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Blizzard Entertainment's Battle.net World Championship Concludes This Week

Blizzard Entertainment's Battle.net World Championship continues this weekend, where the world's top 32 StarCraft II players and top 10 World of Warcraft® Arena teams will go head-to-head for the title of world champion.

The sold-out event takes place at the Shanghai Expo Mart in Shanghai, China, before a local audience of more than 10,000, but eSports fans from around the world can catch all the action live for free via a six-channel HD broadcast on www.battle.net/bwc. In North America, the live-stream action starts on Friday, November 16, at 9:00 p.m. EST / 6:00 p.m. PST, and the second day of broadcasting begins on Saturday, November 17, at 8:30 p.m. EST / 5:30 p.m. PST.

Cohosted by Blizzard Entertainment and its local partner, NetEase, Inc., the Battle.net World Championship is the grand finale to Blizzard's 2012 StarCraft II World Championship Series, featuring more than 30 national and continental tournaments, and the World of Warcraft Arena Global Finals. Over the course of these competitions, millions of eSports fans around the world watched more than 600 pro players face off for a chance to represent their home region on the world stage.

In addition to the intense StarCraft II and World of Warcraft eSports action, the Battle.net World Championship will host a World of Warcraft live raid and dungeon challenges featuring two top Chinese guilds, Stars and Supreme Quicksand, that will be included as part of the free HD live stream.

The latest news and media about the Battle.net World Championship, as well as detailed StarCraft II finalist and World of Warcraft Arena team information, can be found at the official Battle.net World Championship website: www.battle.net/bwc.

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