Blizzard is reportedly making a shooter in the StarCraft universe again—no, not StarCraft Ghost, which was . It's also not Ares, which was, , also canned. This one's a third, secret thing.
Speaking with , Jason Schreier, a and soon-to-be author of a book on Blizzard's company culture called "Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment", shared a sneak peek at some of the info covered within.
"Most of the developers were laid off, while a few would remain with Hay to begin incubating, of all things, a new StarCraft shooter … Perhaps after Ghost and Ares, the third time would be the charm."
Schreier clarifies, citing Blizzard's clearly-cursed experience with the meeting of StarCraft and the shooter genre: "If it's not cancelled, I mean, this is Blizzard after all … Yes, that is a project that, as far as I knew, was in development. At least, as of the time that I wrote this book."
Blizzard's weird triplet of failed attempts to get this running is fascinating to watch, especially considering how far along these former prototypes were. StarCraft Ghost had a , which you can watch below—meanwhile, Kotaku's sources told the publication that Ares was "looking quite good" and that its cancellation came as a "massive shock".
In other words, if this new, mysterious, third project also gets cancelled some ways down the line, it'll be the third time Blizzard as a company has run up to the edge of a StarCraft shooter, gotten all chicken about it, and ran in the other direction.
Mind, this [[link]] new mystery project probably isn't all that far along. Considering "incubating" is the phrase Schreier used, and that he [[link]] apparently received this information not long after the acquisition, we'll likely not be getting a third condename to whisper as legend. I, for one, am very excited to see leaked screenshots surface in 2034, five years after this project gets cancelled in 2029, if patterns hold.