Many have speculated as to what Blizzcon 2012 would hold. Due to several game releases this year, and Titan still being a little too far off, there was little room for announcements.

Well, Blizzcon 2012 has been officially called off, and the next Blizzcon will not be held until 2013:

We're heavily focused on getting Diablo III, Mists of Pandaria, and Heart of the Swarm into players’ hands as soon as possible. In light of our jam-packed schedule, we’ve decided to hold the next BlizzCon in 2013.

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Rather, this year, e-sports fans can look towards the 2012 Battle.net World Championship. It will be hosted in Asia, and will feature the most skilled players of Starcraft II and World of Warcraft.

Official post: http://us.battle.net/blizzcon/en/blog/4338369/2012_Battlenet_World_Championship_Event-1_25_2012


The world championship cup for Starcraft II will take place in four phases or “tiers” so to speak. The process works as such:

Tier One: Grassroots National Qualifiers

Players will compete in competitions hosted by existing eSport organizations. Players who qualify will be permitted to participate in Tier Two of the championship.

Tier Two: National Championships

Each country competing in the world cup will host a National Championship (there will be an estimated sixteen). From this championship, players will be crowned “National Champion.” The champions of the nations will then move on to the next tier.

Tier Three: Continental Championships

There are five global regions: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and then “the Rest of the World.” National champions from each of these regions will battle it out for a chance to compete against the world’s best. Each will be hosted as a live event with a live audience, and will also be streamed in English as well as (possibly) local languages for the region. The top players will move on to the final tier.

Tier Four: World Championship

The top 32 players from around the world will compete against each other. The event will be hosted in Asia, and will feature some of the most grueling matches ever played. At the end, only one player stands: The Starcraft II 2012 World Champion.

~Asomath

We at the Hive wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Tell us all about your festive season in this thread! What presents have you received, what presents you have given to others, or you can even post pictures if you want (let us know what you're eating on your Christmas meal)!

Element TD 2



After months in the making, The Future of Element Tower Defense is here. Unleash the powers of the six elements like you've never done before. Gone is the constant of computer controlled creep waves. Now, players wield the power of creep waves in their hand. Knock out your opponents and be the last man standing to win. This is Tower Wars!!!

Note: You have the option of playing "Classic" Tower Defense as well. Simply select it in-game at the start.

http://www.eletd.com


Element TD Tournament!

To celebrate Element Tower Defense finally coming out of beta on SC2, the developer, Karawasa, has decided to host a tournament. There will be prizes! Only players on the NA and EU servers may participate. Game type will be "Classic" Tower Defense. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes (including Element TD products).

http://forums.eletd.com/index.php?showtopic=2754

If you were wondering, we have made "Hive's Core" and "Warcraft 3: World of Warcraft" sub-forums. This is because of their inactivity, but they're still there and you can still post. But, as you may have noticed, we also have a new WarCraft III hosted map: "Oasis and Desert 2", by bowser499. Our maps moderator, Vengeancekael, is responsible for writing the news article below the horizontal gray line.
To make up one hundred percent of the room to bowser's new undertaking, I'll be writing here those which would be closing notes; there are three of them.

1. First, remember that we are accepting criticism on our notices at all times.
2. Second, for those who haven't read my posts on our Site Discussion, I've been pondering the divulging of screenshots of our Hive 2, but I'm waiting for Archian for the time being, so as to avoid breaking any secrecy he and/or Ralle may have liked to maintain.
3. Finally, we have not formally announced it because of the horrendous schedule, but there's a live broadcast of StarCraft II action at DreamHack TV (at the time of this post), it's the «DreamHack Winter» event.
4. {EDIT} You may want to leave criticism in the project forum, not the chat

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Soundtracks:
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{EDIT 19-Nov 16:20 GMT: Remember that the streams are not always online, if you've clicked the «red stream» or «blue stream» links and nothing is going on, there's the possibility that you're off the schedule, in which case you should check the schedule and see at what time it is coming back online. They will be broadcasting again within approximately 10 minutes, however, so stay tuned!}

Another Major Gaming League (MLG) is being held in Providence, Rhode Island. It will, as always, house great StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty pro play that you can assist to directly from your home through the live streams (red stream and blue stream). I believe it will go live at 22 o'clock GMT.People who are into the SC2 pro scene may also like to read this article.On another note, two more SC2 maps have entered the spotlight, here's the article.
As you've probably noticed, I've been experimenting around with notices and the result was sort of gratifying, but I'd like to have your constructive feedback as well. However, I know that the overflow does not work correctly in early versions of Internet Explorer, so I have no idea how it's displaying for them. This is how it should look:



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Be sure to check out the map's development thread and to give Naiden some positive feedback! Also, the map's prologue has been released, scoring a 4/5 (Recommended) rating!