Tera publisher’s new project is a real-time strategy game ‘for the rest of us’

If StarCraft is a bit out of your league, En Masse might have a solution.

The publisher, which runs the massively multiplayer online role-playing game Tera, announced a new real-time strategy game today, Battleplans. While RTS games usually require a lot of practice and patience to learn, En Masse claims that Battleplans will have a lower barrier of entry. This could help it attract players that usually shy away from the genre. It will come out first for PC, with a mobile version following later. Mobile releases are important, since that industry was worth $34.8 billion in 2015. RTS games used to dominate the PC scene, but multiplayer online battle arena titles (MOBAS) have eclipsed them in popularity. StarCraft II is the only RTS that remains a popular esport — which is important, because having an esports scene for your game can vastly grow its player base and offer new marketing opportunities.