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 * November 20th, 2013 — Blizzard Entertainment announces WCS 2014 Plans.
 * WCS 2014: Partial Region Lock, GSL returns, and more. Read more...
 * November 16th, 2013 — Incredible Miracle, Prime, MVP, and League of Legends team NaJin join KeSPA.
 * KeSPA announces 4 teams that have joined their organization, as well as the start date for a new season of Proleague: December 28. Read more...
 * November 14th, 2013 — Infinity Seven as a team disbands.
 * Infinity Seven disbands, Team Owner zemotion shares her memories of the team . Read more...
 * November 11th, 2013 — Blizzard releases Balance Update.
 * Blizzard releases new Balance Update with changes to each Race. Read more...
 * November 9th, 2013 — BlizzCon SC2 Panel Summary.
 * Blizzard addresses community questions and reveals details about upcoming patch. Read more...
 * November 1st, 2013 — FXOpen will now be playing under the name fOu.
 * After losing sponsorship from Forex trading company FXOpen the team will return to being fOu. Read more...
 * October 30th, 2013 — Proleague in December, MVP, IM, Prime to KeSPA?
 * Proleague in December, MVP, IM, Prime to KeSPA?. Read more...
 * October 22nd, 2013 — Snute going to South Korea.
 * It was announced that Team Liquid player Snute would be going to South Korea to train and live with CJ Entus Team's players for 1 Month. Read more...
 * October 14th, 2013 — Blizzard Entertainment releases a Q&A.
 * Blizzard has released a Q&A on the potential changes to WCS 2014 and its format Read more...
 * October 11th, 2013 — MarineKing retires.
 * MarineKing has decided to retire from competitive StarCraft II to switch to League of Legends Read more...
 * October 2nd, 2013 — Evil Geniuses's Korea team house has closed along with some removals of their Staff/Management.
 * Evil Geniuses has announced the closing of their Korea Team House and the removal of Hwanni and trot Read more...
 * September 24, 2013 — Possible balance changes proposed by Blizzard.
 * Blizzard has put out a list of possible changes to come after BlizzCon, balance test map to come soon. Read more...
 * September 18, 2013 — iloveoov joins SKT as coach.
 * After finishing his mandatory military service Brood War legend iloveoov has joined SK Telecom T1 as a coach Read more...
 * September 16, 2013 — s2 retires and TY joins KT Rolster.
 * s2 announced that has decided to retire before his mandatory military service. Read more...
 * After the end of his contract with Jin Air Green Wings on August 31, KeSPA announced that TY has joined KT Rolster. Read more...

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 * September 9, 2013 — Bisu Retires.
 * Bisu has decided to retire after his long competitive gaming career. Bisu plans to enter his mandatory military service after a short break. Read more...
 * September 6, 2013 — 2013 - 2014 Proleague New Season announced to start in November, KeSPA Cup to return
 * KeSPA chairman has revealed next Proleague season will start toward the end of November, as well the come back of short length team tournaments in the spirit of the defunct KeSPA Cup. Read more...
 * September 6, 2013 — All time Proleague statistics and records spreadsheet released
 * KeSPA has released all Proleague statistics and records (Download as excel spreadsheet) from the tournament's ten year history. Read more...
 * September 1, 2013 — IM, Prime and MVP leave eSF
 * Teams Incredible Miracle, Prime and MVP have cancelled their registration to the eSF. So far none of the teams have stated whether they are joining KeSPA or staying independent. Along with leaving eSF the teams will not be playing in the next GSTL. Read more...
 * September 1, 2013 — STX drops support of SouL
 * STX have ceased sponsorship of SouL following their financial difficulties. The team has joined the eSF and plans to participate in the next season of GSTL. Read more...
 * August 29th, 2013 — JangBi Retires.
 * JangBi has announced his retirement. According to Daily Esports the two time OSL champion had lost interest in Starcraft 2. He also mentioned that he will take a year off before his mandatory military service, in this year period he will be streaming BroodWar in his free time on afreeca Read more...
