StarCraft 2 Articles

Canada rules SHOUTcraft America day one

<p>HuK, MaSa and defending champion Kane prevailed in the quarter finals of Shoutcraft America Winter. The last quarter final between Scarlett and Hitman is today, as are the semi and grand finals.</p>

Rain wins the Hot6ix cup over Soulkey

<p>SKT&#39;s Rain emerged as the champion of GomTV&#39;s Hot6ix cup. The Protoss powered through Woongjin&#39;s Soulkey 4-2 and snatched a $19,000 cheque.&nbsp;</p>

Jaedong breaks the Kong curse, wins NorthCon 2013

<p>The EG Tyrant prevailed over Acer.Scarlett in six games to take the $10,000 of ASUS ROG NorthCon. This is Jaedong&#39;s first gold medal in his career, coming after a long streak of second place finishes.</p>

The AreNA Comes to the North American Scene

<p>Small&nbsp;but ambitious, the AreNA will attempt to incentivize the North American environment, taking its cues from SHOUTcraft America.</p>

Vortix, Scarlett, Elfi survive the NorthCon groups

<p>Only three foreigners made it to the quarter finals of NorthCon 2013. Vortix, Elfi and Scarlett will represent Europe and NA and will play Life, Jaedong and StarDust, respectively.</p>

The Last Stand: NorthCon 2013

<p>&nbsp;Lured by a $25,000 prize pool, 16 players flock to Neum&uuml;nster for NorthCon 2013 - the last chance for the foreigners to take a championship home.</p>

Rain, Dear, Maru and Soulkey through to Hot6ix cup semis

<p>The tournament that gathers all GSL and WCS Korea&nbsp;champions from this year is down to the final four. The games continue tomorrow with the two semi finals.</p>

SHOUTcraft America Winter pairings drawn

<p>The second edition of SHOUTcraft America will start December 7 with $5,000 on the line. The quarter final pairings are ready, featuring players like Scarlett, HuK, DeMuslim and defending champion Kane.</p>

Jaedong re-signs with EG for another year

<p>After getting a permission from KeSPA to not return to JinAir Greenwings,&nbsp;Lee &quot;Jaedong&quot; Jae Dong will remain with Evil Geniuses for 2014.</p>

VODs of the Week: Nov 25 - Dec 1

<p>Our last &quot;VODs of the Week&quot; travels quite a lot of tournament brands. DreamLeague, RGN League, GSTL, IEM, Red Bull and WCG games are all present, featuring some of the best teams and players in the world</p>

$6,000 nation wars coming in January

<p>O&#39;Gaming.tv, the crew behind the two editions of the Iron Squid tournament, will produce a nation wars tournament next month. Eight national teams with three players each will compete for a $3,000 first place prize.</p>

Public test realm for patch 2.1 available

<p>The massive patch for StarCraft 2 that will introduce new features and extensions can now be tested on the PTR, launchable through the Battle.net desktop app.</p>