Blizzard veteran David Kim's strategy comeback with Battle Aces is 'very personal:' 'I just can't accept... the end-all peak of RTS is StarCraft 2 and nothing can ever be better'

The real-time strategy genre has been attempting a new wave for a while now. Many have stepped up to the plate, inspired by the pillars of the '90s and early '00s, but success stories have been fewer and farther between. For Uncapped Games, its targeted vector of success with Battle Aces doesn't just involve rekindling the old flames; the studio wants to streamline the competitive RTS into a focused blue jet of unit-building, army managing goodness.

I played a new preview build of Battle...