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Heart of the Swarm to be featured in MLG winter season
Though the Heart of the Swarm expansion for StarCraft II is still over a month away, MLG will be featuring the game in its Online Winter Season Showdown beginning on February 4, 2013. Broadcasts will take place each weekday at 5:00pm Eastern and will continue until March 8. A complete schedule can be viewed here. Of the 56 players, the winning 28 will move on to the Winter Championship from March 15-17, joining Leenock, Bomber, Life, and Flash. The winner of the Winter Championship will earn $25,000. I've been watching some HotS games courtesy of Husky's casting (embedded above), and I am now anticipating this tournament in addition to the official release on March 12. Did you know? You can now get daily or weekly email notifications when humans reply to your comments.
1:00 PM on 05.13.2013 Diablo III auction houses return following gold exploitRounding out coverage of the gold-duplicating bug found in Diablo III last week, Blizzard has taken the game's auction houses back online following a fix for the exploit. Some players called for a full server rollback, but ul...
8:00 PM on 05.10.2013 StarCraft's biggest jerk fired for being a jerkGreg Fields, more commonly known as Idra in the StarCraft community, was let go from the Evil Geniuses StarCraft II team yesterday after some comments that were essentially the straw that broke the camel's back...
6:00 PM on 05.09.2013 Diablo III auction house exploiters are being 'audited'Let's take a quick jaunt through the recent timeline of this Diablo III "Gold-gate" crisis. First, patch 1.0.8 goes live, brought into the world as an innocent, doe-eyed update aimed at improving cooperative play. H...
11:30 AM on 04.26.2013 Why you need to be watching the Dreamhack Open right nowThe Dreamhack Open Stockholm is only two days and has already begun! As you can tell, the insanity is already in full swing, as commentators Apollo and Artosis are looking super professional. Ninety-six StarCraft II: Hea...
12:00 PM on 04.01.2013 [April Fool's] The Warhound is back in StarCraft II!Remember the Warhound unit from the beta of Heart of the Swarm? Originally planned as a replacement for the Thor, the Warhound was removed because they became a very strong focus of the competitive scene and were simply...
12:30 PM on 03.31.2013 StarCraft celebrates its 15th birthday todayFifteen years ago today, on March 31, 1998, the original StarCraft launched on PC, setting in place a series of events that would lead up to the powerhouse it is now: gigantic competitive tournaments, gorgeous singleplay...
4:15 PM on 03.28.2013 Diablo III director says the Auction Houses 'really hurt'At a GDC talk today, Jay Wilson, director behind Diablo III, mentioned that both of the Auction Houses "really hurt the games," reports Joystiq. According to Mr. Wilson, almost every single one of the players in Diablo III&nb...
11:00 PM on 03.24.2013 PAX: Hands-on with Hearthstone: Heroes of WarcraftBeing a huge Magic: The Gathering fan, I was super excited for Blizzard's Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft announcement on Friday. However, I was a bit wary on how they would approach the game. Collectible card games...
5:45 PM on 03.06.2013 First MLG competition of the year begins next weekMLG's Winter Championship will begin on March 15 and run until the 17, with $170,000 worth of prize money up for grabs. The featured games are StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, League of Legends, and Black Ops II. MLG sure is...
9:00 PM on 01.31.2013 Heart of the Swarm introduces global play, groups & clansIn a new video on the social features of StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, community manager Kevin Johnson goes over many of the anticipated features included in the new expansion. Perhaps the most anticipated addition is th...
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| 7:30 PM on 05.13.2013 Fired StarCraft player 'Idra' talks about his release |

On "Real Talk" with JP McDaniel, a YouTube show that interviews gaming personalities, Greg "Idra" Fields talked about the events surrounding his recent firing from Evil Geniuses' StarCraft II team. He talks about a ton ...more
| 8:00 PM on 05.10.2013 StarCraft's biggest jerk fired for being a jerk |

Greg Fields, more commonly known as Idra in the StarCraft community, was let go from the Evil Geniuses StarCraft II team yesterday after some comments that were essentially the straw that broke the camel's back...more
| 3:00 PM on 05.03.2013 Meet the StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm sound team |

Maybe you played StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm. Maybe you enjoyed the soundtrack disc that came packed in with the collector's edition, or perhaps you simply enjoyed it in-game. With this expansion focusing on the Zerg, I ...more
| 11:30 AM on 04.26.2013 Why you need to be watching the Dreamhack Open right now |

The Dreamhack Open Stockholm is only two days and has already begun! As you can tell, the insanity is already in full swing, as commentators Apollo and Artosis are looking super professional. Ninety-six StarCraft II: Hea...more
| 12:00 PM on 04.01.2013 [April Fool's] The Warhound is back in StarCraft II! |

Remember the Warhound unit from the beta of Heart of the Swarm? Originally planned as a replacement for the Thor, the Warhound was removed because they became a very strong focus of the competitive scene and were simply...more
| 12:30 PM on 03.31.2013 StarCraft celebrates its 15th birthday today |

Fifteen years ago today, on March 31, 1998, the original StarCraft launched on PC, setting in place a series of events that would lead up to the powerhouse it is now: gigantic competitive tournaments, gorgeous singleplay...more
| 12:45 PM on 03.21.2013 Heart of the Swarm sells more than 1.1M in two days |

Heart of the Swarm, the newest StarCraft II expansion, is capitalizing on the buzz surrounding its release. Blizzard announced that it sold more than 1.1 million copies in its first two days at retail. "We want to thank ...more
| 2:00 PM on 03.19.2013 Review: StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm |

It appears Blizzard's learned quite a bit from Diablo III's launch, as Heart of the Swarm was instantly playable on release with virtually no server problems -- a bit of a rarity, it seems, with recent PC releases. It's a goo...more
| 3:00 PM on 03.11.2013 Here are the international launch times for StarCraft II |

Blizzard is ready to launch the newest addition to the StarCraft II family, Heart of the Swarm, and of course millions of people will be itching to get on at the earliest possible moment. Look no further than Blizzard's offic...more
| 7:30 PM on 02.26.2013 Vengeance will be had in StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm |

Yeah, okay Blizzard. We get it. You rule at making cinematic trailers, and this launch trailer for Heart of the Swarm reinforces that fact. This trailer also reminds me that StarCraft has an actual story, and continues ...more
| 8:30 PM on 05.16.2013 Company of Heroes 2 announces Red Star edition for retail |
Good news for fans of the Company of Heroes 2 series as now you have a great reason to pick up the physical copy in June. Along with a snazzy steelbook, you also get a Czar's wealth of extra content. Right off the bat, player...more
| 1:30 PM on 05.09.2013 Total War: Rome II drops in September |
September 3, 2013. Commit that date to memory -- it's when Total War: Rome II releases globally. Creative Assembly is offering DLC, the Greek States Culture Pack, as incentive for pre-ordering the game. This includes Epirus,...more
| 5:00 PM on 05.05.2013 C-Wars devs authorized for 3DS, could put you in the game |
The beautifully animated, low-fi, post-apocalyptic action strategy game C-Wars has less than a week to go in its Kickstarter campaign, and sadly, it's not looking good for the game's potential to hit the Wii U or th...more


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