Blizzard is hiring a game engineer focusing on vehicle simulation — will we be driving Siege Tanks in the StarCraft shooter?

The StarCraft FPS is my most anticipated game that doesn't officially exist.

StarCraft is one of Blizzard's pillar franchises, sitting next to Overwatch, Diablo, and Warcraft as one of its most cherished universes. It's also arguably its most neglected.

StarCraft hasn't seen a truly new entry in over a decade, with StarCraft II's final expansion dropping in 2015. StarCraft 1 did get a remaster in 2017, but since then, it's largely been radio silence.

StarCraft is one of the most legendary and beloved real time strategy games in history, although it's no secret that RTS as a genre has fallen into obscurity in recent years. Microsoft is one of the few big publishers still servicing the genre, with its similarly legendary Age of Empires franchise. StarCraft always felt like it had potential to move beyond RTS, though. And by all accounts, it is.

Reported upon first by Bloomberg, Blizzard is working on a StarCraft shooter of sorts, rumored to be led by Far Cry alumni Dan Hay. I can confirm via my own sources that it's true as if there were any reason to doubt it, but 2026 is particularly exciting for fresh StarCraft shooter rumors.

A friend reached out and showed me this job listing on Blizzard's website recently, which suggests that, quite possibly, the StarCraft shooter will have vehicular gameplay. StarCraft of course has heaps of vehicles in its RTS format, but we can infer sandbox style gameplay potentially here. Areas would need to be large enough to accommodate vehicle gameplay, if this job listing for an "unannounced game" is indeed StarCraft-related.

"We are looking for a Software Engineer – Gameplay Physics," the listing reads, "to help craft a new, unannounced game for Blizzard. As a key member of the development team, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality, physics-driven gameplay systems that support vehicle simulation, traversal, and combat experiences."

It's not a ton to go on so far, but if the StarCraft shooter does have vehicles, it sounds to me like it could be far bigger in scope than something like a Gears of War or Warhammer 40K: Space Marine.

Blizzard these days focuses mostly on service-type games, with Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo as the tip of the trident, so to speak. StarCraft's RTS days might be behind it, thanks to shifting gameplay habits from players at large, but the franchise always had potential to move beyond simply being an RTS.

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StarCraft was already being worked into a shooter, as part of its notorious Ghost project that was sadly cancelled. In 2026, there are a lot of examples StarCraft could look to emulate. Helldivers 2 is an obvious PvE shooter StarCraft could riff on, letting players take on the role of Terran marines battling persistent Zerg and Protos threats. Perhaps it could even have a PvP angle, letting players play as Protos and Zerg too, combating Terran players and each other.

It could take on a Destiny-style gameplay format too, with a more traditional campaign structure atop repeatable dungeoneering gameplay and build crafting. Perhaps it might meet it half way, with a separate co-op campaign a la Space Marine 2, with PvE missions as an additional mode.

As long as I can play as a Firebat, I'm good with any.

Given that Blizzard's marketing materials for Blizzcon 2026 feature StarCraft quite prominently, it might only be a few months before we find out what this mysterious StarCraft shooter actually looks like.

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