“Blizzard Entertainment is proud to announce the 2012 Battle.net World Championship, a major global eSports event featuring some of the best pro-gaming competition in the world. Slated to take place in Asia toward the end of 2012, the Battle.net World Championship will host this year’s StarCraft II and World of Warcraft Arena World Championship tournaments. Blizzard gamers and eSports fans fro... more.

Black Friday Sale at the Blizzard store and for a limited time, StarCraft II Wings of Liberty is available for a mere $29.99. StarCraft II Wings of Liberty is the sequel to Blizzard Entertainment’s 1998 hit StarCraft, which has been hailed by players and critics worldwide as one of the top real-time strategy games of all time. Sporting a vibrant 3D-graphics engine, StarCraft II will once agai... more.

Since we originally unveiled Heart of the Swarm back in May, we've continued working in secret, laboring in the dark recesses of Blizzard's sheetrock-lined offices on the dank and gloomy coast of Southern California. We're proud to present additional fruits of that labor in this new teaser cinematic of footage rendered entirely within the StarCraft II game engine. The Queen of Blades is gone. O... more.

Blizzard DOTA™ is a new official custom game for StarCraft® II, inspired by the Defense of the Ancients (DOTA) custom map for Warcraft® III. Much like other DOTA-style games, Blizzard DOTA is a team-based competitive game in which each player controls a powerful hero with unique abilities, and works with his or her team to invade and destroy the enemy team's base. We're taking a fun approach t... more.

The sixth BlizzCon is now officially underway! Blizzard’s two-day celebration of the Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo games and the communities that surround them has just kicked off at the Anaheim Convention Center, and you can follow along with all of the exciting events, tournaments, and more at www.blizzcon.com. We’ll be updating the website regularly with news, tournament results, and more... more.

Blizzard Entertainment’s two-day festival celebrating the Warcraft®, StarCraft®, and Diablo® game universes and their global player communities, begins on Friday, October 21, at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA. The sold-out show features a wide range of events and activities, including discussion panels with developers of Blizzard Entertainment games; intense eSports competition ... more.

IGN Entertainment, the world’s leading video games media company, continues to build its competitive gaming (eSports) offering as it launches its second IGN Pro League (IPL) tournament – IPL 2 – Across the Atlantic, at 5.30pm on Friday, July 15th at 17.30 BST/18.30 CET at http://www.ign.com/ipl . Featuring a daily broadcast focused on the big money, high-stakes tournament, IPL 2 – Acros... more.

IGN Entertainment, the leading video games media company, today announced that it is creating an eSports group and has promoted David Ting to General Manager of eSports and Vice President of Research & Development, effective immediately. In this new role, David will focus on being an entrepreneur, creating new businesses for the company. The first business will be in competitive video gaming... more.

Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that tickets for its sixth BlizzCon® gaming convention will go on sale in two batches on Saturday, May 21 and Wednesday, May 25. In addition, a limited number of tickets to an exclusive pre-BlizzCon dinner to benefit Children's Hospital of Orange County will go on sale Saturday, May 28. BlizzCon is a celebration of the global communities surrounding... more.

Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced plans for its sixth BlizzCon® gaming convention, to be held at the Anaheim Convention Centre in Anaheim, California on Friday, 21st October and Saturday, 22nd October, 2011. BlizzCon is a celebration of the global player communities surrounding Blizzard Entertainment’s Warcraft®, StarCraft®, and Diablo® universes. "We look forward to holdi... more.

If you haven’t yet experienced the intense strategic combat of StarCraft II Wings of Liberty, you can get into the action today with the newly released demo edition. Featuring full access to the first three missions of the single-player campaign, as well as unlimited access to skirmish mode as the terrans versus an A.I. opponent, the free demo gives you an introduction to the cinematic storytell... more.

Fatal1ty writes, I’ve played a ton of Quake Live and HoN while I was traveling around Europe and the USA on business.  Now that I’m back home and relaxed, it’s time to game nonstop again!  The new games I’m looking forward to playing are definitely Black Ops & Starcraft 2. Black Ops -  It’s a game you just have to have.  Every kid, teenager and adult bought the game and... more.

Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that the greatest band in the world*, Tenacious D, will perform at the closing concert during this year’s sold-out BlizzCon®. Taking place October 22-23 at the Anaheim Convention Center, BlizzCon is a celebration of the global player communities surrounding Blizzard Entertainment’s Warcraft®, Diablo®, and StarCraft® game universes. While tic... more.

Patch 1.0.2 is now live. This small patch addresses a few issues that were affecting single player gameplay. For further information about what fixes have been applied, check out the official patch notes below. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty  — Patch 1.0.2 To get the latest news and interact with the community, visit our StarCraft II website. Be sure to check out our Game Guide fo... more.

Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that StarCraft II Wings of LibertyTM achieved a day-one sales milestone of more than 1 million copies sold worldwide, making it the best-selling PC game of 2010 within its first 24 hours of availability.* The game went on to sell a total of more than 1.5 million copies in its first 48 hours, setting the record for fastest-selling strategy game of al... more.