StarCraft® II

Blizzard Entertainment will be at gamescom 2013, the world’s biggest games convention, taking place August 21-25.

Our video series, WCS Today, previews the best StarCraft II matches from each of the three regional leagues, and keeps you up to date on stream schedules, player announcements, and other WCS news.

We will be hosting a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) with members of the Blizzard eSports team on r/StarCraft Wednesday, July 3 at 20:00 CEST.

Tier 1 and Tier 2 events are already impacting the race to the WCS Global Finals at BlizzCon. Big tournaments like DreamHack and HomeStory Cup have always been key to the StarCraft II eSports ecosystem, and we're proud to be able to integrate them into WCS. A number of additional Tier 1 and Tier 2 events are on the way.

Major League Gaming returns this weekend to the Anaheim Convention Center for their 2013 Spring Championship. This WCS Tier 1 tournament features a 128-player open bracket with $25,000 and 3,600 WCS Points on the line for any StarCraft II player willing to put their foot in the ring. All matches will be streamed live at the official MLG website.

We're highlighting discussions from every corner of the StarCraft community that we think you might be interested in reading or joining.

Previously, we announced our WCS Season 2 Schedule, including the WCS America Qualifiers, run by Blizzard Entertainment in cooperation with the Electronic Sports League. All qualifiers are 512 player, single elimination tournaments, in which the top two qualify for WCS America Challenger League. We are now opening signups to the general public.

This week’s StarCraft II Arcade Highlight is Trial of Zeal, where six players choose one of ten heroes with very unique skills and engage in an action-packed 3v3 brawl.

The Art of Blizzard is a superbly high-quality tome dedicated to presenting and preserving the visual history of Blizzard and our Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo franchises.

StarCraft II Patch 2.0.9 is now live. This patch implements a balance change to the game for Protoss.

It's been nearly 6 months since Jens 'Snute' Aasgaard was crowned champion at HomeStory Cup VI in December. This weekend, he's returning to Krefeld, Germany for HomeStory Cup VII, where he'll battle to defend his title against some of the world's top StarCraft II players from today, June 20 through Sunday, June 23.