StarCraft could also be set for a comeback, with a brand new report indicating a third-person shooter set in Blizzard’s sci-fi franchise might be revealed at this 12 months’s BlizzCon.
In accordance with a report from Windows Central’s Jez Corden on what to anticipate from Xbox this 12 months, a StarCraft shooter may headline Blizzard’s fan conference in September.
Particulars in regards to the sport, together with whether or not or not it is going to be a multiplayer title, are mild, nevertheless it was first reported to exist in 2024 by Bloomberg reporter Jason Schrierer in his e book Play Good: The Rise, Fall, and Way forward for Blizzard Leisure. Former Far Cry lead Dan Hay is claimed to be main the mission. Corden mentioned he is confirmed the sport’s existence along with his personal sources, however didn’t share any further info on what the sport will appear to be.
It would not be the primary time Blizzard has tried to get a StarCraft shooter off the bottom. Blizzard considerably infamously axed a third-person shooter spin-off titled StarCraft: Ghost within the mid-2000s: one that will have seen gamers within the boots of a “Ghost” and set after the occasions of StarCraft’s Brood Conflict enlargement. Whereas the sport was lacking in motion for years, it took till 2014 for then Blizzard president Mike Morhaime to formally verify the sport had been canceled.
Although StarCraft has been largely dormant at Blizzard for the final decade (the final marketing campaign pack for the sport launched in 2016) it has popped up in different Blizzard video games within the types of numerous crossovers. Blizzard lately supplied StarCraft-themed skins in Diablo 4 and Hearthstone obtained a whole StarCraft-themed card set at the start of final 12 months.
As for what different bulletins followers can anticipate at BlizzCon 2026, Corden experiences it is possible one other Diablo 4 enlargement might be introduced simply six months after the launch of Lord of Hatred, in addition to new particulars on World of Warcraft’s The Final Titan enlargement and what’s subsequent for Overwatch.