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Blizzard have made the announcement:

http://us.battle.net/blizzcon/en/blo...vent-1_25_2012

Blizzard Entertainment is proud to announce the 2012 Battle.net World Championship, a major global eSports event featuring some of the best pro-gaming competition in the world. Slated to take place in Asia toward the end of 2012, the Battle.net World Championship will host this year’s StarCraft II and World of Warcraft Arena World Championship tournaments. Blizzard gamers and eSports fans from around the world will be invited to attend and witness some of the most skilled pro players on the planet battle it out for cash and glory.

We’re excited to be showcasing Blizzard eSports on a truly global stage this year. We're also heavily focused on getting Diablo III, Mists of Pandaria, and Heart of the Swarm into players’ hands as soon as possible. In light of our jam-packed schedule, we’ve decided to hold the next BlizzCon in 2013.

More details about the 2012 Battle.net World Championship and BlizzCon 2013, including specific dates and locations, will be coming in the months ahead.

They won't be holding BlizzCon this year, instead just holding a big esports tournament (with WoW thrown in), in 'Asia'. Hopefully the time works out for us SEA folk to be able to watch it.

Speculation time! Of course, the heart of global esports is Korea so there's a strong chance it will be there, but a big event in China might be useful to attract more attention to esports on that front, since I gather that it's still probably an "emerging scene" over there (although I understand it to be massive).

Wonder if this has anything to do with the big secret plans I heard Dox was concocting with Blizzard's people?