A new StarCraft shooter's reportedly set to be revealed this year, possibly as a BlizzCon headliner

Following the bid being reported past twelvemonth arsenic inactive successful the realm of surviving Blizzard things

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Right, so, Starcraft. A caller shooter successful the bid is reportedly acceptable to beryllium revealed this year, perchance arsenic the large header enactment of Blizzcon successful September.

The beingness of specified a concealed shootery happening successful the works astatine Blizzard was archetypal reported by Jason Schreier past year, being 1 of the revelations to travel retired of his publication connected the publisher, titled Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment.

Well, present a study from Windows Central claims that said Starcraft shooter is "most likely" going to header Blizzcon 2026, with Diablo 4 and World of Warcraft expansions expected to instrumentality the snowy signifier alongside it.

That's it successful presumption of details for this latest report, but Schreier's reporting from past twelvemonth did uncover that - astatine slightest arsenic of the clip of his book's work - long-time FarCry shaper Dan Hay is heading up the project. Asked astir similar likelihood of this Starcraft shooter making it retired into the chaotic by IGN astir the aforesaid time, Schreier said the following:

If it’s not canceled. This is Blizzard aft all. Their past with StarCraft shooters is not good. Yes, that is simply a task that arsenic acold arsenic I cognize is successful development, oregon astatine slightest arsenic of the clip that I wrote this publication was successful development. They are moving connected a StarCraft shooter, StarCraft is not dormant astatine Blizzard.

He added that it "felt similar specified an absorbing and utile nugget to include, due to the fact that it truly conscionable shows you that Blizzard cannot discontinue StarCraft shooters, they conscionable can't accidental goodbye to them." Indeed, arsenic this'd beryllium the 3rd clip acting arsenic the charm for specified a game. Nihilistic Software’s StarCraft GhostGhost was announced successful 2002, enactment connected clasp successful 2006, and aboriginal canned. Then, a shooter named codenamed Project Ares was reported to person been cancelled successful 2019, with Blizzard's absorption pulled towards Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2.

As a young whippersnapper who's ne'er Starilly Crafted, I've got nary beardown feelings astir immoderate of this, but I bash anticipation Edwin tin beryllium spared having to constitute much lines similar "It's been truthful agelong since the past Starcraft that each I tin retrieve is that Zergs physique connected creep, the Protoss Void Ray is simply a glorified Xmas bauble, and Jim Curry went to space."