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StarCraft Open-World Shooter Revealed With Cinematic Trailer, but It Won't Release for a Long Time
Blizzard says the game will launch in 2030 and marks a major shift from real-time strategy to an open-world shooter.
- At BlizzCon 2026, Blizzard officially revealed a new StarCraft "open-world shooter" during the opening ceremony, marking a genre the studio has never attempted before.
- Years of rumors preceded the announcement, following the canceled "Ares" project and job listings led by former Ubisoft developer Dan Hay earlier this month.
- While gameplay remains unseen, the cinematic trailer features soldiers fighting the Swarm in a setting established 70 years after the events of StarCraft and Legacy of the Void.
- Fans must wait until 2030 to play the title, marking a significant return for the brand, largely dormant since StarCraft Remastered released in 2017.
- Other BlizzCon 2026 announcements included new content for Heroes of the Storm and a Blizzard partnership with Netflix beginning with an animated Diablo adaptation.
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