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New deep learning tools, called SC2LE, hope to benchmark AI performance against human counterparts
Read More »Blizzard partner with DeepMind to explore AI using StarCraft II
McDonalds to sponsor Australian Starcraft II World Championship Series
Fast food giant McDonalds last week announced a partnership with Blizzard to plaster their trademark Golden Arches across the Starcraft II World Championship Series in Australia. Mcdonald’s will have naming rights, branding, content integration and on the ground content activations, although the specific format that activation will take hasn’t yet …
Read More »StarCraft gets first patch since 2009, now free to download for all
StarCraft has just received its first patch in eight years, and celebrated the occasion by making StarCraft and it’s expansion, Brood War, free to download too. None of this is entirely unexpected. In 2016 a StarCraft patch labelled 1.17 appeared on Blizzard’s FTP site, vanishing before it ever went live. …
Read More »Blizzard announces StarCraft Remastered
After months of rumours and speculation Blizzard has finally confirmed that it is working on a remaster of the original StarCraft and its Brood War expansion. Blizzard president Mike Morhaime made the announcement over in Korea, where Brood War was the catalyst for the start of the major eSports boom …
Read More »StarCraft legend Jaedong has retired from pro play
Lee "Jaedong" Jae Dong, one of the most recognisable names in the world of StarCraft, has retired from competitive play after an 11 year career. Jaedong was a member of Evil Geniuses, and was considered to be one of the best StarCraft players of all time. His rivalry with Lee …
Read More »Chris Metzen retiring after 22 years at Blizzard
Mastermind behind much of StarCraft and Warcraft’s lore plans to focus on family life
Read More »Nihilistic, Swingin’ Ape and Blizzard recall ‘identity crisis’ that doomed StarCraft: Ghost
First-person spin-off to PC RTS failed to find a comfortable middle ground between action and stealth, before being cancelled after five years of development
Read More »Blizzard: We hope fans will love Overwatch as much as Warcraft, StarCraft and Diablo
Publisher Blizzard hopes that its brand new shooter IP Overwatch becomes one of its pillar franchises. Speaking to MCV, senior game designer Michael Chu said that his aspiration is for Overwatch to be up there with Blizzard’s other huge IP, such as Warcraft, StarCraft and Diablo. Overwatch launched on May …
Read More »Blizzard aims to restore Starcraft, Warcraft III, and Diablo II for modern PCs
Blizzard is seeking a senior software engineer to bring some of its classic games up to proper working order for modern computers. Polygonreports on the listing, which name drops Starcraft, Diablo II, and Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos. All three are currently supported on Battle.net, but Blizzard is looking to …
Read More »Players banned for life as another match-fixing scandal rocks Korean StarCraft
Twelve people have been indicted by Korean authorities for match-fixing in StarCraft 2, including two pro players and head coach of PRIME, Park "Gerrard" Wae-Sik. Choi "YoDa" Byeon-Heon (pictured) and Choi "BBoongBBoong" Jong-Hyuk (AKA B4) have been handed lifetime bans by the Korean e-Sports Association (KeSPA) and arrested by police. …
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