Two StarCraft Shooters in Development by Blizzard, Nexon

Reports from South Korea indicate that two new video games set in the StarCraft universe are under development as shooters, one led internally by Blizzard Entertainment and the other by Nexon, the publisher behind the recent hit Arc Raiders. The projects mark the first significant push for the iconic real-time strategy franchise in over a decade, following its last major release in 2016.

Blizzard's effort, a third-person shooter, has been in the works since at least 2022 and is being overseen by Dan Hay, a former executive producer on Ubisoft's Far Cry series who joined Blizzard after leaving the company in 2021. According to sources cited in Jason Schreier's 2024 book "Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment," the game could be revealed at BlizzCon in 2026. Schreier, a Bloomberg journalist, emphasized in recent comments that Nexon's involvement appears separate from Blizzard's internal project, potentially signaling two distinct titles rather than a collaboration.

Nexon, a leading South Korean game developer, signed a content development agreement with Blizzard in 2025 to create StarCraft-related material. The company's Shooter Division has assembled a...