The next StarCraft short story is here! Travel to an exotic jungle planet, marvel at the beautiful scenery, then run like hell from the local wildlife threatening to tear you to shreds. Welcome to “Great One.”

Marine platoon Torch Seven drops onto the faraway planet Vygoire to find out what happened to a science outpost there. The planet is supposed to be zerg-free, and it is . . . mostly. But as it turns out, Torch Seven has enemies other than zerg.

Head over to the Story Section and check out “Great One” now.

And if you’ve missed any of the previous short stories, here you go:

Today, we are excited to announce all of the players who are confirmed to participate in each region of Premier League competition for WCS 2013 Season 1. Below you will find the 24 invited players for each of the WCS America and WCS Europe regions, as well as the entire list of 32 Premier League players for WCS Korea, which began just a week ago.

It is important to note that the Premier league player lists for both WCS America and WCS Europe will each be expanded to include 32 players in total – the 24 invited players listed here, as well as the eight players who advance from each region's respective WCS Qualifier Tournament. Additional World Championship Series 2013 information can be found here, and be sure to mark your schedules with the WCS 2013 Season 1 dates listed here.​​

America

Eight additional players to be determined in special open Qualifiers.

EU

Eight additional players to be determined in special open Qualifiers.

​​Korea

We’ve updated the Blizzard Music section of our site with the soundtrack to StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm. The soundtrack, which features new StarCraft music from our in-house composers, is also available as part of the Heart of the Swarm Collector’s Edition.

Visit the page now to read liner notes from the composers, listen to song samples, and download albums or individual tracks through iTunes.

With WCS Korea competition already underway, we'd like to highlight some important dates and details for the fast-approaching WCS America and WCS Europe leagues.

Since there was no preceding season to qualify players for Season 1 of WCS America and WCS Europe, we’re going to do things a little differently from how they’ll be done in future seasons.

For this inaugural season of WCS America and WCS Europe, 24 players will be invited to compete in each region based on their performance in past StarCraft II tournaments. In addition, a round of special qualifiers will be held to determine 8 players who will join the invited 24 (more details soon). Once all 32 players are locked in, play will commence and run for a few weeks.

The rest of Season 1 will then play out via the same structure planned for future seasons. The top 8 players in each region will compete in their region's finals, which will be a weekend offline event. Once all three regional finals have concluded, the top performers from each region will battle in an epic global Season Finals at a live event hosted by one of the regions. To seed that event, the top 6 players from the host region will be joined by the top 5 players from each of the two other regions to engage in a fierce tournament in order to crown the best StarCraft II player in the world for that season.

Important dates for Season 1 in each region are listed below. Note that the qualification rounds for future seasons take place during the current season. So, in addition to the intense Season 1 competition described here, the qualifiers for Season 2 will be taking place. Stay tuned for further details.

*League Finals for WCS Korea will be held offline from May 14 through June 1, rather than over the course of a weekend.

All of the dates listed above are subject to change. We'll be providing more information on broadcast dates and times for WCS Season 1 as soon as possible.