When we first discussed the Clans feature coming in Heart of the Swarm, we also revealed that we were working on support for Groups, a feature similar to Clans. The Groups feature is for players who want to associate casually and in larger numbers. We’re pleased to announce that this feature is now ready for […]

In part seven 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. Question: Are the Protoss and Zerg aware of the Earth Terrans and their location? Answer: Really good question. The Protoss are […]

Our latest StarCraft II feature Blasterbots takes one of our mantras to heart: “Easy to learn; difficult to master.” When the StarCraft Community Team got together to play this one, we had a blast trying to blow each other up and laughing every time a player became their own worst enemy. While there is often […]

We’ve just published a new custom version of Antiga Shipyard, called "Antiga Shipyard (1.5.3 Balance)," in which we’re testing small balance changes to StarCraft II. This map has different balance adjustments than the previous version we published on November 20. With this test, we’re continuing to consider the meta-game around Zerg. Here’s the situation: 1.       […]

On November 28, the Iron Squid is coming back to Paris! The Iron Squid Chapter II will bring together 32 of the most famous names in the StarCraft II eSports scene to battle it out for a prize pool of $29,000 USD. The tournament is organized by French eSports phenomenon Pomf & Thud, with commentary […]

In part six 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. Question: Are you planning to extend or add to the Tal'darim and their story in the coming expansions? Will they even […]

The StarCraft II community is constantly growing, with passionate new players being discovered every day. Today we would like to introduce two groups of female players in France that were created in 2011: the VDZgirlz (short for “Vie de Zerg” or “A Zerg’s Life”) and the MadmoiZerg (a play on “mademoiselle”). We had a chat […]

The second and final day of StarCraft II competition at the Battle.net World Championship got underway with 16 of the best players in the world — each of whom had won two matches against great competitors in group play on Day 1 — facing single elimination in a straight bracket filled with the names of […]

Dreamhack Winter 2012 is coming to the Elmia Exhibition and Convention Centre in Jönköping, Sweden this weekend, from Thursday, November 22 through Sunday, November 25. This is the fifth and final stop for the 2012 Dreamhack Eizo Open tour, featuring two separate tournaments that are guaranteed to provide intense StarCraft II action all weekend long. […]

We’ve recently published a custom version of Antiga Shipyard, called "Antiga Shipyard (1.5.3 Balance)," in which we’re testing small balance changes to StarCraft II. Our plan is to first consider these, and then potentially test additional changes. Here’s the situation: We've heard plenty of feedback recently from pro players and the community about powerful Zerg […]