Nexon is reportedly closing in on development rights for the next StarCraft game while the official StarCraft 2 site glitches out like it's teasing BlizzCon, and Bloomberg's Jason Schreier just shut down the Destiny-live-service fantasy everyone was coping about. Schreier told a podcast he "wouldn't count on this StarCraft game being a Destiny-like," which is the first real pushback against the live-service shooter rumor mill that's been spinning since early 2026 reports of a Blizzard-Nexon shooter collab. Jez Corden piled on with his own X takes, hinting the footage he saw felt more Space Marine 2 or Far Cry adjacent than extraction shooter slop.

The glitches on the StarCraft site aren't subtle—dataminers pulled console logs pointing to August 2575 and references to the Roxara Lunar Complex, which fans are reading as a timeline jump post-StarCraft 2. Nexon's Korean media reports say the deal is on the verge of finalizing after the publisher outbid NCSoft and others, though Blizzard/Microsoft keep full IP ownership while Nexon gets sequel development rights. That tracks with their earlier Overwatch Mobile publishing win in Korea, but it also means any new game could land as an Asia-first or regional push before wider release.

The timing lines up perfectly for BlizzCon this weekend, where the schedule has a suspicious one-hour gap in the opening ceremony that everyone is betting on for the big reveal. Whether it's Nexon's project or Blizzard's own shooter with ex-Far Cry lead Dan Hay attached, the esports crowd is split—some want a proper StarCraft 3 RTS revival, others are just glad the franchise is moving again after nearly a decade of radio silence.