BlizzCon 2010 Tickets available

Blizzard started to sell tickets for the upcoming BlizzCon 2010.

BlizzCon is a celebration of the Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo franchises and the communities that surround them. This two-day event will contain Q&A panels featuring Blizzard Entertainment developers, social events for players and developers to meet one another, and hands-on gameplay featuring your favorite Blizzard Entertainment games.

More information on the official site.

StarCraft II release date

Blizzard set the release date for StarCraft II and it is July 27 2010.

Following is the official press release from Blizzard:

STARCRAFT® II: WINGS OF LIBERTY™ IN STORES STARTING JULY 27, 2010

IRVINE, Calif. – May 3, 2010 – Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. announced today that its highly anticipated real-time strategy game, StarCraft® II: Wings of Liberty™, will arrive in stores throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Mexico, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, and the regions of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau starting on July 27, 2010. Players will also be able to purchase StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty directly from Blizzard Entertainment shortly after the retail launch.

Diablo II Patch 1.13 is available now

The 1.13 patch for Diablo II is now live! With this patch we have included a number of changes including a new respec system, allowing you to reset your character's stats and skills. To update to 1.13 simply connect to Battle.net, or to download and install manually visit our Diablo II Patch page: http://www.blizzard.com/support/

With the release of 1.13 the Diablo II ladder has been reset and all previous ladder characters are now normal non-ladder characters. To participate in the new ladder you'll need to create a new character and ensure the "Ladder Character" option is checked. For more information on ladder characters visit the Arreat Summit Realm Character Types page: http://classic.battle.net/diablo2exp/basics/charactertypes.shtml

http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=23766804248&sid=3000

Female Witch Doctor

Female Witch Doctor's character page is now live on Blizzard's Diablo III website. Be sure to check it out.

Diablo 3 fan art

Blizzard has collected some astonishing Diablo III fan art on their website.
Be sure to check it out here.

The 1.13b PTR update is now live and available for testing!

New Diablo II patch available. Check the thread here.

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A new Mystery has been revealed!

- Adventurers of Sanctuary are hereby warned once again, that a new challenge
awaits you. Within Diablo's Bosses, spanning across the world from the
ancient Monastery Catacombs to the Throne of Destruction, is where you'll
find what you seek...


Major Bugs

- Fixed an item dupe bug.
- Video improvements for Intel Mac machines with OS 10.5 or greater.
- Fixed an issue where some players could kill other players while in town
("TPPK").
- Fixed an issue where some players could disconnect other players when
they had too many active states.
- Fixed two issues where players could stack auras in an unintended way.

StarCraft 2 in beta this month

Here is a news for the StarCraft 2 fans:

StarCraft 2 beta begins this month, game coming mid-2010

According to Ars Technica StarCraft 2 will be released in min 2010. And still waiting for Diablo 3...