StarCraft is back, but it's not the RTS you remember - it's an open-world shooter coming spring 2030
Blizzard's next StarCraft game will be an original open-world shooter and it's coming spring 2030.
Blizzard's next StarCraft game will be an original open-world shooter and it's coming spring 2030.
The short version
- Revealed at BlizzCon 2026's opening ceremony, it marks the first new standalone StarCraft game in around a decade.
- Dan Hay, who previously worked as lead producer on Ubisoft's Far Cry series before joining Blizzard, introduced the project, calling it "something new - an open-world shooter where every step is earned.
- Not from above, but down on the ground, in the mud, in the fire".
What happened
"There's only one thing we can say: it's about damn time," Blizzard teases on its website . The announcement was accompanied by a brilliantly grim cinematic teaser rather than gameplay, following a Terran recruit called Holt whose deployment ends violently within moments of touching down on the Zerg-infested battlefield.
Why it matters
Though not confirmed, it sounds as though Arcturus Mengsk is broadcasting throughout the trailer.
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