Battle.net Accounts Becoming Mandatory For WoW

Posted by Soulskill on Monday October 12, 2009 @07:27PM from the you-know-what-this-means dept.

An anonymous reader tips news that Blizzard will be requiring all World of Warcraft players to use Battle.net accounts to log into the game starting on November 11th. After that time, players who don't switch will be unable to play the game. Some time after the transition is complete, players will be able to "participate in cross-realm chat in World of Warcraft, create real-life friends lists, and communicate across different games." More details on the new Battle.net and what it will do are available in our Blizzcon wrap-up and interviews from August. Naturally, the idea that the new Battle.net is getting closer to deployment has sparked speculation that the StarCraft II beta might come along soon.

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Re:Of course, I didn't RTFA by malkir · 2009-10-12 19:55 · Score: 0, Troll

Of courrrrse they will. At the very least, that tokenizer will be used to log into BattleNET itself. If the existing ones are obsolete..i 'm sure they'll give them away in bulk. Every Blizzcon attendee got one for free, I don't even play WoW.
Re:This is great news by DrVomact · 2009-10-13 04:25 · Score: 0, Troll

This means that the SC2 beta will be released November
I know you think that everyone knows all the acronyms you know...but I don't. So what is SC2???

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