StarCraft 2 Articles

HerO continues the string of Protoss IEM champions, 4-2's Polt in Cologne

<p>Song &quot;HerO&quot; Hyeon Deok overcame a myriad of tough opponents to become the new IEM Champion. The Liquid Protoss won against CMStorm&#39;s Choi &quot;Polt&quot; Seong Hun in six games and walked away with a $10,000 cheque.</p>

GosuGamers Hearthstone section officially opened!

<p>After weeks of preparation and coding, the Hearthstone section of GosuGamers is finally here, with a plethora of features to make covering the full scope of the game easy for both readers and writers.</p>

Zerg in scarce numbers after IEM Cologne day one

<p>Three Protoss and one Zerg made it through the IEM Cologne open bracket to complete the group stage. The competition resumes at 13:00 CET today with qxc, MaNa and HeroMarine the only names &nbsp;to fight for the western scene.</p>

MarineKing returns to StarCraft 2

<p>Following a brief switch to League of Legends which yielded no results, Lee &quot;MarineKing&quot; Jung Hoon returns to his origins - StarCraft. The Terran champion will rejoin Prime and will be available with the start of Proleague round 2.</p>

Mothership Core, Blink nerfed in the next test map

<p>After the last two premier grand finals turned out a PvP affair, Blizzard will be taking a look into adjusting the power of the race, both by nerfing its own units and slightly buffing the other two races.</p>

OGN venture into Hearthstone in 2014, OSL future uncertain

<p>Korean eSports channel OnGameNet posted on their Facebook that they&#39;re planning to focus more on LoL and Hearthstone content in 2014, which in turn might mean the cutting of StarCraft 2 and OSL out of television&#39;s program.&nbsp;</p>

IEM Cologne takes shape as groups and bracket pairings get drawn

<p>One of the most stacked IEMs to date is around the corner and players like MC, Grubby, ForGG, Rain, Polt, Dear, Innovation, Mana and others learn their opponents.&nbsp;</p>

Parting all-kills Jin Air in Proleague, SKT vs Samsung semi final incoming

<p>SK Telecom&#39;s Parting became his team&#39;s hero in last night&#39;s Proleague games. The Protoss champion scored four in a row against Jin Air&#39;s best to advance SKT one win away from round 1 grand finals.</p>

After two years without a championship, MC finally wins a trophy

<p>Twenty one months ago, Jang &quot;MC&quot; Min Chul won his last gold medal at Red Bull: Austin and the &quot;Boss Toss&quot; has been in pursuit for another one since. It is at the Warer.com Invitational that he&#39;s finally triumphant again.</p>

Bobby Kotick: "Hearthstone can become the fourth mega franchise of Blizzard"

<p>Optimistic words come from Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick. In the quarterly earnings report, Kotick states that Blizzard&#39;s new card game can become the fourth mega franchise of the California studio and take its place among StarCraft, WarCraft and Diablo.</p>

The Protoss rule Code S after week one, Terran near extinction

<p>Four&nbsp;Protoss&nbsp;players qualified for the next stage of Code S. The triumph of&nbsp;herO, Rain, Zest and Trap left players like&nbsp;DRG&nbsp;and&nbsp;Leenock&nbsp;out of the competition, as well as one of the only three&nbsp;Terrans&nbsp;in the tournament.</p>

Dear, Rain, Innovation, Jaedong, Polt, ForGG form one of the most stacked IEMs to date

<p>IEM Season VIII - Cologne will welcome a myriad of high profile names, shaping up to be one of the most highly stacked IEM events in history.</p>