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djWheat LO3 episode 2
djWheat runs a great podcast discussing eSports in general. In his 2nd episode he brings up the possibilities of a community segmentation within the Starcraft community with the release of StarCraft II. A similar split occurred between Counter-Strike 1.6 and Source.

Check out the podcast I'm speaking about here

Will there be a split?

Counter StrikeThe surrounding events that led up to the Counter-Strike split were a far different animal than Blizzard releasing the sequel to the best RTS game ever made.

Wh…  More
by Lipton, Level 54
Last updated at April 11, 2009, 1:43 pm
Or E-Sport I should say ;\college sports

The Harvard Crimson online article (that our very own Peanut 'Christina J Kelly' wrote) reports that major universities are now getting together to help form a Starcraft collegiate league. 23 universities are already in the new league (C Starleague) which is barely a month old.

"In the last few weeks, 23 of North America’s top universities have signed up to join a brand-new competitive collegiate league. Students from McGill, Princeton, Stanford, University of Chicago, Y…  More
by Lipton, Level 54
Last updated at March 30, 2009, 7:42 pm
Blizzard has released the latest version of the BlizzCast, mostly Diablo III updates...

BlizzCast #8

The StarCraft II portion
Bornakk: For the next segment we have some Starcraft 2 questions and our Lead Game Designer Dustin Browder has come back to help answer them.  Welcome back Dustin!
Dustin Browder:  Hey everybody.

   
Bornakk: The first question is from Norfindel on Battle.net. Can you give us some insight into the current air model, like what are the roles of the air unites, and what do you see working re…  More
by PuertoRican, Level 29
Last updated at March 30, 2009, 6:18 am


Friday, March 20th

We kick things off with the foreigner scene. SC2GG and its StarLeague are covered first, followed by the ESL Major Series, NonY vs. F91 in Liquibition, latest news about PGL, WCG Ultimate Gamer stuff, ESWC Asia Masters, Starcraft 2, WeMade FOX loses a Protoss player, KTF MagicNs gain a new Terran player, a lot of Winners League, MSL, and OSL coverage, followed by what we’ll be …  More
by Mr.Pibbs, Level 24
Last updated at March 27, 2009, 2:53 am
Rob PardoBlizzard's Rob Pardo has confirmed that his company has had talks with Microsoft about the successor to the Xbox 360.

Speaking at the Luminaries Lunch today during the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Pardo would only state that Blizzard is actively in discussions with Microsoft, seemingly confirming the development process of new console hardware is under way.


xbox 360However, other developers at the lunch have not spoken to either Microsoft or Sony about future plans, which has raised co…  More
by Lipton, Level 54
Last updated at March 26, 2009, 4:50 am
Here is your chance to get some questions about Starcraft II answered.

Being in the fansite program I get access to special requests from Karune, the SC2 community manager. He has asked all fansites to provide a list of questions that fans want answered.

As beta approaches closer, we want to get all the fans on the same page as far as the status of the game. To do this, your site has been selected from the Fan Site Program to gain an exclusive email interview regarding the current state of StarCr…  More


For the first time EVER, we bring to you English coverage of the Rookie Draft.

In this video you will experience first hand the trials and tribulations of the new and upcoming pro gamers trying their best to get picked up by the pro teams in Korea.

Inside, Artosis explains through translators and what he already knows, what is going on at each crucial moment, as well as some interesting things said by the coa…  More
After a lengthy development process, StarCraft II isn't too far from release. Wanting to learn the latest gossip, we sit down with one of the main men behind the game, giving him a good ear-ribbing in the process.

Strategy Informer: To start, could you share your involvement in the development process of StarCraft II with our readers?
Dustin Browder: My name is Dustin Browder, and I'm the lead game designer on StarCraft II.
   

Strategy Informer: We understand the single-player campaign follows on …  More
by Lipton, Level 54
Last updated at March 24, 2009, 1:53 am
BlizzCon beta key cardAlong with the Beta Sign-up code, please enter a valid email address that will be active for some time. As it may be a while before the invitations are sent for this beta test, we want to make sure you'll receive your invite!

Once you enter your information, you should receive a confirmation email. We will email you again once invitations are being sent; the email you receive at that point will contain further instructions. Be advised that it may be quite some time before this beta test begins, …  More
by Lipton, Level 54
Last updated at March 23, 2009, 8:43 pm
Karune -

Congrats to Michael Perry, Kip Farrar, and Sara Jensen for their winning StarCraft II Comic Contest submissions! We have plenty more StarCraft II beta keys to give out so keep it up with the awesome entries!

vespene laughs comic contest

vespene laughs comic contest

vespene laughs comic contest
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btw those cute Zerg characters remind me of the Zerg in the Starcraft Cartoon:



http://www.starcraft2.com/features/contests/comic-winners.xml

Also, don't forget, we are 1 week away from our deadline to our Blizzard Theme Park contest - which is a great way to win …  More
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