Starcraft 2 news:
Get ready for some intensive and highly entertaining eSports action – the Intel Extreme Masters Season VI World Championship event takes place this week!
The new single-player Blizzard mod, StarCraft Master, is now live.
Various competition organizers hold regular online tournaments in which you can compete against other players and maybe even win some prizes! Most of these contests are open to everyone. In addition, there are professional tournaments taking place like the Intel Extreme Masters Season VI World Championship, 2012 GSL Season 1 Code S Grand Final, Iron Squid, or SCAN Invitational IV which you can follow via video stream. Interested?
When asked why Sarah Kerrigan is such a powerful character, many will cite the venomous actions of the Queen of Blades — that fearless, manipulative being who sought to dominate the galaxy with the full might of the Swarm. Others, however, would argue that it’s her humanity that makes her so compelling.
A new challenge is coming: the new single-player Blizzard mod StarCraft Master. StarCraft Master offers you the opportunity to put your skills to the test in 30 different challenges that will tax your knowledge and your ability to control your forces. Each fiendish challenge will demand your utmost concentration to prevail, and they’ll help you hone your unit micro-management skills in situations which mimic real battles.
We understand that picking out the appropriate desktop wallpaper to fit your tastes and complement your décor can be an arduous task. To that end, we’ll be offering you help regularly by featuring a new downloadable Diablo III, StarCraft II or World of Warcraft wallpaper image on our community sites.
Are you ready for five exciting days of eSports? Be prepared to see 24 of the world’s best StarCraft II players fight for an insane prize pool of $75,000 USD and the title of Intel Extreme Masters Season VI Champion! Get ready to watch eSports beasts like Jang “MC” Min Chul, Grzegorz “MaNa” Komincz, Park “DongRaeGu” Soo Ho, Joseph “Ret” de Kroon and many more battle it out during CeBIT 2012, which takes place March 6 to 10 in Hannover, Germany.
In recent seasons we’ve put a much greater emphasis on tournament viable maps on the StarCraft II ladder, and the community has consistently asked us to add more GSL maps to go along with Tal’darim Altar LE in the map pool.
Good news! That time is coming soon, and you can help us select your favorite GSL maps for inclusion in the ladder pool.
Strategy, tactics, and skill. At the heart of StarCraft II are the legion of skilled tacticians and brilliant strategists leading armies of zerg, protoss, and terrans to war across the scarred battlefields of the Koprulu Sector.
Various competition organizers hold regular online tournaments in which you can compete against other players and maybe even win some prizes! Most of these contests are open to everyone. In addition, there are professional tournaments taking place like the 2012 GSL Season 1 Code S, the North American Star Team League, the IPL Team Arena Challenge 2, the 2012 GSL Team League Season 1, the MLG Winter Arena NYC, and the ASUS ROG Tournament / Assembly Winter 2012, which you can follow via video stream. Interested? Take a look at some of the open tournaments coming up in the next days - you can sign up to take part, or simply watch the live streams to get inspired by the players. It’s your turn now!
We've expanded the StarCraft II Maps and Mods page with the Actor Cheats tutorial.
MLG’s first-ever Winter Arena is coming, February 24-26! Watch as 32 of the world’s best players compete LIVE for $26,000 and a chance to go straight into Pool Play at the Winter Championships in Columbus on March 23-25, where $76,000 will be on the line.
We’re pleased to announce that PayPal is now available to use as a Battle.net payment option here in Europe. This means that you can now sync up your existing PayPal account with your Battle.net account, in order to purchase Blizzard Entertainment products and services directly through Battle.net.
Are you interested in joining other eSports enthusiasts to watch a live stream of intense professional StarCraft II action? Check out the following list to see if there's an event being organized in your area!
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty patch 1.4.3 is now live! This patch features several bug fixes, as well as balance changes for the protoss and terran races. Be sure to check out the full patch notes below to learn all about the latest changes.
CeBIT is a unique exhibition of digital technology, games and much more which takes place every year in Hannover, Germany. At the 2012 show, which starts on March 6, Blizzard Entertainment will be showcasing the Diablo III beta in the free gaming area, in partnership with ESL.
Strategy, tactics, and skill. At the heart of StarCraft II are the legion of skilled tacticians and brilliant strategists leading armies of zerg, protoss, and terrans to war across the scarred battlefields of the Koprulu Sector. Knowledge is power; the greatest commanders throughout history earned their victories not merely by virtue of strategic brilliance, but also by applying themselves to rigorous study of warfare and the tactics used by those who fought before them. You too can tap into this valuable resource, and that's where StarCraft Art of War comes in.
Various competition organizers hold regular online tournaments in which you can compete against other players and maybe even win some prizes! Most of these contests are open to everyone. In addition, there are professional tournaments taking place like the 2012 GSL Season 1 Code S, the North American Star Team League, the IPL Team Arena Challenge 2, the 2012 GSL Team League Season 1 and the 2012 MLG Pro Circuit Winter Online Qualifiers which you can follow via video stream. Interested? Take a look at some of the open tournaments coming up in the next days - you can sign up to take part, or simply watch the live streams to get inspired by the players. It’s your turn now!
With the introduction of the BattleTag system, we’re in the process of evaluating how they might be integrated into StarCraft II, and how they may impact character names in the future. Instead of making everyone wait until we know how that integration could affect a name change system, we’ve decided to provide an additional free character name change for StarCraft II players eager to pick something else. We appreciate everyone’s continued patience and look forward to sharing more information on the future of the StarCraft II service as it becomes available.
Finland’s largest LAN party, ASSEMBLY Winter 2012 in Helsinki, serves as host to one of the most prestigious StarCraft II tournaments in Europe – the ASUS ROG tournament. From February 24 to 25, a battle for glory, fame and a fantastic prize pool of $20,000 USD will be fought by 32 of the world’s finest players!
We understand that picking out the appropriate desktop wallpaper to fit your tastes and complement your décor can be an arduous task. To that end, we’ll be offering you help regularly by featuring a new downloadable Diablo III, StarCraft II or World of Warcraft wallpaper image on our community sites.
The sixth StarCraft II League season has begun, and Team Dignitas’s Shaun “Apollo” Clark recently posted in-depth analyses of both of the new Season 6 maps: Cloud Kingdom and Korhal Compound.
The sixth StarCraft II League season has arrived! At this time, Season 5 milestones have been awarded, and bonus pools and standings have been reset. Hidden skill ratings used for matchmaking and league placement have carried over from the previous season, so players who have completed placement matches in a previous season will only need to play one new placement match to kick off the new season.
Players have fought hard for eight grueling weeks in the ESV TV Korean Weekly to earn the right to compete in the first ever ESV TV/Twitch TV Grand Prix. Over $2,000 in prizes are up for grabs, along with a spot in the ASUS ROG tournament in Finland later this month.
We’re pleased to bring you the latest StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty situation report. In this edition, we'll be discussing some of the most notable changes in patch 1.4.3 and shed some light on the design philosophy behind this update.