Written by Gradius |
Wednesday, 07 July 2010 15:38
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StarCraft II
Blizzard has started rolling in phase two of the StarCraft II beta by making the latest 485 mb patch available for download. Servers are not up yet, but the gears are in motion. This patch includes several large content updates such as portraits, several graphical and sound updates, and even data for tutorial missions has been included.
Updated Patcher
Here are the patch notes:
StarCraft II Beta – Patch 16 (version 0.19.0.15976)
The latest patch notes can always be found on the StarCraft II Beta General Discussion forum.
General
- Rally points now behave as a move command, instead of an attack move command.
- Enabled the ability to manually add a StarCraft II character friend using the player's character code. Character code is a server-assigned numerical code that is displayed within the Add Friend panel.
- Battle.net Achievements & Rewards have been updated.
- All Quick Match modes are now available: 1v1, 2v2, 3v3, 4v4, and Free For All.
- All A.I. difficulties are now available for play.
- Cooperative matchmaking versus A.I. players is now available as a play mode.
- Enabled cross-game social features between World of Warcraft and StarCraft II.
Balance Changes
- ZERG
- Infestor
- Frenzy spell removed.
- Infested Terran spell added.
- Overseer
- Infested Terran spell removed.
- Ultralisk
- Now immune to stuns and mind control.
The Galaxy Editor has also received a new icon, UI icon updates, and requires authentication to use. Feel free to discuss further developments in our forums.
Source:
Battle.net - StarCraft II Beta Patch Notes
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