Skip to content
CGMagazine
  • News
  • ArticlesExpand
    • Buyers Guides
    • Features
    • Interviews
    • Previews
    • Spotlight
    • The Vault
  • ReviewsExpand
    • Game Reviews
    • Comic Reviews
    • Anime Reviews
    • Book Reviews
    • Tabletop Reviews
    • Hardware Reviews
    • Music Reviews
    • Movie Reviews
    • TV Reviews
  • Guides
  • Magazine
  • MediaExpand
    • Podcasts
    • Video
    • Sound Off
    • First Fifteen
    • Weekly Goods
    • Video Interviews
    • Video Reviews
  • Store
  • Newswire
Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube
CGMagazine
Blizzard Rumoured To Have Cancelled Starcraft FPS To Focus On Other Titles

Blizzard Rumoured To Have Cancelled Starcraft FPS To Focus On Other Titles

  • Liam Ferguson Liam Ferguson
  • June 7, 2019
  • < 1 Minute Read

Allegedly, Blizzard has cancelled a StarCraft first-person shooter to put more resources into Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2.

Kotaku reports that the project, codenamed “Ares”, was an experimental game “like Battlefield in the StarCraft universe” made in the Overwatch engine. The team, speaking anonymously, said they had built prototypes in which the player fought Zerg aliens as Terran marines. There were plans to experiment with playable Zerg as well. Apparently, progress may have been a little slow, but there were no major issues with the development.

The project was ultimately scrapped, with all of the team members being sent to work on Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2. Diablo 4 has been rumoured for some time, and Overwatch 2 will apparently have a bigger Left 4 Dead-esque PvE focus. These titles are expected to headline this year’s BlizzCon. When Kotaku reached out to Blizzard for comments on the cancelled project, they responded in a non-specific way that lent credence to the report, stating “The work that goes into these projects – whether they ship or not – is extraordinarily valuable. It often leads to great things and helps foster a culture of experimentation here”. You can read the full statement to Kotaku in their coverage of this story.

Like the third-person shooter StarCraft: Ghost before it, this marks another StarCraft project that will never see the light of day. Company resources are finite and there are bigger priorities, but it would be nice to see something new from the franchise at some point.

Share on facebook
Share on twitter
Share on linkedin
Share on reddit
Liam Ferguson

Liam Ferguson

All Articles

Must Read

Samsung Note 20 Ultra Review 18

Gaming on the Go: Talking Note 20 as Gaming Alternative

Samsung Reveals Galaxy S21 Lineup at Unpacked 2021 5

Samsung Reveals Galaxy S21 Lineup at Unpacked 2021

ASUS ROG Line Expands With RTX 30 Series and 11th Gen Intel CPUs 12

ASUS ROG Line Expands With RTX 30 Series and 11th Gen Intel CPUs

MORE FROM Liam Ferguson

No Man’s Sky: The Next Generation Update Coming To PS5 And Xbox Series

No Man’s Sky: The Next Generation Update Coming To PS5 And Xbox Series

Dexter Returns To Showtime As A Limited Series

Dexter Returns To Showtime As A Limited Series

Guilty Gear: Strive Gets A Release Date And A New Character

Guilty Gear: Strive Gets A Release Date And A New Character

Final Fantasy XVI Announced For PlayStation 5

Final Fantasy XVI Announced For PlayStation 5

CGMagazine Logo

Advertise with us
Jobs @ CGMagazine
© 2020 CGMagazine Publishing Group

Facebook
Twitter
Youtube
Linkedin
Instagram
  • Advertise
  • Contact
  • About Us
  • Policies
  • Jobs
  • Contests
  • CNW News
Menu
  • Advertise
  • Contact
  • About Us
  • Policies
  • Jobs
  • Contests
  • CNW News
  • News
  • Articles
    • Buyers Guides
    • Features
    • Interviews
    • Previews
    • Spotlight
    • The Vault
  • Reviews
    • Game Reviews
    • Comic Reviews
    • Anime Reviews
    • Book Reviews
    • Tabletop Reviews
    • Hardware Reviews
    • Music Reviews
    • Movie Reviews
    • TV Reviews
  • Guides
  • Magazine
  • Media
    • Podcasts
    • Video
    • Sound Off
    • First Fifteen
    • Weekly Goods
    • Video Interviews
    • Video Reviews
  • Store
  • Newswire
Search