Blizzard Entertainment’s rumored StarCraft shooter is reportedly “more of a single-player story game” that shares similarities with the likes of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 and Far Cry.
During the latest episode of The Xbox Two podcast, co-host Jez Corden mentioned on “good authority” that the rumored StarCraft shooter is primarily a single-player story-focused experience. He also took to Twitter/X to respond to a recent discussion, in which Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier stated that he “wouldn’t count on this StarCraft game being a Destiny like.” Based on what Corden has seen, he described it as more adjacent to Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 and Far Cry kinda adjacent, though he acknowledged that he doesn’t know for sure what the overall gameplay formula will be.
“What I saw was, you know, cutscenes, voice acting, photo realistic graphics, you know, the Blizzard stylized graphics,” Corden said. He added that the footage featured “high-end graphics” and third-person combat, with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 providing a useful point of comparison. He also pointed to the historical connection between the two the franchises, noting that StarCraft was previously conceived as a licensed Warhammer 40,000 game before Blizzard ultimately created its own universe.
Corden further mentioned that the unannounced StarCraft shooter appears to have a “fullblown single player and or co-op campaign,” while also speculating that Blizzard could include multiplayer content, potentially along the lines of a horde, siege or Helldivers-style mode. It could have some kind of Helldivers-like mode and I’m pretty sure it will have multiplayer stuff in it in the same way Gears of War: E-Day has multiplayer stuff but it’s going to be a full blown single player story / co-op campaign.”
Prior to BlizzCon 2026, the official StarCraft website started glitching, with the main page being covered in distortion effects, as if it is malfunctioning. This led to speculation that a new announcement may be happening soon. Since then, the StarCraft community dug for clues in the site’s back-end code, with Reddit user RaiausderDose managing to uncover some hidden messages. More details here.
