DeepMind's StarCraft 2 project is drawing a lot of attention worldwide as the major AI project following AlphaGo. At the core of such a collaboration, there is Oriol Vinyals and Chris Sigaty, Google's
The semifinals and grand finals of the 2016 WCS Global Finals were played today. In the semifinals, Elazer fell to Dark 3-0, while ByuN pulled himself above Stats 3-1. There were no upsets. The grand
The first Main Stage panel to be featured on the second day of Blizzard 2016 was "DeepMind and StarCraft 2 Deep Learning". After a short introduction from the beloved Starcraft shoutcaster Dan "Artosi
The BlizzCon 2016 Costume, Talent, Art & Movie Contests
On paper, the Overwatch League sounds to be an enchanting and revolutionary idea. There is a lot of work to do. We spent a lot of time planning. This is something that has been years in planning and d
We had a chance to meet Tim Morton and David Kim and talk about how StarCraft 2 will maintain its eSports scene and position as a competitive RTS. Here’s a look at how Blizzard is trying to popu
The quarterfinal matches of the 2016 WCS Global Finals were played today. Elazer, Dark, ByuN, and Stats advanced to the semifinals by defeating ShoWTimE, Neeblet, TY, and Zest respectively. The most n
81 photos of the BlizzCon 2016 Costume Contest participants
BlizzCon 2016 finally started. This year Blizzard is celebrating their 25th anniversary and the 10th anniversary of BlizzCon. Over 10,000 people gathered at Anaheim Convention Center.
Just one more day until BlizzCon! Anaheim Center was already occupied with a horde (or should I say alliance?) of excited fans who already had begun their own party. Have a look at these sights around
This year’s BlizzCon marks its ten-year anniversary, and fans were already gathered at the Anaheim Convention Center to enjoy the night-before festival. A certain group of attendees stood out fr
It is finally that time of the year. BlizzCon is coming, and so are huge updates and new releases for Blizzard fans. BlizzCon 2016 this year is a landmark event that will sum up Blizzard's 25 years of
Jaedong “Jaedong” Lee is retiring after this year’s BlizzCon, according to this announcement on Evil Geniuses’ website. It will come as a surprise to many, as Jaedong had dispe
On Oct 18th, KeSPA announced the closing of StarCraft 2 Proleague. After 14 years in eSports history, Proleague has come to an end. It’s not just an ordinary tournament, at least not for those w
Today marked the second day of the Starcraft 2 World Championship Series Global Playoffs, featuring matches from Groups C and D. Group C saw ShoWTimE claim a surprisingly dominant 2-0 victory against
Yesterday marked the start of the Starcraft 2 World Championship Series Global Playoffs, featuring matches from Groups A and B. Group A saw Ryungwoo "Dark" Park claim a clean 2-0 victory against Th&ea
As a rose by any other name may smell as sweet, a character played by any other player may be as skilled. What would eSports be, without personalities and storylines, but an extrasolar plateau of unidentifiable mechanical gods?
