After twelve years, Blizzard's heading back into space - but are newcomers welcome?
Blizzard sends in the siege tanks as it attempts to protect its IP in the face of a backlash by the Korean pro-gaming scene.
The Drop7 designer's regular series returns with a look at some of the strategies used early on in competitive StarCraft.
Battle.net, the Blizzard community and matchmaking platform that powers the likes of World Of Warcraft, Starcraft II and Diablo III, has been hacked. In a post on Blizzard's official website, company president Mike Morhaime advises North American members to change their passwords as a precaution, but says there is no evidence of financial information being compromised and that the details taken in the attack are not enough to give the hackers access to member accounts. More >
We look at the science of competition and consider how our brains are naturally programmed to compare ourselves against others.
The third part of Drop7 designer Frank Lantz's regular column explains StarCraft II's three playable races.
Drop7 designer Frank Lantz's regular column continues with a look at the centre of the universe for competitive StarCraft play.
Drop7 designer Frank Lantz presents the first in a regular series on how to watch "the world's greatest eSport."
Major League Gaming (MLG) has raised $11.3 million in funding, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. VentureBeat reports that MLG, which organises eSports events across the US, is seeking a total of $13 million. It has previously raised more than $50 milion, and snapped up other eSports companies GameBattles and Agora Games. More >
Who's the author of a game like Far Cry 2? Creative director Clint Hocking - or you?
Blizzard Entertainment is to allow modders to charge for their creations through Blizzard Arcade, a revised version of the Blizzard Marketplace to launch alongside StarCraft II expansion Heart Of The Swarm. The publisher revealed Arcade, a hub for free and premium user-made mods and games created using the StarCraft II mod tools, during a panel at this weekend's Blizzcon event in California. More >
Plus the woes of the first female pro StarCraft player and the Nyan Cat Redeemer.
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War gaming, wedding proposals, escaping from City 17 and Aperture Science, and Escape.
1Last night saw the grand finals of the After Hours Gaming League, with Microsoft taking on Zynga at Starcraft II to bring down the curtain on a tournament devised by popular Starcraft II shoutcaster Sean "Day[9]" Plott. According to the league's Twitter, Microsoft won, and donated its $5,000 reward to Amnesty International. Other companies that took part in the tournament included Google, Facebook, Amazon, Dropbox, Twitter and Yelp.
StarCraft II shoutcaster Sean "Day[9]" Plott has formed the After Hours Gaming League, which will see some of the most high-profile tech companies in the world face off in an eight-team tournament. The idea came from an in-house StarCraft II tournament at Facebook to which Plott was invited, after which Facebook suggested it be expanded to include other companies. Amazon, Dropbox, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, Yelp and Zynga are all on board, with the $5,000 grand prize donated to the winner's chosen charity. The tournament began on July 5, and the grand final, at Facebook's Palo Alto campus on August 19, will be streamed live on Justin.tv, Day9.tv, and Facebook Live.
How catering for spectators as well as players was "like inventing Basketball 2."
Developer admits StarCraft II map portal presents "an immense number of challenges".
Rockstarís western takes five awards; Mass Effect 2 named Game Of The Year.
Annual celebration of all things Blizzard returns in October.
Reveals Starcraft II expansions, Diablo III and Titan releases.
Developer issues a “new round of account suspensions and bans”.
Blizzard-appointed distributor gearing up for possible 2011 release as earnings are boosted by WarCraft.