Nexon is reportedly close to signing a deal with Blizzard that would let it develop a new game using the StarCraft IP. Chosun reports that a contract is close to completion and would give Nexon development rights for a successor to StarCraft 2, potentially including what could eventually become StarCraft 3. Neither Nexon nor Blizzard have confirmed the deal.
That claim should be taken with plenty of salt, as another Korean outlet, Newsis, is reporting that Nexon and Blizzard are indeed discussing a contract covering StarCraft development and services, but talks remain at an early stage, no agreement has been signed, and even the genre and division of development work are still undecided. Nexon declined to comment when contacted by Newsis.
Chosun also substantially changed its own story after publication. The first version said Nexon was looking to buy the entire StarCraft IP from Blizzard, including ownership of existing games and sequel rights.
Nexon and Blizzard were already discussing StarCraft in 2025
A very similar story surfaced in April 2025, when a Korean financial outlet MTN reported that Blizzard had selected Nexon as the preferred bidder for StarCraft development rights after receiving proposals from several Korean publishers, including NCSoft, Netmarble, and Krafton. The reported package also included Korean and Japanese publishing rights for an Overwatch mobile game.
The StarCraft side of that report never materialized, but Nexon and Blizzard did eventually sign an Overwatch agreement. In March 2026, Blizzard confirmed that Nexon would take over publishing the PC version of Overwatch in South Korea. Nexon assumed the Korean PC service on Aug. 12.
Ongoing StarCraft talks are plausible enough given how often this keeps resurfacing, but there’s still no official announcement. The 2025 bidding process reportedly came with no restriction on genre, and Nexon’s proposal was never made public, so nothing supports the assumption that this would be another RTS.
StarCraft 2 hasn’t had a full expansion since Legacy of the Void in 2015, which leaves Blizzard’s RTS series without anything new for over a decade.
