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While it was good, ole' Jimmy Raynor who kicked the StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty campaign into overdrive, his revolution certainly wouldn't have been as epic if not for the rich and diverse cast of supporting characters at his side.

From the grizzled Tychus Findlay to the fiercely loyal Matt Horner, we're able to learn more about these characters by playing through their missions in the single-player campaign. Each supporting mission storyline is unique and immersive in its own way, but which one did you enjoy playing through the most?

There’s more than meets the eye when it comes to StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty multiplayer matches. At first it seems deceptively simple: collect resources, build an army, fight. Dig a little deeper, and you'll find that it’s more than just deciding on the correct build order. It’s about making your resources work for you and putting time on your side.

Battles are won and lost in the eSports world every week. We are here to summarise them, giving you an overview of the recent action. Here is what happened last week!

Glower Overwhelming Balance. It's the hot topic, and if you haven't already seen the patch 1.1 situation report we recommend you take a look.

Within its first month of release, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty has already gone on to sell more than 3 million copies. We want to thank everyone who's already picked up the game for helping us achieve this incredible milestone and for bringing the thunder to Battle.net. Read the full announcement here.

Dimaga, TLO, HuK, White-Ra, Strelok and Artosis – you may have heard these names before. But what do they have in common besides being among the world’s top StarCraft II players? The answer to this is you could see all of them playing live showmatches right on our stage at gamescom!

One question is often asked by the StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty community regarding our new leagues and ladder system: “Who are the best players on the ladder?” We have plans to one day have the best players, based on their current rankings, compete against each other. In the meantime, we can pull some internal numbers, do a little math, and come up with a list of the best players in each region. Here are the top 200 players in Europe (last week's list). We'll update this list approximately every week until it's time to have them compete.

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty has a talented and robust mapmaking community, and every day the number of published maps hitting Battle.net continues to grow.  To better highlight some of these great creative works, we'll be featuring new player-made maps each week and placing them at the top of the custom games list in the game client for you to download and play.

If you’re having trouble keeping up with your opponents, maybe it’s because you aren’t taking advantage of hotkeys yet. Using hotkeys is the most efficient way to issue commands; it will increase your “actions per minute”, ultimately helping you to defeat your opponents - especially in frantic multiplayer matches.

Greetings, citizens of the Koprulu sector! StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is celebrating its one-month anniversary and we’re extremely excited to witness the amazing community that’s come together around the game. To that end, we want you to know we are hard at work on the first feature and balance patch, and expect to have it completed and available by the middle of September. Patch 1.1 will contain a number of improvements including additional mod features, Editor improvements and bug fixes, some custom game improvements, support for NVIDIA’s 3D Vision, and more. We'd also like to share some specific plans for this patch with you.