{"id":622721,"date":"2026-09-12T19:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T19:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/622721\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T19:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T19:36:09","slug":"starcraft-3-set-for-2030-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/622721\/","title":{"rendered":"StarCraft 3 Set for 2030 Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tA new \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/starcraft\/\" id=\"auto-tag_starcraft\" data-tag=\"starcraft\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">StarCraft<\/a>\u201d game is coming from Blizzard Entertainment in 2030 and a first look at the title has already been revealed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWhile technically \u201cStarCraft III,\u201d the game will be titled \u201cStarCraft.\u201d Per Blizzard Entertainment, \u201cStarCraft\u201d is an open-world, story-driven sci-fi shooter that takes place \u201cdecades after the events of StarCraft II\u201d and is \u201ca brand-new game in the StarCraft universe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe original \u201cStarCraft\u201d launched in 1998. The new installment will mark the first mainline title in video game franchise since \u201cStarCraft II: Legacy of the Void\u201d debuted in 2015. This new \u201cStarCraft\u201d game is set in the Koprulu Sector, 70 years after \u201cStarCraft II: Legacy of the Void.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tPer Blizzard Entertainment, \u201cThis is just the beginning. Led by Dan Hay, \u2018StarCraft\u2019 is early in development, and we\u2019ll have more to share over the coming years, including gameplay reveals, deep dives into the world, and more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe \u201cStarCraft\u201d news was announced Saturday during BlizzCon 2026 (the first edition of the Blizzard fan-festival event hosted since 2023) at the Anaheim Convention Center. Also revealed at the BlizzCon opening ceremony was an animated TV series adaptation of Blizzard Entertainment\u2019s popular \u201cDiablo\u201d video game franchise, <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/tv\/news\/diablo-tv-series-netflix-1236859591\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/tv\/news\/diablo-tv-series-netflix-1236859591\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">which is currently in development at Netflix<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tVariety will be on the ground at BlizzCon Sept. 12-13 and readers can follow along <a data-id=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/blizzcon\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/blizzcon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> for our coverage of the event, a celebration of all things Blizzard Entertainment, from \u201cStarCraft\u201d to \u201cDiablo\u201d to \u201cWorld of Warcraft\u201d to \u201cOverwatch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWatch the first teaser for the new \u201cStarCraft\u201d game in the video below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new \u201cStarCraft\u201d game is coming from Blizzard Entertainment in 2030 and a first look at the title&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622722,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[264473,61,60,264474,80],"class_list":["post-622721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-blizzcon","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-starcraft","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}