Blizzard Entertainment has set the internet alight by appearing to tease a StarCraft announcement during its upcoming BlizzCon expo.
As spotted by GamesRadar, the official StarCraft website seems to be showcasing an ARG-style teaser campaign, with glitching effects occurring across various pages on the site. The content on the main page shows marketing for StarCraft Remastered, as it has for many years—but the visual artifacts appear to hint something new will be coming soon.
The news set rabid fans on the hunt, with Reddit users digging into the website and uncovering hidden assets buried deep in the site’s code. References to plot points and organizations from StarCraft lore appeared, leading to frenzied posts on social media trying to put together the clues' meanings.
The official StarCraft website seems to be showcasing an ARG-style teaser campaign, with glitching effects occurring across various pages on the site.
This new ARG (alternate reality game) comes hot on the heels of recent reports that the South Korean publisher was close to sealing a deal with Blizzard for IP development rights for StarCraft, which some rumored could see the company set to work on StarCraft 3. However, those rumors have since been downgraded, with doubt cast on the original report by Chosun Daily, a popular newspaper in Korea.
ARGs are also Blizzard's favorite way to reveal its titles, with the company utilizing the interactive method for multiple titles over the years, including the infamous ARG for Overwatch hero Sombra, which went on for months and had fans doing all sorts to uncover details about the mysterious hacker. She was ultimately unveiled at BlizzCon 2016 to much fanfare and the lengthy ARG received high praise from fans for its depth and interactivity.
According to eager fans online, exploring the StarCraft website’s code reveals an embedded .wav file that is labelled as a distress transmission. Once run through a spectrograph analyzer, fans were able to find tactical armor schematics for Terran Marines, as well mention of a Theta Squadron military force.
Transmissions also uncovered are directed towards the in-game world Roxara, a mining colony which featured heavily in the lore of the long-canceled StarCraft: Ghost title. The code also shows that the mining complex has no registered living occupants, but scans show “14 unidentified motion signatures” suggesting aliens have infested the location.
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