGI trailers and game openings at one point. These were celebrated whenever they came out, often accompanying a new expansion for World of Warcraft, a new campaign for Starcraft 2, or a new character for Overwatch. Fans feel like they get a good handle on what the characters in these universes were like, as well as the main crux of certain storylines. Blizzard could have broken into the animated show business a long time ago, but never did. The closest it came was a live-action Warcraft movie, which was not received well by fans. With Blizzard's direct competitors releasing such prolific shows, now is the perfect time for Blizzard to fire back with one of its own.

How Blizzard Can Build A Competitor to Arcane

League of Legends champion Jinx pictured from behind, standing on a bridge in fog and looking at a hextech crystal

It's not hard to imagine what kind of show Blizzard could make in response to Arcane. It would also be a high-budget 3D animated show focusing on part of the cast in one of its star franchises. Whether adapting Arthas' story in Warcraft 3, the initial struggles of the Terran forces against the Zerg, or the dissolution of the original Overwatch group, Blizzard's storied history has a number of tales to pull from. It would be especially good if the show followed Arcane’s example and filled in a period of some characters’ life that was not well-known.

However, it can't be a repeat of the Warcraft movie. That was a financially successful production, but a lot of the Hollywood collaboration dragged its production down. More expertise and passion from a tight-knit team of specialists could go into making a hypothetical show. Blizzard should spend the money necessary to accrue an all-star team of talented writers, artists, and animators to get its show off the ground. This team also needs the freedom to create what they feel is right for the cast and setting of a show. Blizzard's properties have enormous potential for a runaway success on streaming platforms, but the company needs to decide what it wants to make soon.

Arcane is available to stream now on Netflix.

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