22nd June–Battle Report 3 and Press Conference
15th June–StarCraft Issue #5 Solicitation
12th June–Karune's Q&A Batch 52: Mapmaker Edition released
The newest
Q&A Batch from Blizzard concerns mapmaking, mainly scripting details and the new map editor scripting language, "
Galaxy". Source:
Batch 52.
10th June–StarCraft comic Interview
Simon Furman, author of the
StarCraft comic series held an interview with Blizzplanet. It revealed information about the individual
War Pigs and where the comic is heading, including future links to extremely important characters to the StarCraft universe. See the interview
here.
 10th June–Warcraft competition with StarCraft II gameplay
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The 2009 Warcraft Regional Finals Tournament is a competition featuring the best Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne & World of Warcraft Arena players from North America and Europe. This tournament will decide who advances to the finals to be held at BlizzCon in August
The 2009 Regional Finals is a free event: no tickets will be sold. Simply, make your way to the KOMED Meeting-Centre at the Cologne Mediapark from June 26th till June 28TH and take part in the festivities.
In addition to watching the live matches between world-class gamers, attendees will have a chance to play-test the latest version of Starcraft II in the free-play gaming area. Also available will be Wrath of the Lich King versions of World of Warcraft for those wanting to explore the features of this latest expansion.
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10th June–Worldofwar.net BlizzCon ticket contest
6th June–Campaign Creations Contest
5th to 9th June–StarCraft Legacy Contests
StarCraft Legacy is holding a trivia contest. The top three contestants will win a
BlizzCon 2009 ticket and
StarCraft II beta key. The fourth place contestant will win a beta key.
Link.
Legacy is also holding a guest editorial contest. The top four winners will each win a beta key. Contest details.
Legacy is also holding a hero contest. The top four winners will each win a beta key. Contest link.
Legacy opened up a fanfiction contest. The top four winners will each win a beta key.
Contest link.
5th June–Guinness Book of World Record for StarCraft
The Guinness Book of World Records awarded
StarCraft for being the best-selling RTS with 9.5 million copies sold.
Link to the story.
3rd June–StarCraft Wiki BlizzCon ticket and other ticket contests
1st June 2009–Teamliquid beta key contest
Teamliquid is holding a
StarCraft II beta key contest for 20 beta keys. The three winners for each of the three contests: baking a StarCraft-themed cake, writing a guide or winning one of several iron man tournaments will win two beta keys each. Link:
Teamliquid. See the (currently short) list of fansite beta key opportunities
here.
1st June 2009–StarCraft II Armory BlizzCon contest
StarCraft II Armory is hosting a
BlizzCon 2009 ticket contest. Armory members can enter information into a raffle, and three will receive the grand prize of a BlizzCon ticket.
Source and rules.
Mike Morhaime expects StarCraft II to be out in 2009.
In a webcast, Mike Morhaime, president and co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment, said he expected
StarCraft II to launch this year, but also noted that it will only ship once the game is done. Source
link.
30th May 2009–BlizzCon 2009 tickets on sale
28th May 2009–StarCraft 2 Armory Q&A out
27th May 2009–Batch 51 is out, and Beta Opt-in Update
