Starcraft II: seven reasons to return with Legacy of the Void
A new StarCraft expansion is just around the corner, making it nerd-Christmas for all the RTS fans out there or, more specifically, me. A familiar excitement has returned in anticipation for Legacy of...
View ArticleStarCraft 2: Legacy of the Void's launch trailer appears, and Blizzard...
With StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void’s imminent arrival, of course we get to treat ourselves to another fancy Blizzard launch trailer. But before you point your hungry eyes in the direction of the...
View ArticleBlizzCon: StarCraft II's future after Legacy of the Void
At BlizzCon's Future of StarCraft II panel, we found out more details of the mission packs to be released after Legacy of the Void and how tournament play will evolve. Lead game designers from the...
View ArticleLegacy of the Void giveaway: join StarCraft's new Protoss march with the...
Legacy of the Void is out today, concluding the trilogy of story campaigns Blizzard laid out long ago and bringing to an end the period when we knew what the next StarCraft game was going to be called...
View ArticleStarCraft II: Legacy of the Void is released, battle for the glory of the...
The third and final chapter of the StarCraft II campaign is here: Legacy of the Void has now been released, and is available to buy from Blizzard and other places that sell games. We’re preparing our...
View ArticleStarCraft 2: Legacy of the Void review
NB: This is a review of the single-player campaign component of Legacy of the Void only, and as such we aren’t ready to put a score on it yet. We’ll be updating with thoughts on other features, like...
View ArticleStarCraft II: Legacy of the Void sells 1 million in two days
StarCraft 2: Legacy of the Void has apparently sold pretty well, despite releasing on the same day as Fallout 4. Obviously the two games couldn't be more different, but it's likely finances meant many...
View ArticleMVP are now MVP Chickenmaru after big bucks sponsorship deal
MVP are one of Korea’s most respected e-sports organisations, having grown far beyond their original ambitions in StarCraft to become a prominent side in KeSPA’s Proleague. Chicken Maru is a Korean...
View ArticleLee "Flash" Young Ho, StarCraft's Lebron James, retires from pro gaming at 23
Arguably the greatest player StarCraft: Brood War ever saw and one of the best pro gamers of all time, Lee "Flash" Young Ho, has announced his retirement from the scene at age 23. In a pair of...
View ArticleStarCraft II DLC Nova Covert Ops pre-orders go live, won't require full game
Pre-orders for 2016's batch of StarCraft II DLC have gone live on Battle.net, offering the three episodes of three missions each that will form Nova Covert Ops for $14.99 / £11.99 / €14.99...
View ArticleNew StarCraft 2: Legacy of the Void co-op mission and commander on the way
Legacy of the Void's oddest feature, for me, is co-op. It came somewhat out of nowhere, as something that nobody was particularly asking for, but with classic Blizzard quality is something that seems a...
View ArticleStarCraft 2 World Championship Series changing in 2016: bigger prizes, new...
Blizzard have had a darn good year for StarCraft II esports in 2015, and they’re pretty happy with the results. But everyone knows you don’t stand still when the going’s good, so the developer are...
View ArticleBlizzard give the gift of double XP to Starcraft 2 players this holiday season
It's the perfect excuse to spend the entirety of your time off work in front of Starcraft 2 - Battle.net just put out an announcement to let players know that they'll earn double XP from 24 Dec to 3...
View ArticleBest games of 2015: StarCraft II
A year in which a StarCraft game is released is going to be an easy one to predict my favourite game in. That sounds like the most egregious form of pre-awarding imaginable (and I suppose now’s the...
View ArticleWarcraft: Armies of Azeroth alpha released, HD Warcraft 3 for free via SC2's...
Warcraft: Armies of Azeroth has been quietly plodding along on ModDB for a while, generating excitement for those that fondly remember Blizzard's RTS-RPG hybrid. It aims to recreate Warcraft III in the...
View ArticleStarCraft 2's Nova Covert Ops gets its first mission pack on March 30
The first mission pack for Nova Covert Ops, the latest single-player campaign coming to StarCraft 2, releases on March 30 in Europe.StarCraft 2 made it into our list of the best strategy games on PC -...
View ArticleStarCraft 2 goes commando with Nova Covert Ops: Mission Pack 1 on March 29
It often seems as if the StarCraft team are the most conservative at Blizzard, beholden to game balance that can shift wildly with every tweak. But then something like this happens: a nine mission...
View ArticleStarCraft Nova Covert Ops ARG solved, rewards unlocked for all
StarCraft's intrepid community has jumped through a series of cryptolinguistic hoops to solve an Alternate Reality Game for the latest expansion's first mission pack.If you've suddenly got the urge to...
View ArticleStarCraft II patch 3.2 brings Nova Covert Ops standalone DLC
There was a time when a new bit of StarCraft single-player content would have me doing backflips through the street for weeks beforehand. Starting today they’ll be regular, and I’m hoping they’ll all...
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