Earlier this week, it was revealed that Blizzard had filed a lawsuit in South Korea against MBCPlus Media, which operates the MBCGame television network and airs professional StarCraft: Brood War leagues and tournaments.

Now, Blizzard has sued OnGameNetwork (OGN) for broadcasting an unauthorized Brood War league. (translation via TeamLiquid.net). The situation is a bit different from the MBCGame lawsuit because OGN had successfully negotiated for a broadcast sub-license from Gretech for a previous competition. Read more »

Back in May, Blizzard signed an exclusive deal with Gretech in South Korea to carry and sub-license broadcast rights to its games including StarCraft: Brood War and StarCraft II. Companies that had been running Brood War tournaments and broadcasting them were required to negotiate terms with Gretech in order to continue legally, according to Blizzard and Gretech.

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Blizzard may have just dealt the deathblow to the Korean eSports Players Association (KeSPA) and existing professional StarCraft leagues in South Korea. The company has signed an exclusive broadcast deal (via TeamLiquid.net) with Gretech-GomTV, which will be the only company licensed to broadcast leagues, tournaments, or gameplay for all Blizzard games.

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Last month, reports from South Korea broke that players and organizations were involved in illegal match-fixing within the country's lucrative professional gaming scene for Blizzard's RTS.

TeamLiquid.net has translated a report from Newsis.com that confirms that match-fixing has occurred, implicating 16 invididuals: "11 current and ex-progamers, 3 brokers, and 2 individuals who used inside information on the fixing to place bets." Read more »

According to an interview in South Korea's Yonhap News (via Daum), which was translated by TeamLiquid.net forum member Waxangel, Blizzard has ceased talks with the Korean e-Sports Players Association (KeSPA).

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[Update: 4/21/2010 - 12:15 PM] Added Blizzard statement.

[Original Story] Reports are sweeping across South Korea alleging that multiple parties and players are involved in gambling and game-rigging within the country's popular and lucrative eSports scene for Blizzard's real-time strategy game StarCraft: Brood War. Read more »

[Christopher Livingston is a freelance writer with a plenty of time for games but not enough money to buy them. Thus was born The Demoman; a shadowy yet helpful figure dedicated not to helping you decide which expensive games to buy, but which free game demos to play.]

Once I was clueless and pathetic, just like you. Sitting in front of the computer, reading Shacknews, hoping for some new Diablo 3 screenshots, getting fat... Read more »

This weeks release of GRIN's movie and comic-inspired action game Wanted: Weapons of Fate brings with it the culmination of the game's pre-release marketing campaign, better known around these parts as the fabled "launch trailer."

The game ships to North American stores in PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 flavors tomorrow.

After years of lamenting that they see no kickback from the extremely lucrative used game market, game makers have launched a counter-attack by packing new games with one-use codes for extra content.

New copies of Epic's Gears of War 2 (360) will include a one-use download code that will rewards with 5 additional multiplayer maps, all pulled from the original Gears of War. According to GamePro, these maps will not be available for purchase through the Xbox Live Marketplace, with Epic claiming they are "special gifts [for] our loyal fans." Read more »

EA Sports president Peter Moore took the stage at EA's E3 press briefing today to show "how we're evolving" to reach current and new customers.

Former NBA star Bill Walton appeared to help Moore demonstrate NBA Live 09 with two other EA representatives. After Walton's long, long diatribe about sports and NBA ended--"That was completely different than what we did in rehearsal," said Moore--the four showed off the game's Dynamic DNA feature. Read more »

Publisher Electronic Arts today released new screenshots and a teaser trailer from EA Sports' NBA Live 09, highlighting San Antonio Spurs' point guard Tony Parker as the title's cover athlete.

In development for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 and PSP, NBA Live 09 is slated for an October 7 launch in North America. Read more »