diff --git a/doc/manpage/blender.1 b/doc/manpage/blender.1
index 9cefe7a2b24f6b1e75668eb284ce44a2ee24da60..b7d96dcbb3bf4b99d7f57745f6441501461ff295 100644
--- a/doc/manpage/blender.1
+++ b/doc/manpage/blender.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "BLENDER" "1" "February 14, 2013" "Blender Blender 2\&.66"
+.TH "BLENDER" "1" "March 6, 2014" "Blender Blender 2\&.70"
 
 .SH NAME
 blender \- a 3D modelling and rendering package
diff --git a/release/datafiles/splash.png b/release/datafiles/splash.png
index ad0028ee0b45f7f4aa617963e26ae21268f48c52..b496bb77245002da252bac7948de939e6ee8fd33 100644
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diff --git a/release/datafiles/splash_2x.png b/release/datafiles/splash_2x.png
index 707cfee52ecb843055bb47a92e3054b8ed26f7bb..654d07b093fc23636d1c192b47e2c379628d8864 100644
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diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h
index 2e9e6f2db3a367e4ae79c5f18e93de08fa7c6877..d35ff80265fea19469dcb5eadaecd40971d9236c 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ extern "C" {
 /* these lines are grep'd, watch out for our not-so-awesome regex
  * and keep comment above the defines.
  * Use STRINGIFY() rather than defining with quotes */
-#define BLENDER_VERSION         269
-#define BLENDER_SUBVERSION      11
+#define BLENDER_VERSION         270
+#define BLENDER_SUBVERSION      0
 /* 262 was the last editmesh release but it has compatibility code for bmesh data */
 #define BLENDER_MINVERSION      262
 #define BLENDER_MINSUBVERSION   0
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ extern "C" {
 /* can be left blank, otherwise a,b,c... etc with no quotes */
 #define BLENDER_VERSION_CHAR   
 /* alpha/beta/rc/release, docs use this */
-#define BLENDER_VERSION_CYCLE   alpha
+#define BLENDER_VERSION_CYCLE   rc
 
 extern char versionstr[]; /* from blender.c */
 
diff --git a/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_operators.c b/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_operators.c
index e5f9aae249dfda5539ad8c946b0619e15ec66345..b063a8883a0e0552e9a6137e2847a59d6ecb7b0e 100644
--- a/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_operators.c
+++ b/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_operators.c
@@ -1819,11 +1819,12 @@ static uiBlock *wm_block_create_splash(bContext *C, ARegion *ar, void *UNUSED(ar
 	if (1) {
 		/* placed after the version number in the image,
 		 * placing y is tricky to match baseline */
-		int x = 254 - (2 * UI_DPI_WINDOW_FAC);
-		int y = 244 + (4 * UI_DPI_WINDOW_FAC);
+		int x = 260 - (2 * UI_DPI_WINDOW_FAC);
+		int y = 242 + (4 * UI_DPI_WINDOW_FAC);
 		int w = 240;
 
-		const char *version_suffix = "Testing";
+		const char *version_suffix = "Release Candidate";
+
 
 		/* hack to have text draw 'text_sel' */
 		uiBlockSetEmboss(block, UI_EMBOSSN);