Get back to school with massive savings and cool perks for StarCraft® II. Now until October 2nd, we're offering the following:

• 50% Off StarCraft® II: Wings of Liberty® and 25% off Heart of the Swarm™
• A new Feat of Strength achievement, earned by winning games, that unlocks three exclusive character portraits
• 100% XP bonus for all games played*
• Access to all three races for StarCraft II: Starter Edition players

School Your Friends with the StarCraft II: Starter Edition

Try the game for free, using StarCraft II: Starter Edition. Until October 2nd, Starter Edition players will enjoy access to all three races. If you already own StarCraft II, share the full experience with your Starter Edition friends using our recently implemented Spawning feature.

Study Up on StarCraft II Strategies with Brilliant Community Content!

Get a foundational StarCraft II education from Shaun "Apollo" Clark and his 1v1 tutorials on YouTube, or dig in to Apollo's more personalized lessons on his Improve with Apollo series.

Once you've taken notes on the basics, research new strategies and tactics with Sean "Day[9]" Plott and his pro replay analysis on the Day[9] Daily. You can also tune in to www.day9.tv to catch his live show Mondays through Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. PDT.

Advanced students can explore higher education with professional StarCraft II team Evil Geniuses and their Pro Tip Collection replay review series.

If you'd rather hone your creative side, the Galaxy Editor Tutorial Archive at SC2Mapster.com will sharpen your skills on developing StarCraft II Arcade and Custom Games.

Train Your Brain!

A recent study indicates that playing StarCraft II can help you sharpen your cognitive flexibility, which is all the more reason to pencil a few ladder games in to your homework schedule. If you're scurrying off to class, this video summary of the study's results will give you all of the details while you're on the go.

Thank you to Jon Burton from Carbot Animations for the Back to School artwork. You can watch more of his StarCrafts animations on his YouTube channel.

- The StarCraft II Team