The head of Blizzard, Mike Ybarra, responded to a recent tweet from the actor Simu Liu about star craft, possibly hinting at something new for the franchise. Many things have changed since the release of StarCraft 2 in 2010, including the fact that many of Blizzard’s senior leadership have since moved on. This means that the future of the series is currently clouded with uncertainty, although there is still hope that StarCraft 3 will arrive. But regardless of what happens, twelve years is a long time for the fans who wait without knowing anything.
In 2020, Blizzard announced that it would no longer develop new content for star craft 2, but since then there have been no announcements about a new game in the series. While real-time strategy games may not be as commonplace as they once were, there are still plenty of good reasons to play StarCraft 2, from the still hugely popular competitive eSports scene to the fact that it’s become free-to-play in 2017.
On Twitter, in response to a tweet from Marvel’s star Shang Chi, Simu Liu, Director of Blizzard, Mike Ybarra, gave a vague hint that there might be something else afoot for star craft. Liu simply tweeted, in all caps, “PLEASE SAVE STARCRAFT”, with an attached GIF of a Protoss warrior. Although Ybarra only responded with a smiley face, his response and his position within Blizzard could give a clue as to the future of the franchise.
many fans of star craft responded to Ybarra’s tweet encouraging him to continue with the beloved franchise. Since October 2020, some fans have pinned their hopes on an independent developer made up of the former developers of Blizzard, Tim Campbell and Tim Morton, known for working on the StarCraft and Warcraft franchises. Also, with the number of former StarCraft employees joining them, hopes are very high. This clever tweet from Ybarra could be the first sign of life from Blizzard and StarCraft in a few years.
holders of Blizzard they have been dominated lately by the acquisition of Microsoft. There are plenty of reasons why Microsoft should and shouldn’t have acquired Blizzard, but it also raises hope for the future of popular franchises like StarCraft. This little Twitter interaction doesn’t prove anything, but it does at least show that Blizzard management has the franchise in mind. It is unknown how long it will be before Blizzard makes any announcements about the future of star craft, or even if it will, so it’s best to keep your hopes tempered. On the other hand, the aforementioned Frost Giant Studios is well into the development of a new real-time strategy game, and this project will likely come to fruition long before any future StarCraft projects.