Blizzard tease with new zerg Heart of the Swarm unit

Continuing our look at what’s to come in StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, here we see but a shadow of a new addition to the zerg swarm. What role do you think it will fulfill on the battlefield?



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The Queen of Blades is gone. On the hellish planet Char, Jim Raynor harnessed the power of an ancient Xel’Naga artifact in a desperate bid to stop the zerg Swarm from overrunning the Koprulu sector, and the artifact restored Sarah Kerrigan to her human form. Without their queen to guide and unify them, the Swarm has fractured into several broods scattered throughout the Koprulu sector. One of the greatest threats to the galaxy has been neutralized... or so it seems.

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What is StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm? Well lets go over the most asked questions that is asked by the fans about the new StarCraft II expansion thats in the works. We will review pre-requirements, what to expect from "StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm" in both on Battle.net and in single player.

What is StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm? Heart of the Swarm is the first expansion set to Blizzard Entertainment’s sci-fi real time strategy game, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty....

Lots of problems coming up today in IPL3 during the StarCraft II games, the internet crashed because someone ran their car into a pole and Blizzard doesn't allow for LAN events to play offline which forced some walk overs, match cancels and some players just forfeited and didn't even want to play anymore.



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Another Season has come and gone, Season 3 is coming to an end on October 15th and Season 4 will be launched on October 24th. This means there will be a week period of messing around and practicing to get ready for the new season! Beginning with Season 4, two changes are coming to future ladder seasons: Each season will now last for approximately two months. Grandmaster league placement time will be reduced to one week (from two weeks) to account for the reduced season length. S...

IPL 3 will hold a live qualifier on Thursday and Friday, October 6-7. The top 16 players from the live qualifier will be seeded into the championship bracket of the $100,000 main event.



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StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty patch 1.4.1 is now live! This small patch features several bug fixes, both to the game and the StarCraft II Editor.



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NVIDIA is inviting the e-Sports community to come together to watch the GeForce StarCraft II professional championship live premier streaming video event in an online virtual BarCraft setting. The action will take place on Thursday, September 29 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. PST on www.geforce.com. The live premier streaming video event will feature world-renowned StarCraft II shoutcasters Husky and Day[9] of The Game Station providing commentary and play-by-play for the final three professional matches...

Various competition organizers hold regular online tournaments in which you can compete against other players and maybe even win some prizes! Most of these contests are open to everyone. In addition, there are professional tournaments taking place like the European and North American ESWC Qualifiers, North American Star League Season 2 and the GomTV's GSL October which you can follow via video stream. Interested? Take a look at some of the open tournaments coming up in the next days - you can sign...

The NE-SE website will be undergoing maintenance to support the free to play in the tournament now until October 15. All NE-SE players who have already provided payment will receive full refunds by October 15.



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