GENERAL

• Global Play is now live.
  • Players can now easily switch between regions via the new “Regions” button on the StarCraft II login screen.
  • Your game language and user interface will not change when you change regions.
  • Your character profiles and ladder data are unique to each region.
  • When your region’s game servers are undergoing maintenance, you may be able to play in a different region that is not down for maintenance.
  • For more information, please visit our Global Play FAQ on our support site.

BUG FIXES

• General
  • StarCraft II will no longer download upcoming patch data while the game is running.
  • Fixed an issue where players would be unable to change their language if patch data was not 100% downloaded via the game launcher.
  • Fixed several issues causing the game to turn unresponsive when pausing and leaving the game in various states.
  • Fixed an issue that would cause the game to run low on video memory.
  • Fixed a desync that could occur between Mac and PC if an AI was scouted with a cloaked unit.
  • Fixed a crash that could occur in rare situations when force-quitting StarCraft II.
  • Fixed a number of crashes that could occur when viewing and rewinding replays.
  • Fixed an issue where players could not hear voice chat when using the FMod provider.
  • The language selection dropdown should no longer display an incorrect language.
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when playing some Arcade games when using a custom hotkey profile.
  • Fixed a countdown display issue when utilizing the Take Command feature in the Korean and Taiwanese game clients.
• Battle.net
  • It is now possible to properly un-bookmark Arcade maps from outside of the Bookmark page.
  • Fixed a number of issues related to the “only officers will be shown” warning text reserved for Groups with large rosters.
  • Clans and Groups rosters are no longer sorted in reverse order.
  • Clans and Groups are now defined properly in chat when typing in a game.
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when creating a Clan or Group using certain combinations of special characters.
  • Fixed a display issue that could occur when scrolling down a large Group roster list.
  • It is now possible to use special characters in Clan and Group names.
  • It is now possible to use spaces in the names of groups in the Russian game client.
  • Fixed an issue for players in Korean or Taiwanese game clients who were unable to add Battle Tag friends in certain situations.
• Editor
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when double-clicking an .SC2Map file while the editor was downloading required dependencies.