WCS Oceania Finals/Australia Nationals Aug 10th-12th

Across Friday and Saturday, 16 of Australia’s top StarCraft II players will compete in the WCS Australia Nationals, intent on taking home their share of a $10,000 USD total prize pool. All 16 players have earned their place through the WCS Australia Qualifier tournaments held across the nation – primarily through the Australian Cyber League and other local eSports associations. These 16 players will compete in a double elimination tournament, and the top six Australians will meet the two top...

The South Korea Nationals will be held from August 6–24, and a total of 32 players will vie for one of 10 slots available to represent South Korea in the WCS Asia Finals. The 32 competitors include 16 players who emerged from intense competition in offline preliminaries, the top 10 GSL players based on GSL points, and 6 of the top players in the KeSPA proleague. The South Korean champion (the player who places first in this tournament) will also be guaranteed a spot in the Global Finals at the...

The top Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, and Swedish StarCraft II players gathered in Stockholm, Sweden on July 28 for the StarCraft II World Championship Series (WCS) Nordic Nationals. Each of the 28 competitors battled their countrymen for a share of the $30,000 USD prize pool and one of six slots in the WCS Europe Finals in September.



Finland Nationals With such an evenly-matched top four consisting of Jonne “Protosser” Sotala, Vesa “Welmu” Hovinen, Samuli “e...

Russia’s top sixteen StarCraft II players, along with Ukraine’s top eight, gathered in Kiev, Ukraine on July 21 and 22 for the StarCraft II World Championship Series (WCS) Russian Federation and Ukraine Nationals. The epic and intense battles decided which players would be worthy of representing their countries in the WCS Europe Finals in September. The event took place in Kiev’s biggest games center, the Kiev CyberSport Arena. Videos of the Matches Shoutcasters (English): Kevin ...

The MLG summer season is kicking off with the Summer Arena this weekend. The Arenas have always provided the highest density of top-quality games, full of Korean stars and Western heroes. In past seasons they have been Pay per View, but thanks to a partnership with Full Sail University, MLG is now offering the stream for free! The Summer Arena will see the top finishers from the MLG Spring Championship join those who qualified online in a battle for a $26,400 prize pool, and seeds into the Su...

The North American Starleague has always promised one thing above all else: great games, and lots of ‘em. After an intense season and a nailbiting playoff, nearly three months since it began, the eight competitors in the Season 3 Grand Finals have been determined. EG’s PuMa and HuK, Liquid’s HerO and Ret, SK’s MC, SlayerS’ Puzzle and Alicia, and Millenium’s Stephano: each with their own journey to the finals, and with a trail of decisive victories behind them. Because these stori...

A large number of StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm demo stations will be featured at the MLG Spring Championship running June 8-10. Witness the latest updates to StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm's multiplayer units. Learn about the new units being added to each race and what they can do. I have a feeling there will be a lot of people pleasently surprised and have mixed emotions about the new units being introduced. Please keep in mind this is just beta still!

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This season of GSL started off with thirty-two of the strongest StarCraft II players in the world. After months of bloodshed, only two players remain, and tonight Season 2 of the 2012 Global StarCraft II League Code S will reach its grand conclusion. To catch all the action for free, tune into www.GOMtv.net tonight at 17:10 KST (1:10 a.m. PDT).

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This weekend will kick off Major League Gaming's second Spring Arena. These 32 players fought tooth-and-nail through regional qualifiers to earn a spot here, and this is going to be their last chance to earn a spot straight into Pool Play at the MLG Spring Championship in MLG Anaheim. For more information about where and when to watch, check out the MLG Spring Arena 2 Broadcast Schedule. Inside, you'll find details on what kind of high-quality video purchasing options are available to enhance your...

You might have been part of helping Blizzard test the new balance changes coming to StarCraft II, and these most recent adjustments will be coming to the game very soon. What’s different is that, for the first time ever, they won’t be applied as part of a patch. On May 10, after a brief maintenance period in each region, the following balance changes will take effect globally:



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