Yes, folks there is a Santa Claus, aliens do exist and StarCraft II is due to be officially released in the next two weeks. Blizzard's sci-fi RTS sequel will be released worldwide on July 27. While launch plans for the US haven't been announced as of this writing we do know that Blizzard has some midnight launch plans for various cities in Europe.

Launch events at game retailers in London, Berlin, Paris, Stockholm, and Moscow are planned with Blizzard team members leaving their Irvine, California offices to attend each event, sign copies of StarCraft II and generally be happy that several years of work is done (for now). Australia will also get its own launch event. There will also be other activities and contests at each launch event and of course copies of both the standard game and the Collector's Edition will be made available. Hopefully Blizzard will announced StarCraft II launch events for US cities sometime soon.