{"id":6946,"date":"2026-09-12T20:25:38","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T20:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=6946"},"modified":"2026-09-12T20:25:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T20:25:38","slug":"starcraft-returns-in-2030-as-an-open-world-shooter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=6946","title":{"rendered":"StarCraft returns in 2030 as an open-world shooter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Blizzard originally tried to bring the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2011\/11\/18\/2571255\/starcraft-changed-my-life\">StarCraft<\/a><\/em> universe to the world of 3D shooters way back in 2002 with <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/2\/17\/21141203\/starcraft-ghost-playable-build-leaked-xbox-blizzard\">StarCraft: Ghost<\/a><\/em>. It sat in development hell for years until Blizzard president Mike Morhaime confirmed that it had been canceled in 2014. Now Blizzard is giving it another go with the simply titled <em><a href=\"https:\/\/starcraft.blizzard.com\/en-us\">StarCraft<\/a><\/em>. Dan Hay, a VP at Blizzard, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/Bzc95VpIv1Q?si=CO1a76x4FoMLYIHY\">took the stage<\/a> at BlizzCon today to reveal that after more than a decade of lying dormant, StarCraft would be returning in 2030. But, rather than another top-down real-time strategy installment, the new title would be an open-world shooter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">He then showed off a cinematic trailer for the title that focused on the human United Earth Directorate faction as they prepare to face off against the Zerg. The Protoss are limited to passing mention. What\u2019s obvious from the trailer is that the new take on the StarCraft franchise won\u2019t be pulling many punches. After a rousing call to militarism, the propaganda-fueled human is faced with the brutal realities of battle, and the character we\u2019ve been following for the last 3 minutes is revealed to be disposable fuel for the meat grinder of war.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">While fans are definitely excited that Blizzard is defrosting the long-dormant series, I\u2019m sure plenty are still holding their breath, hoping for a proper RTS follow-up to 2010\u2019s<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/7\/23\/21336156\/starcraft-2-ten-year-anniversary-update-blizzard\">StarCraft II<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/games\/994371\/starcraft-returns-in-2030-as-an-open-world-shooter\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blizzard originally tried to bring the StarCraft universe to the world of 3D shooters way back in 2002 with StarCraft: Ghost. It sat in development hell for years until Blizzard president Mike Morhaime confirmed that it had been canceled in 2014. Now Blizzard is giving it another go with the simply titled StarCraft. Dan Hay, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[39,158,46,34],"class_list":["post-6946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-gaming","tag-microsoft","tag-news","tag-tech"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>StarCraft returns in 2030 as an open-world shooter - Silvybrand Lifestyle Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"10 years after the last StarCraft II expansion pack the series is finally being brought back to life.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=6946\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"StarCraft returns in 2030 as an open-world shooter - 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