StarCraft II
The sequel and its circuit. Wings of Liberty in 2010, then Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void; the GSL, WCS, IEM Katowice and BlizzCon; Serral becoming the first non-Korean world champion in 2018; and a competitive scene that kept going after Blizzard stopped developing the game.
Part of StarCraft
48 moments in this segment.
- - Playing StarCraft II, Games Convention 2008. Visitors playing StarCraft II at the Games Convention in Leipzig, 2008.
- - Blizzard's StarCraft II booth, 2008. The Blizzard booth showing StarCraft II at the 2008 Games Convention in Leipzig.
- - StarCraft II at PAX 2008. Attendees playing StarCraft II at demo stations during PAX 2008 in Seattle.
- - StarCraft II at Gamescom 2009. The StarCraft II presence at Gamescom 2009 in Cologne, photographed by Sergiy Galyonkin.
- - Flash vs Jaedong - 2010 Bigfile MSL Grand Final. The opening set of the 2010 MSL grand final on Polaris Rhapsody, played 28 August 2010.
- - Flash vs Jaedong - 2010 Korean Air OSL Grand Final. The first set of the Korean Air OSL Season 2 grand final, played 11 September 2010 on Eye of the Storm, at the height of the Brood War rivalry.
- - Casters at the BlizzCon 2010 SC2 Invitational. Sean Plott (Day[9]), Artosis and Tasteless casting the StarCraft II Invitational at BlizzCon 2010.
- - NesTea vs Mvp - BlizzCon 2011 Grand Final. The full BlizzCon 2011 grand final between NesTea and Mvp, two of StarCraft II's earliest dominant champions, cast by Day9 and JP.
- - Prepping for interview, DreamHack Summer 2012. Preparations for a StarCraft interview at DreamHack Summer 2012.
- - Heart of the Swarm launch party, Hungary. The StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm launch party held in Hungary in 2013.
- - sOs vs Jaedong - 2013 WCS Global Finals. The BlizzCon 2013 grand final in which sOs beat Brood War legend Jaedong to take the first WCS Global Finals title.
- - WCS Global Finals casting desk, 2013. The commentary team at the 2013 StarCraft II World Championship Series Global Finals.
- - Intel Extreme Masters Toronto 2014. The Intel Extreme Masters season 9 StarCraft II finals at Fan Expo Canada 2014 in Toronto.
- - Korean StarCraft II - A Mini Documentary. A short documentary on StarCraft II in Korea and the Global StarCraft League, made by GOM TV's own broadcast team.
- - sOs vs Life - 2015 WCS Global Finals. The BlizzCon 2015 grand final, sOs' second world title, and one of the last appearances of Life before his match-fixing conviction.
- - WCS Signature Series: Serral. Blizzard's official player profile of Serral, produced ahead of the 2018 Global Finals.
- - Dark vs Serral - 2018 WCS Global Finals Quarterfinal. Serral eliminates Dark in the BlizzCon 2018 quarterfinals.
- - Stats vs Serral - 2018 WCS Global Finals Grand Final. The BlizzCon 2018 grand final in which Finland's Joona 'Serral' Sotala beat Stats to become the first non-Korean StarCraft II world champion.
- - Rogue vs Serral - 2018 WCS Global Finals Semifinal. Serral's semifinal against reigning champion Rogue on his run to the 2018 world title.
- - Serral: 'Speechless' After Winning the World Championship. ESPN's BlizzCon interview with Serral immediately after he became the first non-Korean WCS world champion.
- - BlizzCon 2018 Global Finals Recap. Blizzard's official recap of the 2018 WCS Global Finals, the tournament that ended Korean dominance of StarCraft II.
- - The Greatest StarCraft Rivalry: Flash vs Jaedong. A profile of the Flash-Jaedong rivalry that defined the last years of Brood War professional play in Korea.
- - Serral: The Finnish Phenom Who Shattered Esports' Oldest Dynasty. A profile of Serral's 2018 season, in which he won every WCS circuit event and then the world championship.
- - Serral - A StarCraft II Documentary. A documentary on Joona 'Serral' Sotala, the Finnish player who broke Korean dominance of StarCraft II by winning the 2018 world championship.
