Jason Schreier, a renowned gaming journalist from Bloomberg, is set to release a new book titled Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment. Recently, he has been actively promoting his book and appearing on IGN’s podcast to reveal “new information” that Blizzard is working on a shooter game set in the StarCraft universe once again.
During the heyday of StarCraft, Blizzard was developing a third-person shooter game called StarCraft: Ghost, which was showcased at E3 2005. However, the project was indefinitely postponed in 2006 and ultimately canceled.
Fast forward over a decade, in 2019, news surfaced that Blizzard had canceled a first-person shooter codenamed Ares set in the StarCraft universe to focus on developing Diablo IV and Overwatch 2 instead. Both games have since been released, leading to speculation that Blizzard might be attempting to develop a StarCraft shooter for the third time, with Dan Hay, the former head of the Far Cry development team, now at the helm. Hay was previously involved in overseeing the canceled project Odyssey in early 2024.
It remains to be seen whether this third attempt will be a case of “third time’s a charm” as the Western saying goes or not.
Source: IGN, VGC
TLDR: Gaming journalist Jason Schreier is unveiling new information about Blizzard working on a StarCraft shooter, potentially marking their third attempt at developing a game in the franchise.
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