Are we about to finally see a StarCraft shooter become reality? There’s a distinct possibility it will happen, as new reports point to a blasty spinoff.
Recently, Jez Corden at Windows Central reported that BlizzCon would reveal a new StarCraft shooter and that it would reportedly launch in 2026. Back in 2024, there was a job ad for an open-world shooter game at Blizzard that Corden also reported on.
New StarCraft Shooter Reveal Imminent?
It was noted that it would be a first- and third-person shooter, and the project lead is allegedly former Far Cry head Dany Hay.
The latest additional tidbit comes from a Korean site that claims the project is housed under Nexon’s ‘Shooter Headquarters’, is currently in the prototype/planning phase, and that one of Korea’s most popular StarCraft custom map creators, Choi Jun-ho, is a lead on the project.
Now, this could be old information, as it would surely be further along in development if a 2026 release is, as previously reported, the plan for the StarCraft shooter. But there’s at least more evidence that Nexon could be making a StarCraft shooter.
There were many layoffs at Blizzard after Microsoft’s takeover of Activision-Blizzard, so things could have changed since the 2024 report.
Infamously, there was once a planned shooter in the StarCraft universe known as StarCraft Ghost. Ghost was announced in 2002 and was set for release on PS2, Xbox, and GameCube, but by 2006, Blizzard had put the game on indefinite hold. It would be 2014 before Blizzard president Mike Morhaime confirmed the game was canceled.
Any new StarCraft would be the first in at least sixteen years since StarCraft 2 launched. There has been a remaster of the original game, but even that was nearly nine years ago.
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