The Battle.net World Championship Series (BWCS) was the shared branding for video game tournaments held by

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for their games ''

StarCraft II ''StarCraft II'' is a military science fiction video game created by Blizzard Entertainment as a sequel to the successful ''StarCraft'' video game released in 1998. Set in a fictional future, the game centers on a galactic struggle for dominance a ...

'' (SC2) and ''

World of Warcraft ''World of Warcraft'' (''WoW'') is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) released in 2004 by Blizzard Entertainment. Set in the ''Warcraft'' fantasy universe, ''World of Warcraft'' takes place within the world of Azeroth ...

'' (WoW) in 2012. The StarCraft II event series, the StarCraft II World Championship Series, maintained the World Championship Series branding beyond the year and continued to use it until being replaced by the

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in 2020, but the ''Battle.net World Championship Series'' brand was not used beyond 2012.

Event Series

*The 2012 StarCraft II World Championship Series, the first edition of the StarCraft II World Championship Series, was the only one played on StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. The tournament series included over 30 LAN events. *The 2012 World of Warcraft Arena World Championship was the

series of tournaments. It was played on both the Cataclysm and the

Mists of Pandaria ''World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria'' is the fourth expansion set for the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) ''World of Warcraft'', following ''Cataclysm''. It was announced on October 21, 2011, by Chris Metzen at BlizzCon ...

expansions, as the latter released before the end of the tournament series and the finals were held on it.

References

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