Starcraft II has a tentative release date for Australia of 2nd December 2008, with Diablo III to shortly follow (the box art is already on display for both in many stores). I'll believe it when I see it, but fingers crossed.
Until that date there's always RA3 to look forward to, though with EA at the helm, as usual its' not all good news...

"EA has spoken about how DRM (Digital Rights Management) will work with its upcoming real-time strategy affair, Red Alert 3, with confirmation that the game will have more lenient protection than the recently released Spore. Punters screamed bloody murder when it was revealed that Spore could only be installed three times before it would no longer work - not even uninstalling the game gives back an install credit. Unsurprisingly, all this effort didn't prevent the game from being pirated and uploaded onto various torrent websites before the game's release. After listening to fan feedback, a forum post by a Red Alert 3 developer has explained that DRM on the game won't be quite as painful. Players get five installs, each of which requires the player to be connected to the internet in order to authenticate the game. Unlike Spore though, uninstalling the game will give back an install credit. Should the player run out of installs, EA customer service can be contacted to sort it out, apparently. Also worth noting is that the game will run without a CD or DVD needing to be in the drive.
Red Alert 3 is scheduled for release in October." -PALGN

DRM is coming to the end of its' lifespan, according to many Publishing Houses. Tolerance for it is near zero amongst gaming enthusiasts (and I don't include SPORE players in that category...sorry Sporists). The way of Activision Blizzard and Stardock is the way of the future. Unlike companies like EA that use DRM and SecureROM, these Publishers do not punish gamers for buying their games. Interestingly, those who pirate their games have recorded many bugs and glitches with cracked versions of their games...boo hoo. The problem really starts to "blow out" when published magazines in newsagents headline with "How To Pirate Software" as their selling point.