Monday, February 9th 2026 StarCraft Franchise's Rumored Revival Linked to Nexon + Blizzard Partnership by T0@st Today, 15:23 Discuss (0 ) Blizzard Entertainment's ongoing early 2026 showcase—and 35th anniversary celebration—has not produced many big surprises, although Overwatch 2's recent absorption into the larger/overall Overwatch brand has raised an eyebrow or three. Looking further ahead, new IP announcements could be made during September's BlizzCon 2026 event. Naturally, the North American company's dormant StarCraft franchise will be the topic of renewed online speculation. A 2017 remaster of Blizzard Entertainment's original title (1998) was not deemed substantial or good enough for a lot of the sci-fi RTS IP's fan base. The final tranche of StarCraft II DLC arrived back in late 2016; as the Nova Covert Ops single-player mission pack. According to a dnews report from a week ago, Blizzard and Nexon are co-operating on a reimagination of StarCraft as a shooter experience. The South Korean news publication believes that full-scale development has commenced on a new game utilizing the StarCraft IP (intellectual property). Going into further inside track detail, Nexon has allegedly completed preliminary preparations (aka a pre-production phase) in the recent past. According to an unnamed industry insider, a content development agreement was given the thumbs up by Blizzard leadership, last year. This cooperation contract could lead to the creation of—as phrased by the dnews article—a megaton project capable of shaking the global gaming market. Nexon has reportedly assigned this highly important undertaking to their internal Shooter Division studio. Arc Raiders (2025) is a notable hit for the South Korean/Japanese video game developer and publisher, although Sweden's Embark Studios was responsible for the development of this popular PvPvE extraction shooter. Historically, Blizzard and its development partners have struggled to break the StarCraft intellectual property beyond real-time-strategy origins. The failed StarCraft: Ghost multi--platform project was handled by external and in-house outfits back in the early 2000s—eventually leading to a low-key cancellation in 2006. For the potential late 2020s revival, Nexon has supposedly roped in a noted StarCraft modder—Choi Jun-ho—as the new project's team leader. Almost two years ago, Jason Schreier (of Bloomberg fame) informed IGN about the ongoing development of a StarCraft shooter—it is not clear whether this Blizzard HQ-led venture is related to Nexon's fresher endeavor, but Schreier claimed (at the time) that a Far Cry series executive producer was involved as the title's main overseer. Under Microsoft ownership, the multi-team Irvine, California-based Blizzard operation has experienced staff upheavals and long-term project cancellations in 2024. Sources: dnews SK, Resetera Forum, Eurogamer, IGN Related News Tags: Activision Blizzard Blizzard console gaming insider IP Leak Microsoft Game Studios Nexon partners Partnership PC Gaming real time strategy RTS Rumor Rumors sequel StarCraft Xbox Game Studios Dec 31st 2025 Leaks Predict $5000 RTX 5090 GPUs in 2026 Thanks to AI Industry Demand (124) Apr 28th 2025 NVIDIA Reportedly Working on GeForce RTX 5080 SUPER 24 GB & RTX 5070 SUPER 18 GB Designs (76) Dec 18th 2025 Half-Life 3 May Launch Alongside Steam Machine in Early 2026 (78) Jan 26th 2026 Blizzard Entertainment Schedules Multiple Developer-led Showcases (13) Jan 23rd 2026 Microsoft Reportedly Considering Fable Switch 2 Port, Could Hinge on Logistical Decision (1) Jan 8th 2026 GeForce RTX 60-series Linked to Mysterious GR20x GPU Dies, 2H'27 Launch Predicted (36) Jan 27th 2026 Apple MacBook Pro with M5 Max & Pro Chips Expected to Launch in First Half of 2026 (2) Jan 27th 2026 Playground Games Considered Doing Something Other Than Forza Horizon Back in 2017 (0) Jan 28th 2026 Leaked Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Test Presentation Impresses After Cancellation (18) Dec 15th 2025 Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic's Director Believes New Studio Will Deliver Game Before 2030 (21) Add your own on StarCraft Franchise's Rumored Revival Linked to Nexon + Blizzard Partnership There are no yet.
