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- Global Play is now live.
- Players can now easily switch between regions via the new “Regions” button on the StarCraft II login screen.
- Your game language and user interface will not change when you change regions.
- Your character profiles and ladder data are unique to each region.
- When your region’s game servers are undergoing maintenance, you may be able to play in a different region that is not down for maintenance.
- For more information, please visit our Global Play FAQ on our support site.
Bug Fixes
- General
- StarCraft II will no longer download upcoming patch data while the game is running.
- Fixed an issue where players would be unable to change their language if patch data was not 100% downloaded via the game launcher.
- Fixed several issues causing the game to turn unresponsive when pausing and leaving the game in various states.
- Fixed an issue that would cause the game to run low on video memory.
- Fixed a desync that could occur between Mac and PC if an AI was scouted with a cloaked unit.
- Fixed a crash that could occur in rare situations when force-quitting StarCraft II.
- Fixed a number of crashes that could occur when viewing and rewinding replays.
- Fixed an issue where players could not hear voice chat when using the FMod provider.
- The language selection dropdown should no longer display an incorrect language.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when playing some Arcade games when using a custom hotkey profile.
- Fixed a countdown display issue when utilizing the Take Command feature in the Korean and Taiwanese game clients.
- Battle.net
- It is now possible to properly un-bookmark Arcade maps from outside of the Bookmark page.
- Fixed a number of issues related to the “only officers will be shown” warning text reserved for Groups with large rosters.
- Clans and Groups rosters are no longer sorted in reverse order.
- Clans and Groups are now defined properly in chat when typing in a game.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when creating a Clan or Group using certain combinations of special characters.
- Fixed a display issue that could occur when scrolling down a large Group roster list.
- It is now possible to use special characters in Clan and Group names.
- It is now possible to use spaces in the names of groups in the Russian game client.
- Fixed an issue for players in Korean or Taiwanese game clients who were unable to add Battle Tag friends in certain situations.
- Editor
- Fixed a crash that could occur when double-clicking an .SC2Map file while the editor was downloading required dependencies.
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Battle.net - StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Patch 2.0.5 Notes
A new situation report is out, discussing Heart of the Swarm balance.
Our general thinking on new units and abilities is that using them will always be learned faster than defending against them for obvious reasons. Because we’re already seeing some players defend against the new Medivacs extremely well, we definitely want to wait on this feedback to really make sure that it is in fact overpowered before making a change.
You can read the full situation report here.
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Battle.net - Situation Report: Heart of the Swarm Balance
The next StarCraft short story, Frenzy, is out now. You can read it here.
Alden pulled up, skimming along at cliff level, breaching in and out of the sunlight like a fleet fish leaping upstream. Behind him were the concerns of school, his parents, the draft… the other draft. All that was back on the ground. Up here, with the wind pushing into his lungs, stretching the glider, and roaring in his ears… Alden was free.
The sound, when it came, was so quiet beside the roar of the wind—a faint noise, and distant. Yet it cut to the marrow of Alden's bones as no other had in his twenty years.
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Battle.net - StarCraft Short Story: Frenzy
A Heart of the Swarm trailer titled Vengeance was uploaded today, showing off previously seen cinematic clips and some never-before-seen clips as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCsGTP3-Jlw
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YouTube - Vengeance Trailer
There has been a small update to the Heart of the Swarm launch event site: it now has a schedule of launch events.
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Battle.net - Heart of the Swarm Launch Event Site Update
Another StarCraft short story, The Teacher, is out. This story focuses on the Hydralisk, and a Dominion project that experiments on controlling Zerg. You can read the story and download it for free here.
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Battle.net - StarCraft Short Story: The Teacher
Click here for patch notes
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Battle.net - StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Patch 2.0.4
The annual Blizzard convention, BlizzCon, has been announced to take place during November 8th and 9th in Anaheim, California, at the Anaheim Convention Center. Further details will be released at a later date, but for anyone wishing to attend BlizzCon, be sure to be free during Friday, November 8th and Saturday, November 9th!
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Blizzcon.com - BlizzCon 2013 Storms Anaheim November 8 to 9
The next installment of the new StarCraft short story series is out. This one is about the horrors of a Zergling attack. Read it here.
No one had thought the zerg would ever really attack Lawndale. The strategic value in the grand scheme of the war was minute. So when the alarm ripped through the silence and Virgil Caine, Rho Squadron's sergeant, began barking orders, his marines all scrambled to their feet and prepared for the worst. But it wasn't the worst. It was suicide for the zerglings. There was no real point. The beasts were outnumbered and outclassed. Still the stupid, seemingly mindless xenos came anyway.
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Battle.net - StarCraft Short Story: A War On
Yes, the beta test for Heart of the Swarm is nearing a close, finally ending on March 1st, 2013. But not to fret, Heart of the Swarm will be released on March 12, 2013, so it's not too much time away from the game.
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Battle.net - The Beta Test is coming to an End
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