On October 18, 2025, heavy news came from the "Hearthstone" Golden Game Xi'an Station - NetEase Thunderfire Blizzard project leader Wei Kai officially announced that the "StarCraft II" national server will fully return on October 28, and technical testing will start on October 21.This news ends players’ nearly 1,000-day wait and marks the imminent return of this pinnacle of real-time strategy e-sports to the Chinese arena."StarCraft II" world champion Li Peinan (Oliveira), StarCraft old boy commentary team Sun Yifeng (F91) and Huang Xudong (Xiaose) were on hand to witness the historic moment of the official announcement of the return of the national server.
The competition ecology restarts, and international competitions land in Hangzhou
The national server competition will return with a new look, passing on the legacy and starting anew. The competition stage will always welcome all players to join. The national server operation team will provide support for building a full-level event ecosystem.
· Major international events will be held: From November 29th to 30th, 2025, the "StarCraft II" Star Invitational Tournament will be held at the Hangzhou E-Sports Center in China. Chinese and foreign legendary players and current strong players will compete on the same field, bringing you exciting competition.
· Full coverage of community events: Classic IPs such as the Star Community Amateur Team League, the Star Community Annual Weekly Competition, the Kung Fu Cup and the Star Entertainment Competition will all be restarted.
China Post's collaboration with "StarCraft II" is about to begin
To freeze the legend of the game and recall the moment when dreams come true, the "StarCraft II" series of cultural and creative stamps will be launched soon. For relevant information, please pay attention to the official follow-up news.
Account data is kept intact
All previous account data in the Chinese version of "StarCraft II" have been completely retained. If you encounter problems with account retrieval, new account registration, or other issues, the NetEase Blizzard game customer service team will provide you with assistance at any time.
Protect a fair competitive environment
In view of the competitive fairness at the core of the real-time strategy game, after the return of the national server, the operation team will continue to maintain the reporting and anti-cheating system of the "StarCraft II" national server, optimize the reporting system, regularly report the progress and results of the anti-cheating work to the player community through official channels, and maintain information transparency with players.
The preliminaries are about to start, and the rally horn sounds.
The interstellar war is about to start again, and new legends are waiting to be continued. Commanders do not need to wait too long. You can complete the game pre-order through the Battle.net client on October 19th. Technical testing will start on October 21st. On October 28th, the national server will officially return!
The Koprulu sector is awaiting the return of its commanders.
