StarCraft 3 may bring back the legendary series with a new sequel. A known insider recently claimed that the long-awaited game is currently in development.
Many fans are wondering if StarCraft 2 will ever get a sequel. Blizzard Entertainment never said anything about a possible StarCraft 3 over the years. However, fans have recently had reason to be excited again, as an insider gave everyone hope for a StarCraft 3 again.
StarCraft 3 Rumors: Insider Claims Game Is In Development
After many years of waiting, we could finally be getting StarCraft 3. Journalist and industry insider Jez Corden of Windows Central recenlty claimed, that the hotly anticipated sequel is in development.
According to various reports, Corden has revealed this in now-deleted tweets, responding to fan questions during an AMA. When asked if Microsoft would revive StarCraft after the acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Corden responded saying that Microsoft "won't need to revive StarCraft."
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In an less ambigious statement, Corden responded with just one word, "Yep", when asked if he knew anything about StarCraft 3.
We don't know anything more concrete about these rumors yet and Blizzard hasn't responded to any inquiries yet. But it is the clearest hint towards StarCraft 3 actually happening that we ever got.
Blizzard Is Giving Us Some Hints On StarCraft 3
There have been heaps of rumors about StarCraft 3. The reason for these rumors are Blizzard President Mike Ybarra's Twitter activities. Fans, of course, immediately come up with the wildest theories and put a lot of value into every word that comes out of Blizzard's mouth. But can we actually trust the rumors?
The first time Ybarra hinted towards StarCraft was in January 2022, when Shang-Chi star Simu Liu tweeted "PLEASE SAVE STARCRAFT" and Mike Ybarra answered with a smiley face.
:)
— Mike Ybarra (@Qwik) January 20, 2022
Pretty suspicious right? No?
Then take a look at what he tweeted four months later in April... A photo of an old StarCraft t-shirt. He didn't even add a caption, which is pretty uncommon, right? Maybe he wants us to speculate about what he is trying to say? He can't expect us not to assume something big when he is posting pictures like that. This man definitely knows what he is doing!
— Mike Ybarra (@Qwik) April 14, 2022
The print says "My life for Aiur" which refers to a phrase that Zealots would yell before charging into battle in StarCraft.
StarCraft 3: When Can We Expect News From Blizzard?
As Mike Ybarra has announced, Blizzard is trying to bring back the in-person BlizzCon in November 2023, which got cancelled in the past years due to the pandemic. The BlizzCon was popular for making big announcements. Although nothing is set in stone yet, we could only hope to get something official about the StarCraft 2 sequel.
With more and more countries giving Microsoft green light for the acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the future of the StarCraft franchise could become a bigger topic again – just like a possible Warcraft 4. In an interview with Wired, Xbox CEO Phil Spencer already expressed his interest of sitting down with the teams from Blizzard and Activision to talk about future opportunities on existing franchises.
Right now, Activision Blizzard have a ton of big projects planned or ongoing like Diablo Immortal, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2 and Diablo 4. With that many projects at once, it seems rather unlikely to expect a new StarCraft game very soon... But if Blizzard will make the big announcement in 2023, maybe StarCraft 3 will come somewhere around 2026 or 2027.
Either way, we will be writing about it! Feel free to check out all the official game releases this year.
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