1st Beta Phase Ending May 31

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Blizzard has just announced that the first phase of the SC2:WoL beta will end in all regions on May 31st. A second phase will happen closer to the launch date of July 27th.

Nethaera wrote:The beta test will be unavailable for several weeks while we make some hardware and software configuration changes in preparation for the final phase of the beta test and the release of the game. We plan to bring the beta test back online for a couple of weeks prior to the game’s launch to complete our testing.

Beta Phase 1 Over

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The first phase of the StarCraft 2 beta is over, and Battle.Net has been shut off. A second phase will begin closer to the release date of July 27th.

Beta Phase 2 Started

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Update: Beta Phase 2 has started! It will run through July 19.
There are no patch notes yet, (Update: they're posted now, and a notable undocumented change is that the editor won't work without being authenticated on B.net once - which means that at the moment it's useless; the editor also got a new icon and a somewhat reworked interface and buttons) but a large patch (about 470 MB) has recently been released, and there are some preliminary reports that the beta is back up in the EU.

Update: After very negative feedback, Blizzard has retracted this. They will not be adding Real ID names to the forums (at least not now).
Blizzard has announced that all posts on the official forums will show the user's Real ID name (and optionally a primary character name), to curb trolling and have other positive effects. As you may expect, this move has received a mixed reaction.

1st Beta Phase Ending May 31

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Blizzard has just announced that the first phase of the SC2:WoL beta will end in all regions on May 31st. A second phase will happen closer to the launch date of July 27th.

Nethaera wrote:The beta test will be unavailable for several weeks while we make some hardware and software configuration changes in preparation for the final phase of the beta test and the release of the game. We plan to bring the beta test back online for a couple of weeks prior to the game’s launch to complete our testing.

Beta Phase 1 Over

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The first phase of the StarCraft 2 beta is over, and Battle.Net has been shut off. A second phase will begin closer to the release date of July 27th.

Beta Phase 2 Started

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Update: Beta Phase 2 has started! It will run through July 19.
There are no patch notes yet, (Update: they're posted now, and a notable undocumented change is that the editor won't work without being authenticated on B.net once - which means that at the moment it's useless; the editor also got a new icon and a somewhat reworked interface and buttons) but a large patch (about 470 MB) has recently been released, and there are some preliminary reports that the beta is back up in the EU.

Update: After very negative feedback, Blizzard has retracted this. They will not be adding Real ID names to the forums (at least not now).
Blizzard has announced that all posts on the official forums will show the user's Real ID name (and optionally a primary character name), to curb trolling and have other positive effects. As you may expect, this move has received a mixed reaction.