After the success of the first phase of the StarCraft II beta program, which concluded a month ago, Blizzard returns for a second round of testing with the release of beta patch 16 today.

Patch notes:

General

• Rally points now behave as a move command, instead of an attack move command.
• Enabled the ability to manually add a StarCraft II character friend using the player's character code. Character code is a server-assigned numerical code that is displayed within the Add Friend panel.
• Battle.net Achievements & Rewards have been updated.
• All Quick Match modes are now available: 1v1, 2v2, 3v3, 4v4, and Free For All.
• All A.I. difficulties are now available for play.
• Cooperative matchmaking versus A.I. players is now available as a play mode.
• Enabled cross-game social features between World of Warcraft and StarCraft II.

Balance Changes

• ZERG
  • Infestor
    • Frenzy spell removed.
    • Infested Terran spell added.
  • Overseer
    • Infested Terran spell removed.
  • Ultralisk
    • Now immune to stuns and mind control.

The highly anticipated RTS sequel will be released on July 27, 2010.

Via [StarCraft II]

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