Blizzard Turns StarCraft Into an Open-World Shooter, Targeting 2030

At BlizzCon on September 12, Blizzard revealed that the next StarCraft game is an open-world shooter set in the StarCraft universe, led by former Far Cry director Dan Hay. It targets a 2030 launch and got a grim-toned cinematic trailer, no gameplay yet. StarCraft is the real-time strategy series (players build bases and command armies) that helped define esports, so a first-person shooter is a hard genre swap.