Archive for the ‘StarCraft II’ Category

WCS Korea Begins Soon

After a short break following INnoVation’s WCS Season 1 Grand Championship, Season 2 of WCS Korea begins today. Matches will take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11:00 CET every week until the WCS Korea Season 2 Finals on Saturday, August 10. The round of 32 will be played in dual tournament format (best-of-1) with […]

WCS Today: June 14, 2013

WCS Today previews the most anticipated StarCraft II matches from each of the three regional leagues, and keep you up-to-date on stream schedules, player announcements, and other WCS news. The very best WCS matches will have their own game recaps and highlights so you can always look back and remember an epic series, or catch […]

Call to Action: June 14 Balance Testing

We’ve just published a new custom version of Derelict Watcher, called "Derelict Watcher TE (2.0.8 Balance v1.1)", in which we’re testing small balance changes to StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm. This map features slightly reduced numbers for the Warp Prism changes found in the previous version we published on May 30, as well as […]

Dreamhack Summer Open

Season 1 of the StarCraft II 2013 World Championship Series is in the books, but before we get into the thick of Season 2, we have a Tier 1 event coming this weekend with DreamHack Summer Open in Jönköping, Sweden. Join Tim Frazier and James Reilman as they preview this summer showdown. The event will […]

WCS Today: June 12, 2013

WCS Today previews the most anticipated StarCraft II matches from each of the three regional leagues, and keep you up-to-date on stream schedules, player announcements, and other WCS news. The very best WCS matches will have their own game recaps and highlights so you can always look back and remember an epic series, or catch […]

Heart of the Swarm: Short Story Series

This week, our latest cycle of StarCraft short stories comes to an end. We’re closing things out with a story that celebrates the great, unsung heroes of the terran army: the men and women piloting the space construction vehicles, otherwise known as SCVs. When “Pearly” Bousquette signed on with Raynor’s Raiders, he knew his life […]

WCS Today: June 11, 2013

WCS Today previews the most anticipated StarCraft II matches from each of the three regional leagues, and keep you up-to-date on stream schedules, player announcements, and other WCS news. The very best WCS matches will have their own game recaps and highlights so you can always look back and remember an epic series, or catch […]

Tournament Guidelines Update

Community-driven tournaments are an exhilarating aspect of StarCraft II eSports, and we’re always thrilled with the passion and ambition that our players bring to life with their events. Every organized competition has to start somewhere, and we’re pleased to share that we’ve made a few updates to our guidelines for running tournaments. If you plan […]

Situation Report: June 11, 2013

With the awesome conclusion of the global finals of the first season of this year’s World Championship Series, we thought this was as good a time as any to offer a detailed update on our current thought processes and how we’re approaching balance going forward. More Action throughout the Game We strongly believe that this […]

Situation Report: June 11, 2013

With the awesome conclusion of the global finals of the first season of this year’s World Championship Series, we thought this was as good a time as any to offer a detailed update on our current thought processes and how we’re approaching balance going forward. More Action throughout the Game We strongly believe that this […]