StarCraft

Now that Dreamhack is over, the dog days of summer are beginning in earnest.

If you've been distracted by the news from some of Blizzard's other games -- Diablo 3's Necromancer announcement, gorillas in space, the Tomb of Sargeras' awesome and spoiler-heavy cinematic, and so on -- then it'd be understandable if you missed the patch that went out for StarCraft 2 today.

Dreamhack Summer is one of the biggest hubs for esports every year.

If you've been holding off on playing StarCraft 2 for whatever reason, Blizzard would like to change that.

A small patch for StarCraft -- that's right, the original -- has been released for the game that includes DirectX 9 support as well as a Latency Changer with five available options during lobby creation.

It's going to be a long weekend for Blizzard esports, even if all you're watching is the HGC Mid-Season Brawl.

It was another of those odd weeks in Blizzard esports where things seem to be hotter outside the actual matches being played.

School is winding down for the year.

In 1998, when we were all "Gettin' Jiggy With" Will Smith, a little game called StarCraft hit the market and was followed shortly by its acclaimed expansion, Brood War.

If you've been holding off on getting the complete StarCraft II collection, now might be the time to snap it up.