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StarCraft returns in 2030 as an open-world shooter
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Blizzard Entertainment has announced the StarCraft franchise will return in 2030 as an open-world shooter. Led by industry veteran Dan Hay, this project marks the company's first successful transition of the intellectual property into the shooter genre after previous cancellations.
- 01The new title officially reboots efforts to expand the StarCraft universe into 3D action gameplay
- 02Former Ubisoft executive Dan Hay is overseeing development of the upcoming open-world title
- 03This project follows the 2014 cancellation of the long-delayed StarCraft Ghost shooter
- 04The release represents a strategic shift for the franchise toward high-immersion open-world environments
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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, […]