The interview is a part of G4TV.com's 20th Anniversary coverage of Blizzard Entertainment and there are a lot of details covered about how Blizzard is approaching the eSports scene.
Highlighted below are a few of the questions, but make sure to head over to G4TV.com and read the full great interview!
G4: How would you discuss your impact on the history of e-sports?
Dustin: I think we're just excited to be a part of it. Esports has been played in a variety of different games over the years but our fans really took to StarCraft and Brood War, and really took off with that and showed us, and I think many people out there in the world, what eSports could truly be. It's just been absolutely exciting to watch what the fans have done with our products and all of the amazing amount of effort they put in, in order to make it work. And then for us, having seen that happen in Brood War, and then again in WarCraft 3, we just put as much effort as we could into making StarCraft 2 a platform that could hopefully be a very successful eSport which would sort of capture the imagination of fans and broadcasters around the world.
Dustin: I think we're just excited to be a part of it. Esports has been played in a variety of different games over the years but our fans really took to StarCraft and Brood War, and really took off with that and showed us, and I think many people out there in the world, what eSports could truly be. It's just been absolutely exciting to watch what the fans have done with our products and all of the amazing amount of effort they put in, in order to make it work. And then for us, having seen that happen in Brood War, and then again in WarCraft 3, we just put as much effort as we could into making StarCraft 2 a platform that could hopefully be a very successful eSport which would sort of capture the imagination of fans and broadcasters around the world.
World of WarCraft eSports fans who were worried about MLG's lineup not including WoW when earlier announced this year should put their fears to rest as Joong Kim confirms that WoW will be a part of the MLG season this year.
G4:Have there been steps made to continue World of Warcraft arena as an eSport?
Joong: We do plan on having a WoW tournament this year. We will continue to make improvements on the observer and the camera, and hopefully make it easier for the organizations that we do partner with to run tournaments.
G4: Do you think that WoW is going to fade out in the eSports scene now that MLG isn't focusing on it anymore?
Joong: MLG does plan on offering World of Warcraft stuff. Due to the technical difficulties we have with World of WarCraft we just haven't had a chance to plan their WoW season out with them just yet.
Joong: We do plan on having a WoW tournament this year. We will continue to make improvements on the observer and the camera, and hopefully make it easier for the organizations that we do partner with to run tournaments.
G4: Do you think that WoW is going to fade out in the eSports scene now that MLG isn't focusing on it anymore?
Joong: MLG does plan on offering World of Warcraft stuff. Due to the technical difficulties we have with World of WarCraft we just haven't had a chance to plan their WoW season out with them just yet.
There you have it! Make sure to read the full interview over at G4TV.com
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