Upcoming ‘StarCraft 2’ DLC Will Revive The Hero Of The Notorious Vaporware Title ‘StarCraft: Ghost’

Manner again within the misty yesteryear that was 2002, Blizzard introduced StarCraft: Ghost, a action-stealth spin-off of the StarCraft sequence. The sport would have adopted Nova, a Terran “ghost” unit, as she snuck into enemy compounds and carried out missions. Sadly, StarCraft: Ghost hit growth points, and was placed on “indefinite hiatus” someday round 2006. Ever since, some determined followers have held out hope that StarCraft: Ghost might at some point rematerialize, and Blizzard has stored that glimmer of hope alive by by no means outright saying Ghost has been canceled.

Effectively, after 13 years Activision Blizzard is lastly getting round to doing one thing with Nova. At at this time’s Blizzcon occasion, the corporate announced StarCraft 2: Nova Covert Ops, a narrative enlargement pack containing three new missions. This can be the primary of a number of story packs starring Nova.

“Nova seems like a personality who has a lot story behind her that hasn’t essentially been uncovered to gamers. We wished, while you see her in-game, to get that trace of backstory, after which blow that out and make it a give attention to one character, extra of a private story.”

So, is that this an indication Blizzard may be taken with doing one thing with StarCraft: Ghost once more, or is it proof that the sport is actually useless they usually are simply utilizing the story they wrote for Ghost for some straightforward DLC? In all probability the latter, however hey, no less than we’re lastly getting some kind of closure on this factor. StarCraft 2: Nova Covert Ops will arrive roughly round June 2016.

(through Polygon)