on Google Preferred Source Google News Link copied to clipboard By Michael McWhertor Published Sep 3, 2026, 10:50 PM EDT News Something strange is happening at the StarCraft website
Image: Blizzard Entertainment Sign in to your Polygon.com account Add Us Add on Google Preferred Source Google News Summary Generate a summary of this story Like Like follow Follow followed Followed Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap After nearly a decade in hibernation, StarCraft is (maybe) officially back. In the wake of a new report that Blizzard Entertainment is reviving StarCraft with help from Korean publisher Nexon, there appears to be some actual movement in the real-time strategy sci-fi game series — this time from Blizzard itself. With BlizzCon 2026 just days away, Blizzard fans are digging through clues that might be hinting at a new StarCraft project.
On Thursday, fans discovered secret messages hidden on the official StarCraft website , with clues pointing at a follow-up to StarCraft 2: Legacy of the Void .
The official StarCraft website looks much like it has since the release of 2017's StarCraft Remastered . But visitors to the site will notice that some of the page's visuals look... glitchy. It's an unsettling effect, and doesn't reveal much about a potential StarCraft 3 or the long-rumored shooter set in the StarCraft universe. But what's behind the scenes is more interesting.
StarCraft fans have noticed that a handful of cryptic and redacted messages are hidden in the website's code. Viewing the site's JavaScript console reveals a handful of messages, some of them encoded in binary and some in plainly visible text.
Two of the messages hint at an unidentified person trying to log into a Terran Dominion server.
CONTACT DOMINION SERVICE DESK IMMEDIATELY
Requesting information on special order 176
Who is involved with special order 176?
Other messages hidden in the StarCraft website's code make more explicit references to the series lore. There's mention of a Terran Banshee transport ship, the Terran frontier world of Roxara, and a Dominion Theta Squadron group. The following message also includes a date for one piece of correspondence: the year 2575, which would place the events that Blizzard is teasing about 70 years after the setting of StarCraft 2: Legacy of the Void .
TO: ROXARA LUNAR MINING COMPLEX – OPERATIONS
SUBJECT: ███ THETA SQUADRON - ARRIVAL PROTOCOL
Theta Squadron is en route, anticipate arrival to Roxara on 2575-08-09-███████. A ███████████████ Freighter will arrive in advance of Theta Squadron. Prepare docking accommodations accordingly.
Our work must begin immediately upon landing. Ensure the cargo manifest below is on board the ███████████████ Freighter. Failure to indicate inconsistencies will not be tolerated.
Take the utmost caution when handling the crates. They are pivotal to our research. Any carelessness or mistreatment could jeopardize the success of our operation.
Other messages appear to be more mundane, hinting at tracking unidentified lifeforms and the medical status of two redacted patients. But everything discovered so far only relates to one StarCraft faction, the Terrans.
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