Blizzard may reveal a StarCraft Shooter at BlizzCon 2026

A new report from Windows Central's Jez Corden suggests that a StarCraft third-person shooter is in the works at Blizzard and that it could be revealed later this year. This latest report builds on a rumor from 2024 that claimed it earlier Far Cry executive producer Dan Hay directs the work on a secret StarCraft shooter.

As any longtime fan knows, Blizzard has a pretty infamous history with StarCraft shooters. Announced way back in September 2002, StarCraft: Ghost was set to be a third-person stealth-action shooter that would have players take on the role of Nova, a Terran spec ops agent. After several major delays in the early to mid-2000s, was developed StarCraft: Ghost was postponed indefinitely by Blizzard, but the game would not be officially “cancelled” until September 2014, when Blizzard president Mike Morhaime confirmed via a Polygon interview that the shooter was shut down. One second StarCraft shooter codenamed 'Ares' was also in development but was canceled in June 2019, allegedly so that its developers could help with Overwatch 2 and Diablo 4s development. According to industry insider Jason Schreier, StarCraft: Ares may also have been discontinued due to its similar gameplay Battlefieldwhich was reportedly a problem for Activision as Battlefield was considered direct competition to Call of Duty.

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The long-rumored StarCraft Shooter may be revealed at BlizzCon 2026

On January 7, 2026, Jez Corden published a report via Windows Central titled “Xbox in 2026 — What to expect from Team Green this year, and then.” As the title suggests, this report sees Corden speculate on what Xbox might reveal and release this year based on general industry and information from his own sources. This report includes guesses about both games confirmed for Xbox 2026, such as Fable and Gears of War: E-Dayas well as projects that are currently only the subject of leaks and rumors, such as Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas remakes.

Around a third of Jez Corden's report, the insider shares what he expects to see at BlizzCon 2026, Blizzard's annual convention that has been running since 2005. Corden suspects that new expansions for Diablo 4 will be revealed, along with World of Warcraft12th expansion 'The Last Titan' and “major updates” to both Monitoring and Hearthstone. New Monitoring and Warcraft mobile games may also appear at BlizzCon 2026, according to Corden.

But arguably the most exciting part of Corden's BlizzCon discussion is that StarCraft will “most likely” headline this year's convention, and more specifically, the long-rumored StarCraft the shooter will take center stage. This third attempt at one StarCraft Shooter was first heard of in September 2024, with Bloomberg's Jason Schreier mentioning its existence in his book PLAY NICE: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainmentwhere he also stated that the former Far Cry executive producer Dan Hay directed the project. In Corden's Jan. 7 report, he says he has “confirmed that these rumors are true via [his] own sources.” Of note is that Schreier's original mention of the project simply calls it a “shooter,” while Corden uses the term “third person shooter.”

While Dan Hay was originally tasked with overseeing development of Blizzard's unannounced survival game when he joined the company in 2022, the game was canceled in January 2024, eight months before Jason Schreier's book was published. Although Blizzard has not made any official statements about the rumor StarCraft shooter, it would possibly take center stage at BlizzCon 2026, if it actually exists, with StarCraft franchise that has been dormant since 2017 StarCraft Remastered and the series' final full-fledged entry is getting ready to turn 16.