Celebrate the origins of Blizzard Esports! StarCraft, StarCraft II, Warcraft III, and Heroes of the Storm are coming to the BlizzCon stage.
🎟️ Secure your tickets on November 7th and see your favorites up on stage!
What form this will take, is not yet known. But after years of having none of the RTS games (much less Heroes of the Storm) at Blizzcon, the idea of having all of them return at once should be exciting even if it's only in a limited way.
On November 06 2025 13:23 Toshinou-Kyouko wrote: Yeah, this seems sus.
There isn't even any concrete plans yet. But hey at least we're getting some "love" from blizzard, right?
Eh, I think this is pretty cool/fine. There's definitely some warranted bullying of Blizzard for how they've treated StarCraft 2, but I think some expectations fans have are unrealistic for a game this old.
On November 06 2025 13:23 Toshinou-Kyouko wrote: Yeah, this seems sus.
There isn't even any concrete plans yet. But hey at least we're getting some "love" from blizzard, right?
Eh, I think this is pretty cool/fine. There's definitely some warranted bullying of Blizzard for how they've treated StarCraft 2, but I think some expectations fans have are unrealistic for a game this old.
Agree with this. I didn't have any negative reactions to this when I read the news until I saw user comments. I mean yeah... starcraft2 is not that popular anymore, and its been away from blizzard's eye for so long; not sure what people expect. I am just glad it is getting attention again and am looking forward to watching the event. I see the format as more of like how GSL vs World team format was where like players drafted and there was Team Serral, Team Dark. I imagine it will have all those cool players again but it will just be Team Artosis vs Team Demuslim or something. (but the pro players still being the focus of the matches.) I think it is awesome, and I expect maybe they will announce how the StarCraft project with Nexon is going. Perhaps a cinematic trailer? It could sort of be like the Diablo Immortal announcement but for starcraft and hopefully a cooler game. (though when I check diablo immortal reviews a lot of people seem to like it actually and the critics are just a vocal minority who want PC ports or are never happy.)
Hopping on the 'better than nothing' train. It's cool, even if we don't get to see actual high-stakes competition, but having been treated and neglected like the unwanted stepchild by Blizzard for so long definitely took its toll on the community, I can totally see how they first need to rebuild some of that lost trust and goodwill and might want to gauge the reaction by starting out slow.
But for the future I still have a couple of things on my wishlist:
- bring official 2v2 ladder support for Brood War - create SOME new content for any RTS title (be it skins, announcers, small campaigns, an official arcade map, ANYTHING), think what Microsoft has been doing for AoE 2 over the years - release maybe ONE new hero per year for Heroes of the Storm
Well, seeing as other unloved children such as Heroes is featured too, I can't help but wonder if they really put together a decent prize pool. Nonetheless, the news itself is amazing I have to say! Can't wait for more news!!
On November 06 2025 13:23 Toshinou-Kyouko wrote: Yeah, this seems sus.
There isn't even any concrete plans yet. But hey at least we're getting some "love" from blizzard, right?
Eh, I think this is pretty cool/fine. There's definitely some warranted bullying of Blizzard for how they've treated StarCraft 2, but I think some expectations fans have are unrealistic for a game this old.
There are some things that i am concerned about. i.e. who will be these "community captains?" how will they be selected? same with the all star players, how will they be selected? If someone selects, say flash or soma for broodwar, or serral for sc2 does that team instawin?
Hopefully these will be clarified in the next few months leading up to blizzcon, but until then I will remain skeptical.
Just hand Wardi the marketing budget for SC2 and tell him half must go to prize pools. Let him create the entire SC2 competitive scene. Perhaps direct Wardi to create a live event division? Give the man a budget and let him cook.
On November 06 2025 19:21 Creager wrote: but having been treated and neglected like the unwanted stepchild by Blizzard for so long definitely took its toll on the community, I can totally see how they first need to rebuild some of that lost trust and goodwill and might want to gauge the reaction by starting out slow.
i think Brood War esports was better without Blizzard involvement. I think SC2 esports has also been better without Blizzard involvement. James Naismith is a genius who invented Basketball. That doesn't mean he has the skills to run a pro basketball league like NBA. I prefer Blizzard out of esports completely.
On November 06 2025 17:46 ETisME wrote: Even heroes of the storm? Interesting. At least it's a start somewhere
I'm the weird one here, but I'm excited for Heroes. I still play the game a ton and think it's very under appreciated. The last patch came out just recently and was massive.
Honestly: Nothing bad can come from this. Like...nothing. Even if it is a 4-player invitational for 50 bucks - that's an improvement of 50 bucks compared to before. In none of these games there is anything that could be hurt from this. At the worst, it is a bad tournament that's not fun or exciting - still an improvement to nothing.
So I hope people give it a fair chance. Don't hate it, don't be worried about it, just look forward to it...or ignore it if you want to go the "buck flizzard"-route. But don't kill the potential excitment this could bring before even anything of value is announced
EPT
