After the cancellation of the last two titles, Blizzard is once again entering the StarCraft shooter. This information comes from an upcoming book on the developer by gaming journalist Jason Schreier, and was also discussed on a recent IGN podcast.
This time, veteran developer Dan Hay is leading the effort to turn the StarCraft world into a shooter. Hay certainly has the right pedigree for the job. He has been involved with the Far Cry franchise since Far Cry 3 and eventually became the series’ creative director. Hay worked with Blizzard to direct Odyssey, a long-conceived survival game before it was unceremoniously cancelled. This is the first time we’ve heard of him since then.
We don’t know anything about the game he’s currently working on other than it’s a StarCraft shooter. It will pass as a prologue and will probably be canceled sometime in 2029.
As such, StarCraft-themed shooters have had a checkered history. First there was StarCraft: Ghost, which sat in development for years before being sent to the garbage heap. The game was finally leaked online, a full 14 years after it was canceled.
Blizzard then began developing something called Ares, which eventually became StarCraft FPS. It was reportedly well into development before being scrapped, and according to Kotaku, it was getting “pretty good.” Blizzard must have disagreed because I went to a farm upstate in 2019.
Who knows what will happen with this? Best case scenario? It’s finished and we all have a great time blowing away hordes of arthropod aliens within the next few years. Meanwhile, StarCraft: Remastered and StarCraft II both released on PC Game Pass on November 5th.