 * July 1, 2013 — 8th Team officially sponsored by Jin Air
 * Korean Air's brand Jin Air sponsors 8th Team to form Jin Air Green Wings. Read more...
 * June 28, 2013 — AZUBU Korea disbands.
 * AZUBU's other ventures dissolve leaving only their StarCraft 2 squad as a supported venture by German headquarters. Read more...
 * June 27, 2013 — KT Rolster accepts Razer sponsorship.
 * KT Rolster accepts hardware sponsorship with Razer, in addition Flash will start streaming on Twitch.tv. Read more...
 * April 9, 2013 — Blizzard buys IGN Pro League
 * Blizzard has purchased the IGN Pro League. IPL technology and assets are now owned by Blizzard, and existing members of IPL’s staff will help form a new team in San Francisco. Read more...
 * April 3, 2013 — Blizzard&#58; World Championship Series 2013 revealed
 * Blizzard unveils their 2013 WCS season, a yearlong venture in cooperation with GomTV, MLG, KeSPA, ESL, and OnGameNet, consisting of three equal leagues in three regions around the world, each running in parallel, featuring a $1.6 million prize pool. Read more...
 * March 12, 2013 — StarCraft 2&#58; Heart of the Swarm released
 * Heart of the Swarm, the first expansion for StarCraft 2 has been released. The game's release is celebrated in a 21-hour long launch party, spanning nine official events across the globe. Read more...
 * March 8, 2013 — DreamHack Open 2013 revealed
 * DreamHack announces its 2013 DreamHack Open season. The season will begin in Stockholm, Sweden on April 26th and end at the DreamHack Winter festival on November 30th. Following the 2012 success, DreamHack will return to Valencia and Bucharest. The total prizepool for the season stands at $190,000. Read more...
 * February 13, 2013 — AZUBU joins the e-Sports Federation
 * It has been reported that AZUBU is joining the e-Sports Federation. This move, hot on the heels of the establishment of AZUBU's StarCraft II division, coincides with the team's plans to compete in the upcoming GSTL season. Read more...
 * February 1, 2013 — Quantic Gaming reformed
 * Quantic Gaming, an organization that had previously disbanded in December of last year, has reformed. The reformation of the team was made possible through the merger of It's Gosu eSports and 4Not under the Quantic brand. Read more...
 * January 30, 2013 — AZUBU picks up four new players
 * AZUBU announced today that it has picked up Kim "SuperNova" Young Jin, Kim "GanZi" Dong Ju, Kang "Symbol" Dong Hyun, and Choi "BBoong" Jong Hyuk. Read more...
 * January 27, 2013 — mTw officially ceases operations
 * mTw officially announced today that it has ceased operations, citing an inability to run "a sustainable and stable business" and that the "business model of eSports clans does not work any more in its current form." Read more...
 * January 25, 2013 — Western Wolves signs MorroW
 * Stefan "MorroW" Andersson, who had been teamless since the end of his short-lived cooperation with apeX eSports in November 2012, has signed a one-year contract with Western Wolves. Read more...
 * January 21, 2013 — KiLLeR leaves Dignitas
 * Dignitas announced today that they have parted ways with Felipe "KiLLeR" Zuñiga, and that he is now a free agent. Read more...
 * January 18, 2013 — TheStC joins compLexity
 * compLexity announced today that they have signed Choi "TheStC" Yun Sik to their StarCraft II team. TheStC was without a team ever since Quantic disbanded at the beginning of December 2012. Read more...
 * January 15, 2013 — DIMAGA leaves mTw
 * Dmytro "DIMAGA" Filipchuk tweeted today that he has left team mTw, of which he has been a part since July 2010, and that he is now a free agent. Read more...
 * January 15, 2013 — Team Acer partners with Axiom to compete in GSTL; Alicia and Heart join.
