Thought Starcraft was dead? A new report will have you thinking twice—and questioning the franchise’s new direction

StarCraft, Blizzard's ancient franchise that has long since lost its cultural relevance, could be up for a revival—but not as a real-time strategy series. No, this time it's reportedly going to be a shooter, developed not by Blizzard but by the Korean juggernaut, Nexon. This comes from a report by The Korea Economic Daily, a massive business newspaper. Translated from Korean via DeepL, the report says that "the legendary game StarCraft is set to be revived through Nexon, South Korea's top game developer." "Preliminary preparations" for development have been completed, the report reads, and have been in the works since "a content development cooperation agreement" was signed between Nexon and Blizzard in 2025. What's particularly interesting is that this new StarCraft game won't continue the tradition of real-time strategy that the franchise has become known for, but is instead being handled by Nexon's "Shooter Division (Shooting Business Unit)" implying it'll be a third- or first-person shooter. StarCraft is Blizzard's legally distinct take on the 40K formula that could prove very popular nowadays. Image via Blizzard A StarCraft modder, Choi Joon-ho, has been brought on as a planning lead due to his experience with the series and ability to "extract mass appeal." As IGN writes, Blizzard has seemingly been working on a StarCraft shooter since at least 2022, this being the company's third attempt at branching the series out of the now-not-so-popular RTS genre. What happened to that project is anyone's guess, nor is it clear whether Nexon and Blizzard are working on the same or separate projects. Blizzard has also been hosting 35th anniversary events for four of its major franchises over the past 10 days or so, but conveniently left StarCraft out. Even Hearthstone received its own event, while StarCraft is nowhere to be found. Whether that's because the company deemed the franchise not worthy of the resources or because something is in the works that needs a much better, bigger event is, as of yet, unclear. It's certainly good news that there's at least something being talked about, as StarCraft does indeed have a lot of potential nowadays, especially in the wake of Warhammer 40K's rising popularity. The post Thought Starcraft was dead? A new report will have you thinking twice—and questioning the franchise’s new direction appeared first on Destructoid.

Feb 10, 2026 - 04:49

Thought Starcraft was dead? A new report will have you thinking twice—and questioning the franchise’s new direction

StarCraft, Blizzard's ancient franchise that has long since lost its cultural relevance, could be up for a revival—but not as a real-time strategy series. No, this time it's reportedly going to be a shooter, developed not by Blizzard but by the Korean juggernaut, Nexon.

This comes from a report by The Korea Economic Daily, a massive business newspaper. Translated from Korean via DeepL, the report says that "the legendary game StarCraft is set to be revived through Nexon, South Korea's top game developer."

"Preliminary preparations" for development have been completed, the report reads, and have been in the works since "a content development cooperation agreement" was signed between Nexon and Blizzard in 2025. What's particularly interesting is that this new StarCraft game won't continue the tradition of real-time strategy that the franchise has become known for, but is instead being handled by Nexon's "Shooter Division (Shooting Business Unit)" implying it'll be a third- or first-person shooter.

StarCraft is Blizzard's legally distinct take on the 40K formula that could prove very popular nowadays. Image via Blizzard A StarCraft modder, Choi Joon-ho, has been brought on as a planning lead due to his experience with the series and ability to "extract mass appeal."

As IGN writes, Blizzard has seemingly been working on a StarCraft shooter since at least 2022, this being the company's third attempt at branching the series out of the now-not-so-popular RTS genre. What happened to that project is anyone's guess, nor is it clear whether Nexon and Blizzard are working on the same or separate projects.

Blizzard has also been hosting 35th anniversary events for four of its major franchises over the past 10 days or so, but conveniently left StarCraft out. Even Hearthstone received its own event, while StarCraft is nowhere to be found. Whether that's because the company deemed the franchise not worthy of the resources or because something is in the works that needs a much better, bigger event is, as of yet, unclear.

It's certainly good news that there's at least something being talked about, as StarCraft does indeed have a lot of potential nowadays, especially in the wake of Warhammer 40K's rising popularity.

The post Thought Starcraft was dead? A new report will have you thinking twice—and questioning the franchise’s new direction appeared first on Destructoid.

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