- - Artosis' Last GSL Cast. Dan 'Artosis' Stemkoski is moved to tears at the end of his final GSL broadcast, closing twelve years of casting Korean StarCraft II.
- - The 2015 Korean Match-Fixing Scandal. An account of the match-fixing scandal that hit the Korean StarCraft II scene in 2015 and the prosecutions that followed.
- - The Rise and Fall of MarineKing. The career of Lee 'MarineKing' Jung-hoon, one of StarCraft II's most popular early terrans and a GSL finalist.
- - Clem at IEM Katowice 2023. French player Clement Desplanches (Clem) competing in the StarCraft II tournament at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023.
- - Serral vs Maru - IEM Katowice 2024 Grand Final. The grand final of Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024, StarCraft II's flagship annual event at the Spodek arena.
- - Serral vs Clem - IEM Katowice 2024 Quarterfinal. The defining modern rivalry of StarCraft II, played out in the Katowice 2024 quarterfinals.
- - Maru vs herO - ESL SC2 Masters Spring 2024. A playoff match from the ESL StarCraft II Pro Tour, the circuit that carried the game after Blizzard's WCS ended.
- - Maru vs herO - GSL Code S 2024 Final. The Code S season final of the 2024 Global StarCraft II League between nine-time champion Maru and herO.
- - Flash vs Jaedong Return in 2024. The two Brood War greats meet again in a best-of-five on StarCraft Remastered, fourteen years after their peak rivalry.
- - Serral vs Clem - The Million-Dollar Grand Final. The 2024 Esports World Cup grand final, a best-of-nine in which Clem beat Serral to take StarCraft II's largest ever prize pool.
- - Serral vs Clem - Esports World Cup 2024 Final Four. The semifinal of the first Esports World Cup StarCraft II event in Riyadh, on the way to Clem's championship.
- - Tasteless on StarCraft's History. Nick 'Tasteless' Plott, longtime GSL caster, gives a long-form oral history of foreign competition and casting in Korea.
- - Rogue vs Classic - 2025 GSL Season 2 Final. The Code S final of the 2025 Global StarCraft II League, Korea's flagship league, now broadcast on SOOP.
- - Classic vs Serral - Esports World Cup 2025 Grand Final. The StarCraft II grand final of the 2025 Esports World Cup in Riyadh, won by Serral for his third world championship.
- - Serral Wins the Esports World Cup - Remember the Journey. The Esports World Cup's own retrospective on Serral claiming his third world championship and first EWC title in 2025, after losing the 2024 final to Clem.
- - StarCraft II's Quiet Comeback. A look at the tournaments, patches and player interest suggesting StarCraft II was reviving heading into 2026.
- - The Past, Present and Future of StarCraft II. An assessment of StarCraft II esports after the game was dropped from the 2026 Esports World Cup lineup, covering the shift from corporate to community support.
- - Soma on Jaedong's Aggression Against Flash. Former progamer Soma breaks down the tactical logic behind Jaedong's aggression in the Flash rivalry, from a player's perspective.
- - GSL Champions Kompetition 2026. The 2026 GSL Champions Kompetition, a draft-format team event featuring herO, Maru, Rogue, INnoVation and Classic.
- - herO vs SHIN - 2026 GSL Season 1 Final. The Code S final of the 2026 GSL Season 1, showing the Korean league still running sixteen years after its 2010 founding.
- - 2026 GSL Season 2 Code S Finals. The full finals-day broadcast of the 2026 GSL Season 2, featuring herO, Rogue, Maru and Cure.
- - Serral vs herO - Maestros of the Game 2 Grand Final. The 2026 Maestros of the Game grand final between Serral and T1's herO, with analysis from RotterdaM.
- - Clem on the Patch and the Future of StarCraft II. Clement 'Clem' Desplanches, the 2024 world champion, gives his view of the 2026 patch and of Blizzard's continuing commitment to the game.
- - Serral vs Clem at RSL Season 6. The two highest-ranked StarCraft II players in the world meet in the 2026 RSL, still contesting the same rivalry eight years after Serral's first world title.
