Starcraft 2 news:

In StarCraft II league play, our 2012 Season 5 season has begun! Bonus pools and standings have been reset, and 2012 Season 4 milestones have been awarded. You can take a look at your 2012 Season 4 results by visiting the Leagues and Ladders section of the game.

The StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm Beta Patch 2.0.1 is now live. This update to the beta test includes a number of new systems and changes to the look and feel of the game.

Previously in this blog, Production Director Chris Sigaty announced that Clan support was coming to StarCraft II with the Heart of the Swarm expansion. As of our Beta Patch 2.0.1 this week, testers will be able to create and join beta Clans and put this new feature through its paces. Here’s a first look

In part four of our continuing series, Brian Kindregan, co-lead writer of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty and lead writer of Heart of the Swarm, answers more of the community’s most burning lore questions.

The next interview in the series "From Home to Hero" is taking place this afternoon when Olidan sits down with BabyKnight, representing Europe. We’ve asked shoutcasters from every corner of the globe to interview players from their home country who have advanced to the StarCraft II World Championship Series Global Finals in Shanghai. 

As we head toward the Battle.net World Championship in November, we’ve asked shoutcasters from every corner of the globe to interview players from their home country who have advanced to the StarCraft II World Championship Series Global Finals in Shanghai. We're calling this series "From Home to Hero." Many of these interviews will be streamed as they’re recorded, and the next is taking place tonight when GG.Miker sits down with TitaN and LoWeLy, representing Europe.

Our next major patch of the Heart of the Swarm beta is coming very soon, and with this update, beta players are going to be able to join us in testing a new feature for StarCraft II. Leveling introduces a progression system to the game that offers rewards to players of all skill levels.

Attention, StarCraft II ladder competitors! 2012 Season 4 is now locked.

In their first Pro Tip Collection on YouTube, Team EG has made a playlist of a whopping 74 videos of EG players describing what they’re thinking and doing as they execute all sorts of different  builds, what they think their opponent is doing, what they know their opponent is doing, and why.

In part three of our continuing series, Brian Kindregan, co-lead writer of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty and lead writer of Heart of the Swarm, answers more of the community’s most burning lore questions.

Kevin “RotterdaM” van der Kooi sits down with Manuel “Grubby” Shenkhuizen.

Fancy seeing some fast-paced, top-notch live StarCraft II action? There’ll be no shortage of it at the DreamHack EIZO Open Bucharest tournament, which is taking place this weekend, October 20-21, at the Turbohalle in Bucharest, Romania.

While its impact to players may seem subtle, the out-of-game experience in StarCraft II can be just as important as the in-game experience. Our Battle.net statistics show that players spend about a third of their time in StarCraft II using the menus outside of a game. They might be browsing the latest Arcade games, checking out someone’s profile, reviewing the score screen of past games in their match history, or just chatting with some friends. It’s important to us to make this experience as streamlined and usable as possible.

Season 4 on the 2012 ladder is drawing to a close, and that means that all ladders will be locked soon.

Here’s what that means for you.

StarCraft^® II: Flashpoint, the latest novel set in the StarCraft universe, is now available! You can order the hardcover edition now from Amazon.

In the second part of our continuing series, Brian Kindregan, co-lead writer of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty and lead writer of Heart of the Swarm, answers some of the community’s most burning lore questions.

Recently, StarCraft II Game Director Dustin Browder had the opportunity to travel to Valencia, Spain to participate in an eSports conference with some of the top minds in eSports today.

Now featured in the StarCraft II Arcade: Ling Ling Rocket, a fast-paced tactical “board game” by Bounty in which two to four players compete to guide wandering Zerglings into a rocket that’s waiting to carry them to the stars. You place up to three arrows at a time onto squares on the board, and the Zerglings then go where the arrows tell them  to, whether it’s your or your opponent’s arrow.

After months of competition in the StarCraft II World Championship Series, the time has arrived for the final continental tournament before the global finals. The Asia Finals takes place this weekend, October 13-14, at the World Expo Stage in Shanghai, China. The top players from China, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand will compete in a double-elimination tournament with $60,000 in prize money and the chance to advance to the Battle.net World Championship at stake.

One of the biggest events in Asian eSports history is nearly upon us: the StarCraft II World Championship Series (WCS) Asia Finals takes place at EXPO Stage in Shanghai, China, October 13-14. We reached out to some of the players in hopes of learning a bit more about the players on their way to Shanghai.

The answers are in!



Brian Kindregan, co-lead writer of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty and lead writer of Heart of the Swarm, has taken the time to answer of some of the most burning questions the community has been asking since the early days of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty.

If you’re a gamer or an eSports fan and you happen to be in Paris, Meltdown is the place to be! We sat down with the owners to talk about BarCrafts, the bar and of course StarCraft II.

Last week, Mike “Husky” Lamond asked the StarCraft II community to submit their unit dance ideas for a chance to win Heart of the Swarm beta access, and the response was amazing. After watching and enjoying all of the many submissions thus far, we wanted to share a few of our favorites

As we head toward the Battle.net World Championship in November, we’ve asked shoutcasters from every corner of the globe to interview players from their home country who have advanced to the StarCraft II World Championship Series Global Finals in Shanghai. We're calling it "From Home to Hero".

We’re now featuring Angry Angry Templar-, an arena game by Aphotic, in the StarCraft II Arcade. Angry Angry Templar is based on a Warcraft III game by TheZizz called Hungry Hungry Felhound. In this version, a deadly AI-controlled Templar chases whichever player is currently holding the Orb. Passing the orb to another player gets you out of danger. Keep moving and hand off the orb to avoid death-By-Templar.