Blizzard Reportedly Working on a StarCraft Shooter

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William D’Angelo
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Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier in his new book, Play Nice: The Rise, Fall and Future of Blizzard Entertainment, reports the gaming company is working on a shooter set in the StarCraft universe.

Schreier on IGN’s Podcast Unlocked was asked about this game by IGN editor Ryan McCaffrey. He read a passage in the book that a team at Blizzard is working on the game under the former head of the Far Cry series Dan Hay.

“Most of the developers were laid off, while a few would remain with Hay to begin incubating, of all things, a new StarCraft shooter,” reads the passage. “Perhaps after StarCraft Ghost and Ares, the third time would be the charm.”

McCaffrey asked Schreier, “Is that a thing that’s going on there right now that perhaps, if it isn’t cancelled, if it continues, that we might hear about at some point?”

Schreier replied, “If it’s not cancelled. I mean, that’s a strong – this is Blizzard, after all, their history with StarCraft shooters is not good. Yes, that is a project that, as far as I know, is in development, or at least as of the time I wrote this book it was in development. Which is [to say] yes, they are working on a StarCraft shooter, StarCraft is not dead at Blizzard.”

He added, “I suspect that this one will make a lot of headlines, I had the feeling it would. The goal of the book isn’t to get a bunch of scoops about upcoming things, that wasn’t the purpose of this book at all. It was very much to tell a story and focus on stuff that had happened.

“But this felt like such an interesting and useful nugget to include, because it really shows that – what’s that Brokeback Mountain [line], ‘I can’t quit you?’ – Blizzard cannot quit StarCraft shooters, they just can’t say goodbye to them.”

Thanks, VideoGamesChronicle.

A life-long and avid gamer, William D’Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.