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StarCraft II Battle.net Invitational Tournament This Weekend

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4:30PM September 15, 2011 | Tracey Lien

Eight of the Asia-Pacific region’s best StarCraft II players will be competing for a prize pool of $13,000 as well as the chance to represent Australia at the StarCraft II Global Battle.net Invitational held at BlizzCon later in October. And the best part? You can stream their match live as they go head-to-head to see who’s the best. More »

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Blizzard’s Secret Titan Project Labelled A ‘New Casual MMO’

8:30AM June 30, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

The people who make MMO juggernaut World of Warcraft have another massively multiplayer online game in the works, a game they’re calling Titan for now. Blizzard calls it “awesome” and “ambitious”. And one analyst calls it “casual”. More »

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Hands On With StarCraft II: Heart Of The Swarm, Now With More RPG And Space Yetis

5:00PM May 31, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm is a mutated beast of last year’s real-time strategy game infused with traces of point and click adventure. For StarCraft II‘s first expansion, the second chapter in Blizzard’s trilogy, the game is getting a dose of role-playing game elements. More »

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Our First Look At StarCraft II: Heart Of The Swarm Happens Next Month

8:40AM April 22, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Blizzard plans to show off the single-player side of StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm for the first time next month, offering an early look at the first expansion for and follow-up to StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. More »

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Starcraft 2 Developers Initiate Ban Rush

4:30PM December 1, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

In September, thousands of cheaters were busted messing around with Starcraft II. This week, with many players obviously not having learnt from the last wave of action, developers Blizzard had to swing the hammer again. More »

In Real Life

Help! I Swallowed My World Of Warcraft Authenticator!

12:00PM November 19, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

Remember: If you ever ingest the Battle.net Authenticator you use to protect the integrity of your World of Warcraft account, the first thing you should do is seek medical attention on the official World of Warcraft forums. Just like this WoW player did… More »

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Keep Your World Of Warcraft Account Safe With One Simple Phone Call

1:00PM November 10, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

Blizzard is offering one more way to keep your World of Warcraft and StarCraft II account safe, this time by making a standard, toll-free phone call to authorize any weird login attempts. More »

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Consider The Possibility Of Activision Games Running On Battle.net

5:30PM October 29, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

One of the big keys to Blizzard’s success as a PC developer has been its Battle.net system for online multiplayer. Now that Blizzard is shacked up with mega-publisher Activision, could we see non-Blizzard games appear on Battle.net? More »

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World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm Now Up For Preorder

6:20AM October 29, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

As promised, Blizzard has opened up preorders for its next World of Warcraft expansion, Cataclysm, on Battle.net. Buy World of Warcraft: Cataclysm now, download it before launch date, then play one minute after the add-on officially launches. More »

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Thousands Of Starcraft II Cheaters Busted

2:30PM October 1, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

As warned, Blizzard today swept through the Starcraft II playerbase with knives at the ready, banning or suspending the accounts of thousands of players caught using hack programs or other forms of cheating. More »