 * It has been announced today that Team Acer is partnering with Axiom, and that their combined rosters shall compete in the upcoming GSTL season. Additionally, it was announced that Kim "Heart" Min Hyuk and Yang "Alicia" Joon Sik have joined Axiom. Read more...
 * January 14, 2013 — SK Telecom T1 signs PartinG
 * Won "PartinG" Lee Sak has been signed by SK Telecom T1. Originally a member of eSTRO, PartinG returns to KeSPA after two years spent with teams fOu, FXOpen, and StarTale. Read more...
 * January 14, 2013 — Squirtle leaves StarTale
 * In a statement released today, StarTale's director Coach Won announced that Park "Squirtle" Hyun Woo has left the team. He is the second major Protoss player to leave StarTale in January, ten days after PartinG's departure. Read more...
 * January 12, 2013 — compLexity, Fnatic shut down their team houses
 * compLexity Gaming and team Fnatic are reported to have shut down their team houses. compLexity cited a wish to focus on player acquisition instead of paying rents on a team house as a catalyst for their organization's decision. Fnatic's move coincides with their organization's loss of a number of key players such as Ares, ByuL, Moon, and Rain. Read more about compLexity... and about Fnatic...
 * January 7, 2013 — Golden joins StarTale
 * StarTale's head coach tweeted today that Jo "Golden" Myeong Hwan, who had been teamless since Quantic Gaming's disbanding, has joined that team. Read more...
 * January 3, 2013 — Team SCV Life disbands
 * It has been reported today that Team SCV Life has ceased operations, citing difficulties with sponsors after the departure of key players from the team. Read more...
 * January 3, 2013 — PartinG leaves StarTale
 * Won "PartinG" Lee Sak announced on Twitter that he has left StarTale. Read more...
 * January 1, 2013 — MajOr joins Team 8
 * In an announcement made by his once again former team, ROOT Gaming, it has been reported that Juan Carlos "MajOr" Tena Lopez has become a member of the KeSPA-managed Team 8. Read more...
 * December 28, 2012 — Stephano to "almost (certainly)" play in Code S
 * Ilyes "Stephano" Satouri announced today that he will be playing in the next Code S season. Read more...
 * December 27, 2012 — AZUBU expands its roster
 * Team AZUBU announced today that it has added Genius, TOP, InCa, VINES, Sleep and San to its line-up, bringing the number of players in its roster to eight. Furthermore, the team is expected to announce one more recruit as well as their future SC2 plans. Read more...
 * December 26, 2012 — SuperNova leaves mTw
 * Kim "SuperNova" Young Jin announced today that he had left mTw, whose roster is reduced to a single player: DIMAGA. Read more...
 * December 22, 2012 — Polt leaves Team SCV Life
 * It has been reported today that Choi "Polt" Seong Hoon has departed Team SCV Life in order to pursue English studies in the United States. Read more...
 * December 17, 2012 — Sea retires
 * Team Liquid announced today that Yum "Sea" Bo Sung has retired from progaming, citing the inability to regain joy for gaming, something that has worn away after having played professionally for seven years. Read more...
 * December 14, 2012 — Evil Geniuses and Team Liquid to produce English Proleague broadcasts
 *  CLARIFICATION: This agreement was only in effect for a week, IEG/KeSPA are now producing Proleague in-house. 


 * It has been announced today that Evil Geniuses and Team Liquid, who have partnered together to compete with a combined roster in Proleague, have been granted the rights to produce English broadcasts of that league competition by the Korean e-Sports Association. Casters for the regular English broadcast include: John "TotalBiscuit" Bain, Ben "MrBitter" Nichol, Dario "TLO" Wünsch, and Mike "Adebisi" Van Driel. Read more...
 * December 13, 2012 — SaSe to play in Taiwan eSports League for three weeks
 * It has been reported that Kim "SaSe" Hammar will, for a period of three weeks, play in the Taiwan eSports League (TeSL) with Gama Bears. TeSL has an exchange program which allows teams in the league to being in foreign players to play on their roster for a set amount of time. Read more...

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