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New Warcraft III Bonus Map - Banewood Bog
XG3 on August 26, 2005 |
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This land is truly cursed. Rivers of poison, filled with demonic bile, eat away at the earth. Ancient wyrms, terrible and great, slumber quietly within the mire. Perhaps you know of a dragon slayer, jobless, up for hire.
Download Banewood Bog a new Bonus map for Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.
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StarCraft: Brood War Added to European Tournament League
Araxas on August 19, 2005 |
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The ESL (Electronic Sports League) has picked up StarCraft: Brood War for their German Pro Series. The ESL polled the
community, and StarCraft was voted in last week. We’re excited to have StarCraft join Warcraft III in this series,
and we wish the competitors the best of luck.
For more information about the ESL and the Pro Series, please visit the
ESL's Web site.
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It's Good to Go to BlizzCon
XG3 on August 18, 2005 |
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Have you ever gone on a vacation and come back home without any souvenirs? We have, and we felt that BlizzCon attendees deserved better. That's why we're excited to unveil the BlizzCon Goodies page, which lists a collection of rare (and epic) items that every gamer who attends BlizzCon will receive. With a little bit of something from each of our game series, these goodies will help BlizzCon attendees commemorate their journey to Blizzard's inaugural gamer convention.
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Warcraft III: Check and Farseer win Season Two 2v2
Araxas on August 16, 2005 |
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 Congratulations to the Korean night elf and orc tandem of Check and Farseer, who are the new Battle.net Season Two 2v2 champions! In the finals, they were up against the defending champions from Season One, Remind and Soju. Check and Farseer took the first map, a wild game on Twisted Meadows, and then followed up with a strong victory on Avalanche.
We'd like to thank everyone who participated in both the ladder and tournament portions of Season Two, and we look forward to seeing everyone again during Season Three.
- Download replays of the Season Two 2v2 Finals here.
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Travel Discounts for BlizzCon Attendees!
Block on August 15, 2005 |
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American Airlines and Avis have arranged to provide special discounts for BlizzCon attendees who book flights/car rentals with them. Please visit the BlizzCon Travel Page for details on how you can take advantage of these special offers.
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New Warcraft III Bonus Map - Terenas Stand
XG3 on August 12, 2005 |
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"Noble countrymen, evil is upon us. Darkness has befallen our shores. Rise and slay thy enemies… strike, strike so others shall live. The meek shall not fade into the night… live my brethren, live." – King Terenas
Download Terenas Stand a new Bonus map for Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.
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Diablo II Accounts Closed
Nebu on August 11, 2005 |
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We have just closed more than 36,000 accounts for cheating on Battle.net. More than 28,000 CD keys tied to
these accounts have been disabled from Realm play on Battle.net for one month, and more than 3,000 CD keys
have been permanently disabled from Realm play due to repeat offenses. Please see the
Battle.net FAQ for details
on our anti-cheating procedure. As a reminder, the Battle.net news window that Diablo II players see after logging in has had a long-running warning against the use of hacks, clearly indicating that if we detect that cheating is taking place, the offending accounts may be closed without notice and the CD keys tied to these accounts may likewise be disabled without notice. Today’s account closures reflect our zero-tolerance policy against cheating, as well as our effort to prepare the Realms for the new ladder season. We appreciate the support of the thousands of legitimate Diablo II players in helping us keep Battle.net a secure and fun place to play Blizzard games.
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The Top Ten Reasons Why Evil Failed!
XG3 on August 9, 2005 |
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As our current Ladder season draws to a close, we pause to recognize the Top 10 Ladder players of each Realm. Think you might have made the final cut? Check out the players with the highest accolades here.
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BlizzCon: Presenting the Announcers
Araxas on August 8, 2005 |
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Today we’re happy to present the two announcers that will be on hand at BlizzCon to commentate the invitational tournaments for Warcraft III and StarCraft. Each will be explaining, analyzing, and calling all the action as the kings of the real-time strategy world take to the stage.
Commentating for the StarCraft tournament will be Chris “WaCKSteVeN” Iannitti and the crew from Inside The Game. Last October, Chris was in San Francisco casting the StarCraft tournament at the World Cyber Games grand finals. You can find the ITG team on irc.enterthegame.com at #radioITG or by visiting their website here.
On the Warcraft III side of the invitational, Kim “bunny” Vothang will be calling the action. She’s been a staple of Warcraft III’s online community while covering numerous online clan matches and tournaments, including the recent Battle.net Ladder Season Two tournament. Kim runs the popular Warcraft replay website, WCReplays, and can be found on irc.quakenet.org in #kim&kim.
