StarCraft Is Officially Back, But It’s Taking A Much Different Form

Following numerous rumors dating back many months, it's official: StarCraft is returning with a new game, but that game won't be in the traditional real-time-strategy genre the franchise is known for. Instead, the new StarCraft game is described as an open-world shooter. The news was revealed as part of BlizzCon's opening ceremony. However, that's essentially all we know, as the new game-referred to only as StarCraft--won't be released until 2030. As such, there were no further details shared about how it will play or anything else. After Blizzard's Dan Hay said, "It's about damn time" that we returned to the interstellar war of StarCraft, we did see a cinematic trailer. Dominion forces are shown being pumped up after being trained as elite warriors. They're then sent onto the battlefield against a massive wave of Zerg forces. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIu2tGCCKQw When it does arrive, this will mark the first original game in the StarCraft franchise since the StarCraft II trilogy wrapped up with Legacy of the Void in 2015. The original game did receive a remaster, StarCraft Remastered, in 2017, but Blizzard's focus has otherwise shifted to its other franchises over the last …