{"id":28096,"date":"2013-04-03T16:28:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-03T06:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=28096"},"modified":"2013-04-03T16:28:00","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T06:28:00","slug":"2013-world-championship-series-unifies-global-starcraft-ii-esports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=28096","title":{"rendered":"2013 World Championship Series Unifies Global StarCraft\u00ae II eSports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><i>Global partnership with the biggest names in eSports to make StarCraft II professional gaming more exciting and easier to follow than ever before<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>SEOUL, South Korea\u2014April 3\u2014<\/b>Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced a new StarCraft<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> II World Championship Series for 2013 that establishes the first-ever official global ranking system for StarCraft II eSports. Operated in partnership with the world&#8217;s premier eSports organizations\u2014the Korea eSports Association (KeSPA), Ongamenet (OGN), GomTV, Major League Gaming (MLG), Turtle Entertainment (ESL), and Twitch\u2014the WCS features elite StarCraft II competition in three leagues (Korean, American, European) and provides a unified, cohesive global structure for players, fans, and major tournament organizers.<\/p>\n<p>In the WCS, players in each league will compete in three seasons and clash in three global season finals, earning points within the WCS\u2019s global ranking system for their performance along the way. The fierce competition will then culminate in a global grand final at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blizzcon.com\">BlizzCon<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/a> in Anaheim, Calif. this November, where the top-ranked players for the year will compete for the title of StarCraft II World Champion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global partnership with the biggest names in eSports to make StarCraft II professional gaming more exciting and easier to follow than ever before SEOUL, South Korea\u2014April 3\u2014Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced a new StarCraft\u00ae II World Championship Series for 2013 that establishes the first-ever official global ranking system for StarCraft II eSports. Operated in partnership<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=28096\">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-28096","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\/28096","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=28096"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28098,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28096\/revisions\/28098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}