Blizzard Announces Open-World StarCraft Shooter at BlizzCon, Launching in 2030

Blizzard announced a new StarCraft game at BlizzCon 2026, but it is an open-world shooter, not a real-time strategy game, and it is not expected to launch until 2030. The game, simply titled StarCraft, marks a major genre shift for the franchise, which last saw a mainline release with StarCraft 2 over 15 years ago. Blizzard has a history of announcing projects far in advance, often using the mantra "It'll be ready when it's ready." This is Blizzard's third attempt at a StarCraft shooter, following the canceled StarCraft: Ghost in 2006 and a project codenamed Ares in 2019. The announcement was teased by glitches on the official StarCraft website prior to the event.