ESTIMATED71% CONFIDENCENo day is given. Engadget[3] reports that Blizzard's BlizzCon 2026 announcement puts the game in spring 2030 ("the announcement says it's coming in spring 2030"), while IGN[1] and Kotaku[2] give only the year, with GM Dan Hay calling 2030 "solid". Dated to the last day of that season as an estimate.
Blizzard confirmed its next StarCraft game abandons the RTS format for an open-world shooter, with development leads calling 2030 a "solid" release target meant to keep the team honest and focused.
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCEStated as firm, per en.wikipedia.org[1]: "…anned and approved skyscraper set to be inaugurated in 2030. It is designed by the Egyptian architec…"
A purpose-built capital 45 km east of Cairo, home to Africa's tallest tower and intended for six million residents. Estimated date.
SCHEDULED82% CONFIDENCENASA's[1][2][3] eclipse catalogue gives the instant of greatest eclipse as 06:27:55 UT on 2030-06-01 (06:29:13 TD, the two separated by delta-T), from Saros series 128. Eclipse circumstances are computed from orbital mechanics, so the date and time are exact centuries ahead.
The Moon's shadow touches down at 06:27:55 UT on 2030-06-01, and the annular phase lasts up to 5 minutes 21 seconds along a path 249.6 km wide crossing Algeria, Tunisia, Greece, Turkey, Russia, n. China and Japan. A partial eclipse is visible from Europe, northern Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the Arctic and Alaska.
ESTIMATED63% CONFIDENCEGiven as a target, not a fixed date, per en.wikipedia.org[1]: "…s. As of 2026, Unit 1 of the station is projected to come online in 2030, while the overall project…"
Britain's first new nuclear plant in a generation, intended to supply roughly 7% of UK electricity. Estimated date, repeatedly revised.
Nouvelle Route du Littoral, La Grande Chaloupe, Saint-Denis, La Réunion, France
ESTIMATED67% CONFIDENCEThe route has already been delayed for years by court rulings, redesigns and rework, so this remains a target rather than a firm date. Given as scheduled, per the source[1]: "for a complete opening mid-2030."
The final offshore-viaduct section of Réunion's storm-battered coastal highway replacement, plagued by quarry bans and redesigns, is now due to fully open by mid-2030.
ESTIMATED65% CONFIDENCEWikipedia's[1][2] article dates it "scheduled to take place in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, in October 2030". Only the month is fixed so far, so the pin covers the whole of it.
The 2030 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXIV Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Amdavad 2030, is a planned multi-sport event scheduled to take place in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, in October 2030. This will be the second Commonwealth Games to be hosted in India, following the 2010 Games in Delhi, and the third in Asia. The article's infobox names Narendra Modi Stadium as the main venue, and its venue table lists the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Sports Enclave around it as the ceremonies venue, capacity 132,000.
SCHEDULED82% CONFIDENCENASA's[1][2][3] eclipse catalogue gives the instant of greatest eclipse as 06:50:19 UT on 2030-11-25 (06:51:37 TD, the two separated by delta-T), from Saros series 133. Eclipse circumstances are computed from orbital mechanics, so the date and time are exact centuries ahead.
The Moon's shadow touches down at 06:50:19 UT on 2030-11-25, and the total phase lasts up to 3 minutes 44 seconds along a path 169.3 km wide crossing Botswana, S. Africa and Australia. A partial eclipse is visible from southern Africa, southern Indian Oc., the East Indies, Australia and Antarctica.
SCHEDULED79% CONFIDENCEGiven as scheduled, per en.wikipedia.org[1]: "…Riga) to the Lithuania-Poland border is scheduled for 2030, with completion of the double track rail…"
A European-gauge high-speed line finally connecting Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to the rest of the EU rail network. Estimated date.
SCHEDULED75% CONFIDENCEGiven as scheduled, per en.wikipedia.org[1]: "…te], the first phase of the project was scheduled to be completed in 2030.[8] Bin Salman, as chairma…"
The first 2.4 km of a proposed 170 km linear city of mirrored walls, scaled back sharply from original announcements. Estimated date.
SCHEDULED82% CONFIDENCEGiven as scheduled, per the source[1]: "Phase I is expected to open in 2030 with two runways and capacity for 60 million passengers."
Ethiopia has begun construction on the $12.5BN Bishoftu International Airport, designed for up to 110 million passengers a year and billed as Africa's biggest aviation project.
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, TX, USANASA
SCHEDULED77% CONFIDENCEGiven as scheduled, per the source[1]: "NASA[3] and its international partners are planning to intentionally deorbit the orbiting laboratory around 2030 or shortly thereafter."
NASA plans to retire the 25-year-old ISS by guiding it into a remote stretch of the South Pacific using a purpose-built SpaceX deorbit vehicle.
SCHEDULED76% CONFIDENCEA mid-2025 setback added cost and rework but the project team says it is still on schedule. Given as scheduled, per the source[1]: "It is due to be completed in 2030."
Switzerland's second bore under the Gotthard Pass, approved by referendum in 2016 to let the original 1980 tunnel close for renovation without cutting off the A2, is on track to finish by 2030.
Frankfurt am Main Hauptbahnhof, Frankfurt, GermanyDeutsche Bahn
ESTIMATED68% CONFIDENCEA target, per the source[1]: DB plans "to tackle at least two additional corridors per year until 2030," completing the programme's full rollout by then.
Germany announced a multi-billion-euro Generalsanierung programme to fully close and rebuild more than 40 of its busiest rail corridors, aiming to fix decades of underfunded, overloaded infrastructure by 2030.
ESTIMATED66% CONFIDENCETwo estimates disagree. Gulf News[3] (18 February 2025) reported the developer targeting 2028, while Wikipedia's[2] infobox estimates 2030 and records that as of May 2026 only the raft foundation and the nine-level basement car park were in progress, with about 750 workers on site daily. The later, better-evidenced 2030 estimate is followed and dated to the last day of that year.
Azizi Developments is building the 725m Burj Azizi on Dubai's Sheikh Zayed Road, a tower meant to become the world's second-tallest building, though work was still on the raft foundation and basement car park in mid-2026.
ESTIMATED72% CONFIDENCEA target, per the source[1]: "Phase 1 of the Cross Island Line is scheduled to open in 2030."
Singapore's Cross Island Line, a new 58km MRT line squeezed through one of the world's most densely populated islands, is targeting its first 12-station phase for 2030.
ESTIMATED61% CONFIDENCEA target, per the source[1]: work continues "until 2030, when the entire Seine-Scheldt[2] network will be brought into service", though some sources put full completion closer to 2032.
A €5.1BN, 107km canal connecting the Seine basin to Belgium and the Netherlands, finally under construction after being proposed for more than two decades and delayed twice by World Wars.
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