What is the release date of Starcraft II?

Starcraft II, the greatly anticipated sequel to the original Starcraft game, widely considered to be a Blizzard masterpiece, is set to be released in the "first half" of 2010 worldwide. This updated release date is after several delays, however, this is the current publicly available/listed release date for Starcraft 2.

The Starcraft 2 release date is the first half of 2010