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It's that time again... the 2010 North American Warcraft Regional Finals are here!
We've seen thousands of matches played on both the Warcraft III Ladder and the World of Warcraft Tournament Realm, and we're excited to watch some of the best players battle from sunrise to sunset live on the weekend of August 21-22 at the Hyatt Regency in Austin, Texas. The top two teams/players from each game in this event will win a cash prize and be invited to compete at BlizzCon in Anaheim, California.
Not only will we be having epic Warcraft III and World of Warcraft Arena matches on a huge screen for everyone to watch, but we will also have several computers set up for attendees to play StarCraft II and to try out demos of our latest World of Warcraft expansion, Cataclysm. We'll also have an extra special treat available -- a playable demo of Diablo III!
Did we mention that admission is completely free?
We realize that some of you are too far away to attend. Hopefully, we'll soon have an event in your area. In the meantime, however, we will be providing a free video stream of the tournament matches on our Regional Event website.
Hope to see you there!
We've seen thousands of matches played on both the Warcraft III Ladder and the World of Warcraft Tournament Realm, and we're excited to watch some of the best players battle from sunrise to sunset live on the weekend of August 21-22 at the Hyatt Regency in Austin, Texas. The top two teams/players from each game in this event will win a cash prize and be invited to compete at BlizzCon in Anaheim, California.
Not only will we be having epic Warcraft III and World of Warcraft Arena matches on a huge screen for everyone to watch, but we will also have several computers set up for attendees to play StarCraft II and to try out demos of our latest World of Warcraft expansion, Cataclysm. We'll also have an extra special treat available -- a playable demo of Diablo III!
Did we mention that admission is completely free?
We realize that some of you are too far away to attend. Hopefully, we'll soon have an event in your area. In the meantime, however, we will be providing a free video stream of the tournament matches on our Regional Event website.
Hope to see you there!
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Head over to www.battle.net and http://us.battle.net/sc2
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Join us in celebrating the 10-year anniversary of Diablo II with a brief look back at this genre-defining action RPG. Visit the Diablo II anniversary page by clicking here.
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Razer has created a set of high-quality StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty-themed gaming peripherals, and you can get a first look at them now at Razer's site. [more] The Razer Spectre StarCraft II Gaming Mouse, the Razer Marauder StarCraft II Gaming Keyboard, and the Razer Banshee StarCraft II Gaming Headset are each designed specifically for the game, with a look and feel straight from the StarCraft universe and an active full-colored lighting system. You can get more information and pre-order the StarCraft II gaming peripherals right now at www.razerzone.com/sc2
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StarCraft II Beta
The HDH Invitational tournament concluded last week following an epic final between Ukrainian Protoss player Oleksei “White-Ra” Krupnyk and one of the most closely-followed players in the world, American Zerg player Greg “IdrA” Fields. The best-of-seven series produced some of the most amazing games of the tournament, and both players proved worthy of their place in the final. To see who won and collected the first-place prize of $2,000, check the official tournament thread, where you can find results, recaps, and VODs of all the games from the tournament.
Warcraft III
South Korean Orc player Kim 'FoCuS' HyoSub gave yet another amazing performance in the 138th edition of the weekly ZOTAC-Cup. Having beaten some of the best Warcraft III players en route to the final, he once again displayed admirable perseverance to fend off his countryman, Orc player Jang 'WhO' DuSeop, defeating him over a five game series. With this result bringing him to 18 ZOTAC-Cup, wins he is closing the gap on the most accomplished ZOTAC-Cup player, Kim 'ReMinD' SungSik.
World of Warcraft
The famous Warlock player Isaac Cummings-Bentley, also known as Azael from Team-EG, has been interviewed by Bartov Gaming to discuss current setups and tactics. Also, Phase 2 of the 2010 World of Warcraft Arena Tournament has begun. Participants have spent the last few weeks honing their strategies, trying various team compositions, and practicing with their teams. It's now time to play for keeps! To track the progress of the competition and your team, please visit the World of Warcraft Armory.
The HDH Invitational tournament concluded last week following an epic final between Ukrainian Protoss player Oleksei “White-Ra” Krupnyk and one of the most closely-followed players in the world, American Zerg player Greg “IdrA” Fields. The best-of-seven series produced some of the most amazing games of the tournament, and both players proved worthy of their place in the final. To see who won and collected the first-place prize of $2,000, check the official tournament thread, where you can find results, recaps, and VODs of all the games from the tournament.
Warcraft III
South Korean Orc player Kim 'FoCuS' HyoSub gave yet another amazing performance in the 138th edition of the weekly ZOTAC-Cup. Having beaten some of the best Warcraft III players en route to the final, he once again displayed admirable perseverance to fend off his countryman, Orc player Jang 'WhO' DuSeop, defeating him over a five game series. With this result bringing him to 18 ZOTAC-Cup, wins he is closing the gap on the most accomplished ZOTAC-Cup player, Kim 'ReMinD' SungSik.
World of Warcraft
The famous Warlock player Isaac Cummings-Bentley, also known as Azael from Team-EG, has been interviewed by Bartov Gaming to discuss current setups and tactics. Also, Phase 2 of the 2010 World of Warcraft Arena Tournament has begun. Participants have spent the last few weeks honing their strategies, trying various team compositions, and practicing with their teams. It's now time to play for keeps! To track the progress of the competition and your team, please visit the World of Warcraft Armory.
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We previously announced that the first phase of the StarCraft II beta test would be coming to a close in all regions on Monday, May 31. In order to prepare for the final phase of beta testing, we plan to extend the current phase in all regions until Monday, June 7. After this date, the beta test will be unavailable for several weeks while we make some hardware and software configuration changes for the final phase of the beta test and the release of the game. We plan to bring the beta test back online for a couple of weeks prior to the game's launch to complete our testing. We’ll have more details to share about when this final phase will begin at a later date.
We'd like to thank all of our beta-test participants for your enthusiasm, dedication, and valuable feedback during the beta test, and we look forward to hearing more of your thoughts on the StarCraft II beta test as the game’s July 27 launch approaches.
We'd like to thank all of our beta-test participants for your enthusiasm, dedication, and valuable feedback during the beta test, and we look forward to hearing more of your thoughts on the StarCraft II beta test as the game’s July 27 launch approaches.
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The Warcraft III 2010 invitational ladder has now ended. The top-six-ranked players from each invitational ladder will advance to join the top two performers per region from last year's tournament to compete in the regional finals. Please refer to the
FAQ and
Rules pages for information and guidelines about this year's competition. Good luck and thank you for participating!
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