While Blizzard has been largely quiet about its sci-fi strategy game franchise StarCraft, there have been rumors indicating that a shooter taking place in the same universe might be in the works. According to Windows Central’s Jez Corden, the company is seemingly aiming for art direction that would be similar to the pre-rendered cinematics in StarCraft 2, rather than going for something that looks like Overwatch 2.
Noting that industry veteran Drew Murray has been working as an associate design director at Blizzard since January 2026, Corden went on to discuss what the StarCraft shooter will look like, going by footage he got to see of an in-development build. “They’re putting together a bit of a dream team for the shooter,” he said. “So that has me excited on the one hand, but I’ll tell you what excited me was, honestly, just seeing StarCraft again. Seeing the Terrans and the Zerg and all that kind of stuff.”
“The realistic graphic style was also impressive. It wasn’t like, I mean, it was hard to tell from the video, but it was not the sort of stylized graphics of Overwatch or whatever, or StarCraft 2, even. It looked like they were going more for the StarCraft 2 cinematics than the more stylized stuff that Blizzard does. If Blizzard’s art style is on a scale, and you’ve got the realistic stuff of Diablo 4, and the stylized stuff of the Pixar style stuff of Overwatch, it did feel like the StarCraft shooter was way more towards the realism end of the scale.”
Corden went on to note that he wasn’t sure how early in development the game still was, with the footage potentially showcasing just a prototype. He affirmed that the game “will look a lot better at launch than what I saw.” As for when we might actually get an official announcement on the project by Blizzard, he noted that the company has been teasing it by calling StarCraft one of its key pillars through swag that was part of a BlizzCon press kit. “So, clearly, they still see StarCraft as an important part of their business model,” he said.
While Murray’s joining Blizzard had been confirmed by the developer’s own LinkedIn page, his involvement with the StarCraft shooter was rumored thanks to another report by Corden from earlier this month.
Another report has indicated that Blizzard might not be making the game by itself. “Evidence” has indicated that the company is working alongside South Korean developer Nexon to make the game, and that it had already begun its “full-scale development.” This partnership has seemingly involved Blizzard sending a team to Nexon’s Shooter Headquarters.
The last major entry in the StarCraft franchise was real-time strategy game StarCraft 2: Legacy of the Void all the way back in 2015. It was the third chapter of a trilogy that began with Wings of Liberty in 2010. 2013’s Heart of the Swarm serves as its middle chapter. Since then, Blizzard has continued to support the title with sporadic balance updates and content drops, and eventually even made the base game free for those who might be interested in checking out the Wings of Liberty campaign or the multiplayer modes.