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The official StarCraft II blog has revealed that we can soon expect regions to be linked. It is highlighted that by doing so we'll see larger pools of players, resulting in improved match-making performance. More players of course means more potential matches, and that means less waiting. Your Battle.net friends list will also be cross-region. For more information, check out the official FAQ....

Blizzard are running a Battle.net free weekend for South East Asia StarCraft II players. That's us! So if you're an Aussie and haven't yet checked out the awesomeness that is SC2, make sure you set aside the weekend of the 19th-21st of November. On Thursday evening at 10pm AEST (11pm AEDT), the 18th of November, the free weekend kicks off, and runs through until the same hour on Sunday night....

For those of you that just can't wait to lock yourself in a room, get fired from your jobs and destroy your most treasured relationships, you're now one step closer; you can now pre-order World of Warcraft: Cataclysm on Battle.net. Once you've processed the upgrade, you can log in to start the download, and play the very moment Cataclysm servers go live....

What's going on in the world of StarCraft II since we last updated you? E-mail scams, outrageous sales figures, outrageous review averages, and even video card killing bugs. We'll start with the good stuff; StarCraft II is comfortably topping the UK sales charts, and amazingly has already surpassed the lifetime sales of the 12 year old original, even though it has only been on sale for one week!
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A little over 30 hours since Australian release, the internet is exploding with StarCraft II, as are the Battle.net servers. Despite those intermittent problems, Blizzard have spoken out, clearly proud of the game's release. And so they should be, with hugely popular midnight launch parties and an estimated 3 million copies to be sold this week, according to industry analyst Michael Pachter.
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Well, that was quick. Yesterday Blizzard made the announcement that they were implementing a change that meant whenever you post on a Blizzard forum, your first and last name would be displayed. Of course, the internet quickly exploded.
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