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.

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.

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ARC Raiders could be answering the calls for one of the most-requested additions to the game since launch, and even before it, in a new limited time mode this week.

Embark Studios announced the new event today, called Shared Watch, although details are scant so far. The video the company used to tease it, though, sure sounds like players will be teaming up together, and not against each other, in the fight against ARC.

“You watch my back, I’ll watch yours – that’s how Speranza keeps ticking,” the company said. “Join your fellow Raiders in celebrating the Shared Watch; team up with strangers, turn your barrels on the machines, and earn rewards in the process.”

And that’s all there is to go on, for now, other than some potential new baseball helmet-themed gear teased in the key art. If it truly is a PvE-only experience, then many players will be thrilled to try it out. ARC Raiders players have been asking for something like this for a while, and if it’s here, it should be a big hit.

The game’s usage of an “aggression-based matchmaking” system means a PvE experience is entirely possible to foster, but this being a true co-op experience where players can team up with others to fight against the AI ARC enemies may be a fun addition to the game’s existing style.

Shared Watch is scheduled to run from Feb. 10 to 24, so it’s for a limited time for now. But, anything can change, and if the mode proves as popular as it has the potential to, then Embark may have no choice but to consider a more permanent solution.

For now, though, players can queue up when the event goes live and see what it has to offer in the early morning hours tomorrow.

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