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Diablo 2: A New Season Begins...
XG3 on August 8, 2005 |
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The Diablo 2 Ladder has been reset, spawning a new and challenging season for our regular and "Hardcore" gameplayers. Who will be the first to climb to the top? Who will be the first to reach level 99? Diablo and his sinister agents await, so come join the adventure and begin your epic climb up our new Ladder!
For more information on Ladder play, please go here.
For more info our new released patch 1.11 click here.
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Warcraft III Battle.net Ladder Reset
Araxas on August 8, 2005 |
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Details for the upcoming Ladder Season Three will be revealed in a few weeks. To accomodate this new season, all Warcraft III ladders will be reset soon. The precise date for both the new season and the ladder reset will be announced in the near future.
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BlizzCon Invitational Prizes Announced
Helcon on August 5, 2005 |
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When the world's best Real-Time Strategy players descend on Anaheim this October, there will be more than just honor at stake.
We are proud to announce that the champions of the StarCraft and Warcraft III invitational tournaments will be able to look
forward to taking home a check for $10000 to accompany their winner's trophy. The runner-up in each tournament will be awarded a $3000 prize.
Be sure to check back soon for more information on the identities of the 16 participants that will be invited from all across the globe to
compete for these cash prizes.
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BlizzCon Site Updated!
Helcon on August 5, 2005 |
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We've posted two new news items over on our BlizzCon site: the first is a quick note about the Blizzard Art Gallery
that will be at BlizzCon and some of the artists who'll be there to meet players, and the second is a detailed list of the
developer panel discussions we'll
be hosting at the event. Head over to the BlizzCon site now to check them out.
We'll be updating that site with new information about BlizzCon regularly, so please check back often if you've bought tickets already or
are thinking about attending and want to see what sort of activities we have planned.
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Diablo 2: Ladder Reset Announced!
XG3 on August 4, 2005 |
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Right on the heels of our new Patch 1.11 comes the next great Ladder season for Diablo 2. Got what it takes to be the first to climb to the top of the Ladder? Hardcore players ready to be number 1 and stay on top? The new Ladder season for Diablo 2 will commence, starting this Monday, August 8th.
The current season will not end till the weekend is over, so get out there and clash blades with Diablo, Mephisto and Baal before it all ends!
For more information on the Diablo 2 Ladder, check out our D2 FAQ.
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Warcraft III: Korea's Big Day in Season Two
Araxas on August 1, 2005 |
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 Congratulations to WE.Remind, who has been crowned the Warcraft III Season Two Champion! He defeated 4K.Fury 2-1 to win his second consecutive solo championship. After Fury took the opening game on Twisted Meadows, Remind switched from his customary race choice of Night Elf to Orc. Although seemingly a strange strategy, he had confessed before the match that he was weakest against Undead, Fury's race of choice, when he played Night Elf. Perhaps anticipating that his opponent would practice the Undead vs. Night Elf match-up, and with a solid background of 356 wins/30 losses on Kalimdor playing Orc, the switch paid off and he came from behind to win the next two matches on Turtle Rock and Gnoll Wood. Congratulations again, Remind!
- Download the Remind (Korea) vs. Fury (Sweden) replays here.
Remind has also advanced to the finals of the 2v2 championship with his longtime partner, Undead player Soju. Last week the tandem defeated 2winners (aka nc.dude) and 2winnerz 2-0 to advance. In the day's other Korea vs. Sweden match-up, the Northrend champions Zipper and Target took on Farseer and Check. In what proved to be a very close set of matches, Farseer and Check won 2-1 with a finale on Lost Temple to advance to face Remind and Soju in an all-Korean 2v2 finals match coming soon.
- Download the Farseer/Check (Korea) vs. Zipper/Target (Sweden) replays here.
- Download the Remind/Soju (Korea) vs. 2winners/2winnerz (USA/Vietnam) replays here.
Read about more Warcraft III tournaments here.
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Diablo 2 Patch 1.11 is now LIVE!
August 1, 2005 |
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The Lords of Terror, Hatred, and Destruction lurk once more in the bowels of the world, their vile blood galvanized with the thirst for revenge against the Heroes who have thwarted their dark reign.
Can the stalwart Paladins, lightning-quick Assassins, and ferocious Barbarians rise to this new challenge?
The call has been made, so come join the adventure once again!
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