General

• The StarCraft II Editor is now available!

• - Players will now be able to begin creating trigger maps in preparation for map publishing which will be made available in an upcoming beta patch.
• - Achievements & Decals are now live!
• - Players will now be able to earn achievements, browse the list of available achievements, and view achievements earned by friends.
• - Players will be able to highlight favorite achievements in their Showcase.
• - Earning certain achievements will unlock portrait and decal rewards.
• - The updated Homepage now includes a Recent Broadcasts panel and a News & Community panel.
• - A new Match History page is now available which will allow players to browse and filter their last 1,000 games played.
• - A new Community page is now available which features an in-game version of RSS news feeds.
• - A new Friends-of-Friends feature has been added, which allows players to easily find and connect with more real life friends on Battle.net through existing friends.
• - Additional friends’ presence details are now available from the Friends’ list.
• - Improvements have been made on the Voice Chat system in game.
  • - Please use the new voice chat and provide feedback via the StarCraft II beta forums.
• - The score screen now features a new graph tab.
• - The art for many parts of the user interface has been updated.
• - Hotkey templates have been added.
  • - In the gameplay options menu select from standard name based hotkeys for right and left-handed players, grid based hotkeys for right, and left-handed players, and classic StarCraft keys.
• - Several hotkeys have been changed to avoid conflicts with the “Select All Warpgates” UI button:
  • - The Set Worker Rally Point has been changed from W to R.
  • - Build Sensor Tower has been changed from W to N.
  • - Terran Infantry Weapons have been changed from W to E.
  • - Terran Vehicle Weapons have been changed from W to E.
  • - Weapon Refit has been changed from W to R.
  • - Burrow has been changed from W to R.
  • - Spawn Larva has been changed from R to V.
  • - Neural Parasite has been changed from R to E.

Balance Changes

TERRAN

• • Marauder

    • - Concussive Shells research cost decreased from 100/100 80 seconds to 50/50 60 seconds.

PROTOSS

• • Immortal

    • - Build time increased from 40 to 55.

ZERG

• • Infested Terran

    • - Damage increased from 5 to 8.
    • - Speed decreased from 1.5 to 0.9375.

  • Queen

    • - Speed off creep decreased from 1.5 to 0.938. (Speed on creep unchanged.)

  • Spine Crawler

    • - Attack period decreased from 1.6 to 1.85.

  • Infestor

    • - Neural Parasite range increased from 7 to 9.
    • - Fungal Growth projectile removed; Units in the target area are now instantly hit.

Maps

• - We’ve made a change to the (2)ScrapStation map to make the natural expansion easier to defend.
• - New maps have been added to the ladder rotation while others have been removed as follows:
  • 1v1
    • - Added (2)IncinerationZone
  • 2v2
    • - Removed (4)LostTemple
    • - Removed (4)Metalopolis
    • - Added (4)AridWastes
    • - Added (4)Coalition
    • - Added (4)Decena
    • - Added (4)ScorchedHaven
  • 1v1(Novice)
    • - Removed (4)NoviceKulasRavine
  • 2v2(Novice)
    • - Removed (4)NoviceKulasRavine
    • - Removed (4)NoviceShakurasPlateau
    • - Added (4)NoviceDecena
    • - Added (4)NoviceScorchedHaven
    • - Added (4)NoviceTwilightFortress