Blizzard Unveils Ambitious StarCraft Open-World Shooter Aiming for 2030

TL;DR
Blizzard explained at BlizzCon why it revealed a new StarCraft project now: a third-person, single-player open-world shooter with a gritty, high-emotion tone, slated for 2030. The cinematic teaser was designed to gauge fan reaction and shape development, with no gameplay details yet. Blizzard emphasized building a new team and using the date as a planning target to ensure high fidelity, while keeping the project’s core concept under wraps until enough progress is made.
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