Many years ago, Blizzard was developing an ambitious shooter based on the StarCraft universe. The project was in production for a long time, but was eventually shut down.
In early September 2024, rumors spread that Rumors: Blizzard is working on an unannounced first-person role-playing game and there was speculation that the American company was fulfilling the wish of Xbox boss Phil Spencer.
and revived the StarCraft franchise, but not in a strategy format, but as a shooter.
And now there is another reason to think about it.
This is what we know
The Blizzard Entertainment website have a job offer for the position of deputy director of innovation design for the as-yet-unannounced open-world shooter.
Of course, the studio doesn’t mention anywhere that this game belongs to the StarCraft series, but Jason Schreier, in his new book Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment mention that the company has not abandoned the old idea and that it will still revive the cult series and prepare a shooter based on the StarCraft universe.
Specifically, the team of game designers is led by Dan Hay, who The development of Blizzard’s ambitious survival simulator will be carried out by an experienced game designer, the former director of Blizzard’s Far Cry series until January 2024, but it was cancelled. Dan Hay is an experienced developer who spent 10 years at Ubisoft working on the Far Cry game series, starting with the ultra-successful third installment and up to and including the sixth.
Fuente: Reddit
