{"id":22233,"date":"2012-07-16T16:57:01","date_gmt":"2012-07-16T06:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=22233"},"modified":"2012-07-16T16:57:01","modified_gmt":"2012-07-16T06:57:01","slug":"the-road-to-the-battle-net-world-championship-leads-to-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=22233","title":{"rendered":"THE ROAD TO THE BATTLE.NET\u00ae WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP LEADS TO CHINA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><em>Blizzard\u00a0Entertainment and NetEase to host top StarCraft<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> II and World of Warcraft<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Arena players from around the world in Shanghai on Nov 17\u201318<\/em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHANGHAI, China &#8212; July 15, 2012 &#8212;<\/strong> Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and <a href=\"http:\/\/NetEase.com\">NetEase,<\/a> Inc. today announced that they will be co-hosting the Battle.net<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0World Championship in Shanghai, China on Saturday, November 17 and Sunday, November 18, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The Battle.net\u00a0World Championship will bring to a riveting conclusion Blizzard\u2019s 2012 <em>StarCraft<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> II<\/em> World Championship Series, which comprises more than 30 national and continental tournaments around the world, and the <em>World of Warcraft<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/em> Arena global finals. Blizzard gamers and eSports fans will be able to witness some of the most skilled pro players on the planet in action as they battle it out at the Battle.net World Championship for glory, cash prizes, and the title of undisputed world champion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to seeing the best players in the World Championship Series face each other at the Battle.net World Championship in Shanghai this November,\u201d said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. \u201cThe level of <em>StarCraft II <\/em>and <em>World of Warcraft <\/em>Arena competition we\u2019ve already seen around the world has been amazing, so we\u2019re anticipating a truly epic finale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re excited to partner with Blizzard to co-host a world-class eSports event here in China,\u201d said William Ding, CEO of NetEase. \u201cThere are millions of eSports enthusiasts in China and we\u2019re looking forward to presenting them with the opportunity to come together, have fun, and celebrate their passion for professional gaming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to highly competitive eSports matches, the Battle.net\u00a0World Championship will serve as a gathering place for the Blizzard gaming community and offer attendees:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hands-on \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 play time with some of the latest Blizzard games<\/li>\n<li>Opportunities \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to meet some of the world\u2019s most popular pro players<\/li>\n<li>Commemorative \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 merchandise based on Blizzard\u2019s game universes<\/li>\n<li>More \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 activities and attractions to be announced<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Further details about the Battle.net\u00a0World Championship will be announced at the official website, <a href=\"http:\/\/battle.net\/bwc\">http:\/\/battle.net\/bwc<\/a>, as the event draws closer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blizzard\u00a0Entertainment and NetEase to host top StarCraft\u00ae II and World of Warcraft\u00ae Arena players from around the world in Shanghai on Nov 17\u201318\u00a0 SHANGHAI, China &#8212; July 15, 2012 &#8212; Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and NetEase, Inc. today announced that they will be co-hosting the Battle.net\u00ae\u00a0World Championship in Shanghai, China on Saturday, November 17 and Sunday,<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=22233\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22233"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22236,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22233\/revisions\/22236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}