No patch for you! Yet.

Blizzard tossed this up on their Starcraft II patch notes page:

Update (July 29 6:45 p.m. PDT): After deploying Patch 2.0.10 to the Southeast Asia region of Battle.net today we've discovered an issue that's going to require us to delay the patching process in all other reed out to everyone worldwide as soon as possible!Sit tight! We'll have more news on this as the issue is resolved.gions by a day or so. We're hard at work resolving the issue and will be getting the patch rolled out to everyone worldwide as soon as possible!Sit tight! We'll have more news on this as the issue is resolved.

So yeah, it's still coming. "Soon." Full patch notes are available here.

Gearbox outbid Stardock for Homeworlds rights

In fairness, Borderlands 2 is really quite good.

So... Stardock was one of the companies in a bidding war with Gearbox over the rights to the Homeworld series. Look, I know, bigger pockets win and Gearbox is riding high on their Borderlands franchise. But I mean, ouch.

Stardock's Sins of a Solar Empire is a nearly perfect space opera RTS. It is well designed, balanced and plays wonderfully. You can zoom in and watch your ships battle it out in real time. Though, keep in mind if you spend much time actually ogling the battle field at one planet the rest of your galactic empire is probably being pounded into dirt.  That's war people. No time to smell the charred roses if you want to win.

By comparison, Gearbox... and let me preface this by saying I freakin' love Borderlands 2... gave us Aliens: Colonial Marines. A game that has been pretty heavily panned. Now full disclosure: I haven't played it. If someone wants to toss me a copy I'll happily offer my own thoughts. But I still haven't forgiven Ridley Scott and Damon Lindelof for what they did to the Aliens universe with Prometheus.

I mean really? They made us and just were all of a sudden, screw those guys, lets make a goo that makes xenomorphs, eventually, through a process that makes sense to no one. Oh, yeah, spoilers or something.

Anyway Gearbox head Randy Pitchford explained the bidding war at their panel at Pax Australia. Play.tm has the story.

Blizzard's next endeavor? The Lord of Mediation.

I'm not really sure which of the Prime Evils the attorneys work for directly.
Image from a Diablo III wallpaper available here.

Activision Blizzard Inc. is headed for arbitration with a group of gamers upset about a security breach last August, according to an article by Jeffrey Benzing at Main Justice. Both parties have a Sept. 15 deadline to reach a settlement, which is far sooner than Blizzard's usual timeline of "Soon."

At the time, user account data was stolen and scrambled. It's possible an intern broke into tears and shook his fist toward an uncaring god.

The suit alleges that Activision Blizzard didn't do enough to protect player data. Oh, and maybe they weren't so hot at letting folks know some was playing tiddlywinks in their servers.

In fairness, Activision Blizzard's attorney's have pointed out that an increased risk of identity theft is not itself enough for a negligence claim. They also note that none of the aggrieved gamers have shown proof that they were actually harmed by the breach.

In, short, Activision Blizzard is saying if the gamers  want to see the money, then they need to show where they lost it.

Regardless, according to Benzing's article all parties will be going into mediation in order to reach a settlement.

EA tells players, "Whoa there big boy, you've got the wrong guys"

Leading into EA's annual stockholder meeting on July 31, they are calling for a dismissal in the lawsuit brought by current and former NCAA football players concerning image rights. The players contend they were never compensated for the use of their likeness in EA Sport's popular NCAA series.

According to an article over at Gamasutra, EA contends that the player's complaint is with the NCAA and it's governing rules. In otherwords, "not our problem, dawg."

EA's stock on the NASDAQ was up 2.32 percent at the close of regular trading on July 30, 2013, finishing the day at $26.07.

EA set to webcast 2013 stockholder meeting

Electronic Arts announced via press release its upcoming annual stockholder meeting on Wednesday, July 31, 2013. A webcast replay of the meeting online just long enough for the next annual meeting to come around.
The meeting will come scant days after EA announced its intention to lessen focus on Facebook games and concentrate on consoles and other formats. EA adapted a number of intellectual properties for Facebook, including Plants vs. Zombies, Outernauts and The Sims Social.
Prior to last year's annual meeting, EA's stock closed on the Nasdaq at $11.23 a share on July 30, 2012. It has consistently risen since then and is set to close at or near, $26 on July 30, 2013.

The press release follows:

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) today announced that it will webcast its 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on Wednesday, July 31, 2013. During the course of this event, EA may disclose material developments affecting its business and/or financial performance. Listeners may access the meeting via a live audio webcast.

Wednesday, July 31, 2013
2:00 pm PT / 5:00 pm ET
http://investor.ea.com

A webcast replay of the event will be available on EA's website at http://investor.ea.com through July 31, 2014.

Ongoing updates regarding EA's business are available on EA's blog at http://ea.com/news.

About Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) is a global leader in digital interactive entertainment. The Company delivers games, content and online services for Internet-connected consoles, personal computers, mobile phones and tablets. EA has more than 300 million registered players and operates in 75 countries.

In fiscal year 2013, EA posted GAAP net revenue of $3.8 billion. Headquartered in Redwood City, California, EA is recognized for a portfolio of critically acclaimed, high-quality blockbuster brands such as The Sims™, Madden NFL, FIFA Soccer, Need for Speed™, Battlefield™ and Mass Effect™. More information about EA is available at www.ea.com/news.

The Sims, Need for Speed, Mass Effect and Battlefield are trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. and its subsidiaries. John Madden, NFL and FIFA are the property of their respective owners and used with permission.

Safe Harbor for Forward-Looking Statements

During the course of the event, Electronic Arts may make forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future financial performance of the company. Statements including words such as "anticipate", "believe", "estimate" or "expect" and statements in the future tense are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events or actual future results to differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. Please refer to Electronic Arts' latest Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013 for a discussion of important factors that could cause actual events or actual results to differ materially from those discussed during the conference call. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of the event; Electronic Arts assumes no obligation to, and does not necessarily intend to, update these forward-looking statements.