Is Blizzard Setting the Stage For a StarCraft Reveal at BlizzCon 2026?

Posted 2026/01/12 at 1:10 PM by PopularTopular

12 years laterNova Covert Ops"It's about time..."Jez CordenStarCraft will most likely be the headline for BlizzCon 2026

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At Blizzcon 2026, I thoroughly expect to see new expansions revealed for Diablo IV, alongside World of Warcraft's "The Last Titan." We should also get major updates for Overwatch and Hearthstone, and potentially other new mobile game reveals. There has been long-held rumors of an Overwatch mobile game on the horizon, for example, and I've heard another Warcraft mobile game project is in gestation. The headline for Blizzcon 2026 is most likely going to be StarCraft. It was previously reported that StarCraft is getting the third-person shooter treatment, and I confirmed these rumors true via my own sources a while back.

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Comment by Ony007Reeaaaaallllly dont want a new Starcraft game with modern writers.Comment by BeerWolfGhost Revived.Comment by NericoI hope that StarCraft doesn't go third-person shooter... But who knows, maybe it'll turn out better than I am thinking.Comment by KarthusTeemoPresent day blizzard devs in charge of a new Starcraft game. Gods help us.Comment by AerisotCurse gaming has known for a while now that they were making a Starcraft game in the style of Destiny back when they were Activision/Blizzard, which is why they gave up Destiny back to Bungie so fast without a fight.

When I worked for them, they had insider information that this game was shelved and their team split off to D4 and OW2 before they were even announced, I am assuming this will be the same game, since both D4 and OW2 have already been released, the team likely went back to the Starcraft game.Comment by AlthyrWorld of Starcraft MMO?Comment by cabbage9320the auction house dinosaur in wow has made more money than starcraft 3 would ever make in its life. dead genreComment by MmmmhashI'd much rather go without a new Starcraft entirely. No shot current Blizzard can output anything decent for the IP that wouldnt absolutely obliterate and tarnish its history.Comment by gusttWhere's 2026 Roadmap for WoW?Comment by ApturoTopturoStarCraft ended with brood warComment by RaktonerStarCraft :)

Shooter :(Comment by Makz42Its a shame StarCraft was the one that got abandoned from the tri-fecta (Warcraft, Diablo, Starcraft). I hope its not some garbage mobile game they are planning.Comment by dabone1337the auction house dinosaur in wow has made more money than starcraft 3 would ever make in its life. dead genreComment by dathireIgnore all the doomers, I’m hyped. If you don’t like it don’t play it, no need to whine.Comment by PuupiIf it's Starcraft MMORPG, I'm interested.Comment by BigBadDadStarcraft looter/shooter would've been cool 15 years ago. Now it'll be chuck full of sexuality nonsense because that's the era we're in.Comment by Ardim60Is current Blizzard even capable of producing a new game that isn't just upkeeping older games made by better devs?Comment by BoldgloomStarcraft?
Yes!

Starcraft RTS?
Double yes!

MMO?
If that's what it is, sure, okay, maybe interested.

Shooter?
Pass. At least for me.

The gaming market has been saturated with similar FPS and 3PS shooters for years, and those games with persistent online activities already have their playerbase. Adding the Starcraft IP to that playing field would only pull some of that community if the game is either just as good or better, and even then some people just will play what they play. An MMO (I know, it's only been suggested/requested, not really hinted) would obviously cannibalize at least some of their own WoW subscribers, unless they did some kind of package deal. But it's the more interesting of the two.

They could also do neither of these, but still do a game of some other type that is not an RTS. But why bother, when they could just make the RTS?Comment by PrimalcruxWith RTS, AoE 4 has revitalized me. I really hope this is true.Comment by BiggumsgIgnore all the doomers, I’m hyped. If you don’t like it don’t play it, no need to whine.

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