IgroMir is a large three-day Russian games expo at which StarCraft II was playable and a panel on it was presented. Goha.ru summarized an important Q&A with Chris Sigaty, StarCraft II's lead producer, confirming that the beta has been pushed back to 2010. Click here for the google translation. According to VG247, StarCraft II is still set to be released in the first half of 2010, but now rhetoric has shifted to the second quarter of 2010.

There will be official interviews and panel reveals on the Blizzard IgroMir Website at a later time. The schedule of the event has been posted as well:

Friday, November 6
11:30 12:00 World of Warcraft Panel
14:30 15:00 SC II: Hotstreak
15:00 15:30 World of Warcraft: Cataclysm leveling contest
16:00 16:30 - SC II Panel
17:00 17:30 SC II: Hotstreak
17:30 18:00 World of Warcraft: Cataclysm leveling contest
Saturday, November 7
14:30 15:00 SC II: Hotstreak
15:00 15:30 World of Warcraft: Cataclysm leveling contest
17:00 17:30 SC II: Hotstreak
17:30 18:00 World of Warcraft: Cataclysm leveling contest
Sunday, November 8
14:30 15:00 SC II: Hotstreak
15:00 15:30 World of Warcraft: Cataclysm leveling contest
17:00 17:30 SC II: Hotstreak
17:30 18:00 World of Warcraft: Cataclysm leveling contest

"SC II: Hotstreak" are simply StarCraft II touraments from what we can deduce.

SC2TV has taken a few photos of StarCraft II. There is also a small gameplay video of standard base-building:

Sources:
Blizzard IgroMir Website
IgroMir Official Website
VG247 - StarCraft II still on track for first half of 2010
StarCraft2.ingame.de - Beta in 2010
Goha.ru - Beta in 2010
SC2TV

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