Starcraft 2 Commercial Release Date - Official

We've been waiting for more then 10 years now, but we finally have a release data for Starcraft 2! Starcraft 1 was released on the 31st March 1998 - Tomb Raider was still very much a high high-tech game back then.
 
So, it has been quite a while - 12 years later and still feeling the rush. To Quote Husky: "Starcraft 2 is like chess on steroids. " With the APM (Actions Per Minute) in chess being less important. :)
 

This is the official Blizzard Press Release:
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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.
"We've been looking forward to revisiting the StarCraft universe for many years, and we're excited that the time for that is almost here," said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. "Thanks to our beta testers, we're making great progress on the final stages of development, and we'll be ready to welcome players all over the world to StarCraft II and the new Battle.net® in just a few months."
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http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/press/pressreleases.html?100503
 
And this is what GameSpot is saying:
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Blizzard reveals street date for long-awaited Wings of Liberty, the first installment in three-part sequel to the popular sci-fi RTS.
Many-a-PC gamers' summer plans were ruined this afternoon, when Blizzard Entertainment announced the long-awaited launch date for its real-time strategy game, Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty. The first installment in the three-part sequel will launch worldwide--China excepted--on July 27 for the PC and Mac and will retail for $60 in the US. The game will also be available in a deluxe $100 Collector's Edition that will include a 176-page art book and a flash drive preloaded with the original Starcraft and its Brood War expansion.
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http://www.gamespot.com/news/6260963.html
 
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