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The public beta test for StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm will conclude on March 1, Blizzard has announced. The firm said it will continue to operate a private beta test until Heart of the Swarm goes live, and will be working to ensure that its eSports partners will be able to feature the new expansion in professional matches after the public beta ends. Heart of the Swarm launches on March 12.

Blizzard Entertainment’s Battle.net World Championship takes place this weekend, during which the world’s top 32 StarCraft 2 players and top 10 World of Warcraft Arena teams will be vying for the title of world champion.

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Global Play is coming to StarCraft 2 via an upcoming patch “in the coming months,” according to Blizzard.

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French StarCraft 2 player Ilyes “Stephano” Sattorui has been suspended without pay for the month of October by the Evil Geniuses organization.

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StarCraft w: Heart of the Swarm is getting new units, and Kotaku has posted a video showing off the new units in multiplayer. The closed beta is currently available only to a select set, and regular players base will soon be able to get in on the action, according to Blizzard. StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm has not been dated but we might see it before the end of the year.

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Blizzard has released patch 1.5 for StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, which the firm has previously called the “most feature-laden patch to date,” as it prepares the game for Heart of the Swarm. The update adds the much talked about Arcade features which were originally expected at launch, an overhauled mode suite, custom game visibility, ratings, reviews, game instructions and screenshot support. Various chat options have been added as weel. The full patch notes are through the link. Thanks, Talkar.

Blizzard has revealed some of the multiplayer units for StarCraft II and a video of them in action as well. The expansion will focus on the Zerg, but the other two races will get new units and abilities as well.

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During a StarCraft II panel at BlizzCon, game director Dustin Browder, balance designer David Kim, and senior designer Josh Menke discussed some of the new units included in the expansion, as well as changes being implemented to existing units, and revealed which units would be retired from service.

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It’s kind of like Shrek the Third, only better, obviously.

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Blizzard has announced region linking for StarCraft II, which promises to connect SCII communities together for multiplayer matchmaking and chatting purposes.

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Blizzard has said it’s to develop mods internally for StarCraft II, in order to offer “polished gameplay experiences” for fans.

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