BlizzCon 2013, Blizzard Entertainment's two-day gaming festival, makes a long-awaited return on Friday, November 8th, at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA. The sold-out show celebrates all things geek, featuring sneak peeks at what's going on behind the scenes at Blizzard Entertainment. This year's BlizzCon includes discussion panels with Blizzard developers; community cosplayers; an... more.

Ubisoft’s new competitive gaming experience, The Next Level, is launching at PAX Prime, August 30 through September 2, in Seattle. The Next Level opens the competitive gaming experience to players of all skills levels challenging them to compete on multiple games, genres and platforms at video game industry events such as PAX Prime, New York Comic-Con and the Electronic Entertainment Expo. ... more.

505 Games, a global publisher of video games, today announced an exciting new partnership with indie game developer Plastic Piranha to bring their mod-focused shooter Rekoil to Windows PC and the Xbox Live online entertainment network as an arcade game for the Xbox 360 games and entertainment system from Microsoft later this year. Plastic Piranha, the development team behind Rekoil, is compri... more.

Tickets to this year’s BlizzCon and a special pre-BlizzCon dinner to benefit Children’s Hospital of Orange County start to go on sale this week, at the following dates and times: BlizzCon 2013 Ticket Sale #1: Wednesday, April 24 at 7 p.m. PDT BlizzCon 2013 Ticket Sale #2: Saturday, April 27 at 10 a.m. PDT BlizzCon 2013 Benefit Dinner Ticket Sale: Wednesday, May 1 at 7 p.m. PDT Would-be a... more.

Blizzard Entertainment, today announced a new StarCraft 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's premier eSports organizations—the Korea eSports Association (KeSPA), Ongamenet (OGN), GomTV, Major League Gaming (MLG), Turtle Entertainment (ESL), and Twitch—the WCS fe... more.

The epic conclusion to months of intense competition plays out this weekend at Blizzard Entertainment's Battle.net World Championship, where the world's top 32 StarCraft II players and top 10 World of Warcraft Arena teams will go head-to-head for the title of world champion. The sold-out event takes place at the Shanghai Expo Mart in Shanghai, China, before a local audience of more than 10,000... more.

Plastic Piranha, developer of the upcoming multiplayer shooter, Rekoil, is excited to announce the latest addition to its team, as Melonie Mac is the team's new community manager. Rekoil is currently in closed beta as the team readies the competitive shooter for launch. Melonie is a hardcore competitive gamer who's not only lit up local tournaments in games like Super Smash Brothers Melee a... more.

Blizzard Entertainment and NetEase, today announced that they will be co-hosting the Battle.net World Championship in Shanghai, China on Saturday, November 17 and Sunday, November 18, 2012. The Battle.net World Championship will bring to a riveting conclusion Blizzard's 2012 StarCraft II World Championship Series, which comprises more than 30 national and continental tournaments around the wor... more.