It's been over a decade since we've seen a new game made for StarCraft, Blizzard Entertainment's legendary series that revolutionized the real-time strategy genre while wowing audiences with its dark, cinematic, sci-fi stories.
However, rumors have recently appeared on X implying that the series' long dormancy is about to end. According to @KoreaXboxnews on X, a news article on www.dnews.co.kr reports that Nexon is apparently working on a new game with the StarCraft IP.
Nexon’s New Project Using StarCraft IP (Rumored)Development Signs Detected: Nexon appears to have begun work on a new title based on the StarCraft IP.Partnership with Blizzard: After signing a content development cooperation agreement with Blizzard last year, Nexon… https://t.co/KhYP64lx9u pic.twitter.com/hFEHNCQRXiFebruary 9, 2026
@KoreaXboxnews translates and sums up the report by saying Nexon signed a content development cooperation agreement with Blizzard Entertainment in 2025.
Additionally, Nexon has started on the project with a dedicated team that includes Choi Junho, a man who created a popular StarCraft custom map called "Temple Siege", acting as the lead planner.
For those unaware, Nexon is a South Korean-based developer whose major works include the free-to-playPvE shooter The First Descendant and the free-to-play PvP FPS Sudden Attack.
Nexon is also a publisher that's helped publish a couple of 2025's unexpected breakout hits like The First Berserker: Khazan and Arc Raiders.
Nexon's body of work regarding shooters is important to note, as allegedly, this new StarCraft game Nexon is working on will be made under Nexon's Shooter Division, which also works on Sudden Attack.
This implies that this new StarCraft game will be a first-person or third-person shooter if this rumor turns out to be true.
Indeed, we just learned that Blizzard may be hiring vehicle engineers for the new StarCraft game, which opens all sorts of possibilities.
However, Nexon has officially declined to confirm these rumors, stating that it "cannot comment" on what the project they're working on with Blizzard Entertainment is at this time.
A new Warcraft Expansion, Overwatch gets overhauled, and now StarCraft is potentially coming back? Blizzcon 2026 cannot get here fast enough.
Blizzard Entertainment has been busy as of late updating its flagship franchises.
World of Warcraft is finally getting Player Housing after decades of requests in the upcoming World of Warcraft: Midnight expansion.
Diablo 4 is gearing up for a new Lord of Hatred expansion, which will add two classes, overhauled endgame systems, a climactic finale to the Age of Hatred Saga, and much more.
Plus, Overwatch is being completely overhauled by dropping the "2" from its branding, restructuring its season system, and adding 5 heroes at once. This announcement was so big that it caused Overwatch to resurge in popularity to the point where it's overtaken Call of Duty and Battlefield 6's playerbase on Steam.
If the rumors of a new StarCraft game by Nexon in the works turn out to be true and if all these aforementioned expansions/overhauls are pulled off well, then 2026 will end up being an epic comeback for the iconic studio.
Of course, rumors should always be taken with a grain (especially when Nexon declined to confirm said rumors), and it's best to wait until we hear official confirmation or denial from Blizzard Entertainment.
Stay tuned for further updates regarding Blizzard Entertainment's franchise as we inch closer to BlizzCon 2026 this September 12, 2026.
Do you think the rumors of Nexon making a new StarCraft are true? Would you like to see this new StarCraft game be a shooter or a real-time strategy game like previous titles?
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