Along with a new season of ladder play, we continue to update and refresh the map pools, with the goal of providing a fresh and invigorating set of challenges for StarCraft II players of all stripes. With the start of Season 3, you'll find a number of new maps to explore and master while other maps are being rotated out.

The following changes have been made to the ladder map pool when Season 3 begins on Wednesday, July 27:

1v1

Removed:

• Scrap Station (2)
• Slag Pits (4)
• Delta Quadrant (4)
• Metalopolis (4)

Carried over:

• Xel’Naga Caverns (2)
• Backwater Gulch (4)
• Shakuras Plateau (4)
• Tal'Darim Altar LE (4)
• The Shattered Temple (4)
• Typhon Peaks (4)

New:

• Nerazim Crypt (4)
• Searing Crater (4)
• Antiga Shipyard (4)
• Abyssal Caverns (4)

2v2

Removed:

• Monlyth Ridge (4)
• Gutterhulk (4)
• Omega Sector (4)
• Red Stone Gulch (4)

Carried over:

• Discord IV (4)
• High Orbit (4)
• Khaydarin Depths (4)
• Scorched Haven (4)
• The Ruins of Tarsonis (4)
• Tempest (8)

New:

• Tyrador Keep (8)
• The Boneyard (8)

3v3

Removed:

• Quicksand (6)
• Colony 426 (6)
• Monsoon (6)
• Typhon (6)

Carried over:

• Arakan Citadel (6)
• Cinder Fortress (6)
• Dig Site (6)
• Frontier(6)
• The Bio Lab (6)
• Ulaan Deeps (6)

New:

• Green Acres (6)
• Temple of the Preservers (6)

4v4

Removed:

• High Ground (8)
• Megaton (8)

Carried over:

• District 10 (8)
• Extinction (8)
• Lava Flow (8)
• Outpost (8)
• Sand Canyon (8)
• Toxic Slums (8)

New:

• Fossil Quarry (8)
• Deadlock Ridge (8)

FFA

Removed:

• Metalopolis (4)
• Slag Pits (4)

Carried over:

• The Shattered Temple (4)
• Quicksand (6)
• Tectonic Rift (6)
• Abyss (8)

New:

• Abyssal Caverns (4)
• Antiga Shipyard (4)
• Nerazim Crypt (4)