"Hell…it's about time." – Tychus Findlay, Notorious Outlaw Tychus Findlay is a somewhat enigmatic Terran Marine from StarCraft II, who has been many things to many people. In Heroes of the Storm, Tychus takes on the role of a battle-hardened Assassin, and he’s more than happy to let his massive gun do the talking. Background […]

Community-driven tournaments are an exhilarating part of StarCraft II eSports, and we’re always impressed by the passion and ambition that our players bring to their events. Every organized competition has to start somewhere, and now it’s easier than ever for you to host a StarCraft II tournament. If you plan on running a competition offering […]

​ "Let's kick this revolution into overdrive!" – James Raynor, Renegade Commander Do you fancy yourself the sharpest shooter this side of Korhal? Or do you covet the opportunity to improve the genetics of not only the Zerg swarm, but your allies as well? Well, there’s always room for one more at Joeyray’s Bar, so […]

We’re delighted to announce our presence at this year’s Intel Extreme Masters Katowice! Poland’s biggest eSports event will take place from March 14-16 in the futuristic Spodek arena. Spodek, photo source: wikipedia Last year’s IEM Katowice was a huge success, with 50,000 on-site visitors and more than 5 million unique viewers tuning into ESL’s live […]

After gathering and reviewing your feedback on the latest balance test map over the last two weeks, we're ready to move forward with a new balance update. This time we've got one new change in store for each race and will be applying the following update to Heart of the Swarm multiplayer today. Protoss Mothership […]

We’re happy to announce that beginning today for WCS America and WCS Europe, there will be a new premium subscription ticket available on Twitch. This ticket will not affect any of the current features and benefits that viewers are accustomed to receiving for free, but will allow StarCraft II eSports enthusiasts to support the WCS […]

The developer of our latest Arcade Workshop is no stranger to the StarCraft II community. Ryan Schutter, known for designing the GameHeart custom interface, has branched out to create his own Arcade game: Pure CTF. ​ CTF stands for ‘Capture the Flag’ and is a popular play mode in most first-person shooters. Ryan has taken […]

Through Koprulu I’d follow you. For your desire, my heart is true. From deep below, or high above, I’d fight alongside you with love. I’d search for you from Aiur to Char For you, my love, are like a star Crafted by fate, but mine, and thus, Sarah, Don’t give up on us.

We’ve just published a new Balance Test Map to the StarCraft II Custom Games list titled "Frost LE (2.1.0 Balance v1.1)" in order to test a few balance tweaks across all three races in Heart of the Swarm multiplayer. During this testing phase, please keep in mind that none of the changes listed below are […]

The 2013 Blizzard Stream Awards, powered by Twitch have come to a close and we’d like to thank you, the community, for tuning into Twitch and voting for your favorite Blizzard game streamers. Blizzard and Twitch established 13 unique award categories representing streamers from four Blizzard franchises (Diablo III, Hearthstone, StarCraft II, and World of […]