As anyone who follows the burgeoning world of eSports, or professional gaming, knows, it’s sometimes difficult to track down who’s on top in the competitive StarCraft II landscape. Blizzard Entertainment, a division of Activision Blizzard Publishing, hopes to make things easier for pro gaming fans this year with the launch of the new StarCraft II World Championship Series (WCS). …read more
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Blizzard Entertainment Embraces Free To Play Gaming With Hearthstone: Heroes Of Warcraft
At PAX East 2013 in Boston, Blizzard Entertainment (a division of Activision Blizzard Publishing) is offering gamers the first chance to get hands-on gameplay with the new cross-platform free-to-play (F2P) game Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft. The virtual cards game, which will be entering beta testing soon, will be available on PC, Mac and iPad tablets. …read more
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Blizzard Exec Chris Metzen Explains How Fan Art Has Influenced Diablo To StarCraft
With Blizzard Entertainment (a division of Activision Blizzard Publishing) riding the wave of positive press with StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, the game publisher is also celebrating The Art of Blizzard. With a new book and a new art exhibit in Los Angeles, video games continue to invade pop culture in new ways. …read more
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Blizzard Entertainment Developers Launch Gamers Into StarCraft II: Heart Of The Swarm
Around the globe, PC gamers are already battling it out in Blizzard Entertainment?s StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm. The new game from Activision Blizzard Publishing had launch celebrations around the world, including at the Irvine GameStop just down the road from Blizzard?s studio. With many gamers still locked out of Electronic Arts’ SimCity, the PC world will turn its time and attention to the Zerg. …read more
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Blizzard Developer Dustin Browder Doesn't See A Rivalry Between StarCraft II And League Of Legends
By John Gaudiosi, Contributor Blizzard Entertainment, a division of Activision Blizzard Publishing, celebrated an “Olympics” of StarCraft II elite pro gamers at Battle.net World Championship (BWC) in Shanghai, China at the end of 2012, just months after Riot Games concluded its second season of its global League of Legends competition in Los Angeles. StarCraft II […]
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Blizzard Game Director Dustin Browder Explains Why StarCraft II Pro Gamers Are Athletes
By John Gaudiosi, ContributorWith a new year of eSports upon us, Blizzard Entertainment (a division of Activision Blizzard Publishing) has big plans for its StarCraft II franchise. The new Heart of the Swarm expansion, which launches in March, will add new elements for pro gamers and pro gaming fans. Dustin Browder, game director […]
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