Major League Gaming Drops StarCraft 2 From Championship Event
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 5:12 pm
Major League Gaming currently has no plans for StarCraft II to be among the games played at its MLG Championship event in November.
The news was revealed on Twitter today by MLG co-founder Sundance DiGiovanni. "Just so folks know - we are currently not planning to run SC2 at Cbus," he wrote, referring to the event taking place November 22-24 in Columbus, Ohio. "Should that change we'll let you know via official channels."
StarCraft II has been a prominent game for MLG over the past several years, being played as recently as last month at the MLG Summer Invite. The game played a major role in the rise in popularity of eSports in North America, but there have been indications of late that MLG might begin to move away from it while continuing to focus on the likes of League of Legends and Call of Duty: Black Ops II.
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The news was revealed on Twitter today by MLG co-founder Sundance DiGiovanni. "Just so folks know - we are currently not planning to run SC2 at Cbus," he wrote, referring to the event taking place November 22-24 in Columbus, Ohio. "Should that change we'll let you know via official channels."
StarCraft II has been a prominent game for MLG over the past several years, being played as recently as last month at the MLG Summer Invite. The game played a major role in the rise in popularity of eSports in North America, but there have been indications of late that MLG might begin to move away from it while continuing to focus on the likes of League of Legends and Call of Duty: Black Ops II.
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