RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif., Feb. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The World of eSports received a major adrenaline shot Monday when the North American Star League (NASL.tv) announced the first professional Western StarCraft 2 league featuring a regular season schedule and an astounding $400,000 prize pool.
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Blizzard boss Mike Morhaime has revealed the real reason that StarCraft: Ghost, the action/stealth spinoff to the studio's smash hit RTS series, was indefinitely postponed in 2006. The truth of the matter is that the game was shelved because Blizzard had its hands full with other titles.
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Tuesday Blizzard announced that StarCraft 2 owners can now beta test three Bizzard-made custom games created to play within its popular sci-fi RTS. These include a collection/cooking title called Aiur Chef, the puzzle/strategy game StarJeweled, and a cool survival and siege title called Left 2 Die.
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There are a total of 600,000,000 won (app. 500,000 USD) in prizes planned for the year 2010, which is the most amount of money in the history of e-sports. The winner of the monthly tournament will be given 100,000,000 won (app. 85,500 USD), and runner up and semifinalists will be given 30,000,000 won (app. 25,000 USD) and 10,000,000 won (app. 8,500 USD) respectively. The players will be divided into upper and lower league depending on their performance in the 2010 league for the 2011 league.
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GosuGamers has announced its first Starcraft 2 invite tournament featuring Europe's best players.
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"The beta testing for StarCraft hasn't started yet. If it starts in August and takes five to six months, then launching the game this year is next to impossible," said Lubert. Pachter said that when the game does ship, he expects it to sell 4 million units in its opening quarter.
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Come on, admit it. When you first heard Blizzard were breaking Starcraft II's singleplayer campaign into three games, you cried "BASTARDS!". There was no way the decision to do so was anything but a cold, cynical grab for cash at the expense of loyal, but misguided Blizzard fans, right? Well, not according to Blizzard's Paul Sams it wasn't:
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"Blizzard ended months of Starcraft II silence at its headquarters today. We hadn't gotten the slightest morsel of new info on the famed developer's rabidly anticipated strategy sequel since BlizzCon in August of 2007, but now we've finally gotten our hands on the new and improved zerg, the third and last of Starcraft II's factions to be revealed to the press."
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So eSports is catching on, huh?...Well, people tuned in to a bunch of people competing against each other playing games such as Black Ops, Halo – Reach and Starcraft 2. The Major League Gaming has done quite a bit of good promotions it seems. The MLG hosts six marquee Pro Circuit eSport tournaments each year. These tournaments are supported by all those who are watching via dedicated real time streams. This season has just ended and has proven to be the best yet.
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StarCraft II will not be given a console release in the foreseeable future, Blizzard Entertainment has confirmed. Speaking to Digital Spy, senior designer Jonny Ebbert said that the sci-fi strategy would not be compatible with PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 control schemes.
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