After two previous failed attempts, Blizzard appears to be moving forward with a StarCraft shooter — this time reportedly as a full open-world title. The project is said to be led by a former Far Cry developer, lending weight to speculation that it will lean into large-scale, exploration-driven gameplay rather than a tightly scripted campaign.
StarCraft has a rocky history with the shooter genre: both “StarCraft: Ghost” and a later project internally known as “Ares” were cancelled before release. If this iteration reaches launch, it would mark the franchise’s first successful expansion beyond its real-time strategy roots in over two decades — a notable bet for a series that’s been largely dormant in recent years.