It already appeared probably that Starcraft would make an look at BlizzCon. Now it might be stranger if it did not. Blizzard’s official web site for Starcraft Remastered is presently ‘glitching out,’ and diving into the backend has revealed a collection of secret messages that time to extra occasions within the Starcraft timeline. Add in latest reviews of potential partnerships for the RTS game, and a suspicious hole within the BlizzCon stage schedule, and all of it appears quite simple.
Blizzard has completely packed BlizzCon 2026 to the brim, with fixed panels and tournaments all through the two-day ceremony. There’s only one very notable break, and it is early on day one – proper on the primary stage. It might be very unusual to simply go away a full hour between the World of Warcraft and Diablo developer updates, particularly provided that the everyday break for viewers shuffling is just quarter-hour for different parts, and a brand new Starcraft recreation could be the apparent match.
The most recent growth is that this glitched Starcraft Remastered web site. It is not hard to spot, as proven beneath; virtually each aspect on the web page will get a flip to flicker and flash, or shift awkwardly misplaced and again. Proper-click to examine the web page extra carefully, and navigate over to the ‘console’ tab, and you will in all probability encounter some unusual messages, which have been step by step altering over the previous a number of hours, and appear to level to occasions that happen past the tip of Starcraft 2.
Reddit person ‘RaiausderDose’ has been compiling these messages on the Starcraft Reddit for the previous a number of hours, they usually embrace a number of dates in 2575. That is 67 years on from the concluding act of Starcraft 2’s epilogue, Into the Void. Among the many different cryptic messages are what seem like important indicators (coronary heart price, blood stress, physique temperature, and many others) and army transmissions, a few of which have been initially displayed in binary.
“Theta Squadron is en route, anticipate arrival to Roxara on 2575-08-09,” reads one. A few of the message has been blocked out, however it mentions a freighter arriving on the planet (which could be present in Starcraft’s Koprulu Sector), and plans to start work “instantly on touchdown.” It additionally provides, “Take the utmost warning when dealing with the crates. They’re pivotal to our analysis. Any carelessness or mistreatment may jeopardize the success of our operation.”
The subsequent query is clearly, “What is that this new challenge?” It is curious that Blizzard used the Starcraft Remastered web site to tease this, quite than the Starcraft 2 one, which seems to be functioning as regular. I’ve just lately been replaying the Starcraft 2 campaign, and whereas it exhibits its age in some elements, it does so quite gracefully; I do not suppose it is in determined want of a remaster.
The rumors, for years now, have been that we’re due for a Starcraft shooter of some kind. This might be an inside challenge. Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier reported in his 2024 guide ‘Play Good: The Rise, Fall, and Way forward for Blizzard Leisure’ that the developer was taking a recent swing at such a challenge. Schreier additionally mentions the involvement of former Far Cry boss Dan Hay, who moved from Ubisoft to Blizzard in 2022, which might tip the scales of risk in favor of an FPS.
Different reviews have advised Blizzard has been in talks with a number of firms to deal with a brand new Starcraft recreation, with Nexon being the name that got here to the forefront. Simply this week, Korean information outlet Chosun reported that a deal between Nexon and Blizzard was “on the verge of being finalized.” Whereas it known as the potential challenge “Starcraft 3,” that reads principally as hypothesis quite than what we’re truly getting.
For those who ask me what I would like, it is a new Starcraft RTS. However the group that made that’s not with Blizzard, and it is not in Nexon’s conventional wheelhouse both, so I do not understand how a lot confidence I would have in such a challenge. May or not it’s the religious successor to Starcraft: Ghost, the stealth-action third-person shooter starring Nova, which was first introduced in 2002 after which quietly floated round till Blizzard formally confirmed in 2014 that it had been canned?
In all honesty, if we get one thing new from the Starcraft universe (and it is good) I will be greater than happy. I would choose a recreation over a TV present or film, however the mere acknowledgement that considered one of Blizzard’s biggest creations continues to be worthy of consideration could be sufficient. Maintain your eyes on the Blizzcon essential stage for Saturday September 12 at 1pm PT / 4pm ET / 9pm BST / 10pm CEST, as a result of there is a good probability that is after we’ll know for positive.
Hi, I’m Rishab. I’m a passionate pc gamer and an avid video game content writer. I have been involved with video games for over 2 decades now, and even today, after playing an astronomical number of games over the years, I’m still eager for more. In my free time, you will find me enjoying a hot cup of coffee and playing my favorite relaxing fishing game, Dave the Diver.
