"The Diablo developer is currently working on a third-person shooter based on the StarCraft universe, marking yet another attempt to branch the science fiction universe out from its real-time strategy roots. Jason Schrier first alluded to the project in his 2024 book Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment. Now, Windows Central claims that the company is gearing up to reveal the untitled game to the world this September during BlizzCon 2026."
"As Schrier first reported, the project is being helmed by an internal team at Blizzard, headed by the former head of Ubisoft's Far Cry franchise, Dan Hay. Hay left Ubisoft in 2021, and has been quiet about what's next for him. In 2024, a job posting at Blizzard suggested the gaming giant was hiring for an "open-world shooter." It seems pretty clear that this project is real and could be Blizzard's first big new project since officially joining Xbox in 2024."
"Of course, this isn't the first time Blizzard's tried to turn StarCraft into a multi-genre franchise. In the early 2000s, StarCraft: Ghost was announced as a multiplatform console shooter starring Nova, a superpowered Terran ghost agent. Even though StarCraft: Ghost was shown off at various trade shows, the game spent years in development hell before being quietly cancelled in 2014."
Blizzard Entertainment is developing a third-person shooter set in the StarCraft universe, with a planned reveal at BlizzCon 2026. The project is led by Dan Hay, former head of Ubisoft's Far Cry franchise. A 2024 job posting indicated hiring for an 'open-world shooter.' Previous attempts to convert StarCraft into shooters include StarCraft: Ghost and Project Ares, both ultimately cancelled. The new project could be Blizzard's first major release since joining Xbox in 2024. The StarCraft setting offers potential for action-oriented adaptations due to its established factions, characters, and science fiction worldbuilding.
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