Join a motley crew of Marines left to their own devices in an abandoned, barely operational compound. With the Ghost in charge of their evac gone, and the rumblings of a potential Zerg threat in the vicinity, they’ll be forced to play the hand they’ve been dealt if they want to survive. If there was […]

With 2014 Ladder Season 2 starting to wind down, we would like to take some time to preview our new maps for 2014 Ladder Season 3. The upcoming season will see nine new maps added across the 1v1, 2v2, 3v3, and 4v4 map pools. We’ve already published the new maps below to the Custom Games […]

Video created by Coyote (Twitter | Facebook) Join us as we kick off The Star Strikers World Championship on the StarCraft II Arcade! This just-for-fun tournament pits a number of country-specific teams against each other in The Star Strikers — a soccer-inspired map mod for StarCraft II. Each team will be made up of members […]

As we announced a little while back, we'll soon be upgrading all StarCraft II launchers to the Battle.net desktop app. Thereafter, every Blizzard game that previously had its own separate launcher will now be launched directly from one place. You can upgrade now if you'd like, but if you haven't when the update hits in […]

Please see this post for a detailed explaination on the Season 2 Ladder Lock. At the end of each ladder season, leagues are “locked,” which means players can no longer be promoted out of their current league or division, and bonus pools will stop growing. That’s no reason to quit playing: even after leagues are […]

We invited Ryan Schutter, the creator of the popular GameHeart overlay, to come and collaborate with the StarCraft development team here at Blizzard’s headquarters. For years, Ryan has been on the forefront of making the StarCraft spectating experience as good as possible for viewers, and we wanted to both recognize his hard work and join […]

We continue to be impressed and thankful for the tremendous amount of participation we’ve had for our Arcade contest. Words are not enough to show off the sheer volume and talent of our Arcade community, so we thought we’d share it with this visual aide. Over the next couple of weeks, we will have the […]

At the start of this year we issued a challenge to the Arcade development community; bring us your best efforts to highlight the release of the free Arcade. As the May 31 deadline approached we saw the number of submissions steadily climb. Currently the Arcade team is busy organizing and gathering all the details for […]

As the StarCraft II “Rock the Cabinet” Arcade contest comes to a close on Saturday, we want to ensure everyone participating has all the necessary requirements completed. We’ve created a simplified checklist for developers to review. To consider your entry complete, please make sure the below is complete. Rock the Cabinet Checklist: Agree to the […]

Carbot Animation’s weekly vignettes on the trials and tribulations of life in the Koprulu Sector may only be a minute or two long, but they’ll keep you laughing for hours. Check out this week’s episode of “StarCrafts” below, and share it with your friends after you manage to catch your breath. New episodes of “StarCrafts” […]