{"rewrite":{"id":"r_c229b4ee6e38ffa6517733c2","clusterId":"c_0ccb9d8e9a1bf9fb922755d8","slug":"blizzard-announces-new-starcraft-open-world-shooter-for-2030","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Blizzard Announces New StarCraft Open-World Shooter for 2030","summary":"Blizzard announced a new StarCraft game at the BlizzCon 2026 opening ceremony, with a release planned for 2030. The untitled entry, listed simply as STARCTAFT, is described as a story-driven open-world shooter. The series has been an RTS franchise until now. The announcement came with a teaser page and a cinematic trailer. The teaser page carries the tagline STARCRAFT. Story Driven Open World Shooter. 2030. The official StarCraft social account posted the same line alongside a short clip on September 12, 2026. BlizzCon 2026 is currently ongoing. No developer, platform, or pricing details were included in the announcement. The shift in genre marks a departure from the real-time strategy format the series has used since its debut.","whyItMatters":"The genre change from real-time strategy to open-world shooter is the first structural shift for the mainline StarCraft series, which has been an RTS franchise until now.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe announcement was made during the BlizzCon 2026 opening ceremony, which streamed on September 13 Japan time. A teaser page went live alongside a cinematic trailer, and the official StarCraft account shared a short clip with the line STARCRAFT. Story Driven Open World Shooter. 2030.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo details on the developer, target platforms, or price were included. The announcement also did not name a specific release date within 2030. Blizzard has not said whether the game will retain any real-time strategy elements. The series has been produced in the RTS genre until now, so the move to an open-world shooter format is a change for the mainline franchise. BlizzCon 2026 is still ongoing.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Blizzard left developer, platform, and pricing out of the StarCraft reveal, so the 2030 date is the only firm commitment. A four-year gap between teaser and launch leaves the open-world shooter unaccountable in the meantime.","twitterPost":"Blizzard gave no developer, platform, or price for the new StarCraft. The 2030 date is the only commitment, and it is four years out.","threadsPost":"The new StarCraft announcement carried no developer, no platforms, and no pricing, only a 2030 date and a title tagline. Four years between teaser and launch means the open-world shooter will be judged on a trailer Blizzard is not yet obligated to match.","newsletterBlurb":"Blizzard used the BlizzCon 2026 opening ceremony to announce a new StarCraft game. It is a story-driven open-world shooter planned for 2030, a genre shift for the RTS series. A teaser page and cinematic trailer are live, but no developer, platform, or price was named.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/042/G104234/20260913002/\",\"title\":\"New \\\"StarCraft\\\" Game Is a Story-Driven Open-World Shooter; \\\"STARCRAFT\\\" to Launch in 2030\"},{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/260913c\",\"title\":\"RTS Icon 'StarCraft' Series Gets Brand-New Entry in 2030, Genre Shifted to 'Open-World Shooter'\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5070,"outputTokens":830,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789247711,"createdAt":"2026-09-12T21:09:13.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-12T21:13:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-12T21:13:20.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_0ccb9d8e9a1bf9fb922755d8","canonicalTitle":"RTSの金字塔『StarCraft』シリーズの完全新作が2030年に始動！ジャンルは“オープンワールドシューター”に","representativeArticleId":"a_9ba738851cadc437155b5589","sourceCount":2,"writtenSourceCount":2,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":false,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"StarCraft\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-12T18:05:16.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-12T19:37:16.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-12T21:14:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/042/G104234/20260913002/","title":"名作RTS「StarCraft 」の新作は物語主導型のオープンワールドシューターに。「STARCRAFT」，2030年発売"},{"source":"Denfaminicogamer","url":"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/260913c","title":"RTSの金字塔『StarCraft』シリーズの完全新作が2030年に始動！ジャンルは“オープンワールドシューター”に"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["StarCraft"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"announcement","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Blizzard announced a new StarCraft game at the BlizzCon 2026 opening ceremony.","The new StarCraft game is planned for release in 2030.","The game is described as a story-driven open-world shooter.","A teaser page and a cinematic trailer were released alongside the announcement.","Blizzard did not announce a developer, platform, or price for the new StarCraft game."]}