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Blizzard Is Getting Rid of the Battle.net Name (theverge.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the central-nervous-system dept.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: The Battle.net name is no more. Today Blizzard announced that it's moving away from using the Battle.net moniker when referring to its online services. "Battle.net technology will continue to serve as the central nervous system for Blizzard games -- nothing is changing in that regard," the company wrote in a forum post. "We'll just be referring to it as Blizzard tech instead." Battle.net originally debuted way back in 1996 alongside the original Diablo, and since then has been used to power iconic games like Starcraft, World of Warcraft, and more recent titles like Hearthstone and Overwatch. According to the company, as online multiplayer has become an expected part of its games -- and as Blizzard expanded to new platforms like Facebook Live -- the name was no longer needed. "When we created Battle.net, the idea of including a tailored online-gaming service together with your game was more of a novel concept, so we put a lot of focus on explaining what the service was and how it worked, including giving it a distinct name," the company explained. "Over time, though, we've seen that there's been occasional confusion and inefficiencies related to having two separate identities under which everything falls -- Blizzard and Battle.net."

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  1. Re:Then, with all due respect by blindseer · · Score: 3, Funny

    How about Blizzard Inc. Technology Connection Homepage?

    Use the acronym for short.

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  2. Re:Then, with all due respect by ElectricPrism · · Score: 2

    I for one am proud to be associated with Blizzard and they're VIP B.I.T.C.H.ers club

  3. Update by snookiex · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Does this mean I will have to download another 10GB patch to play, so they can update a few banners?

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  4. I remember the first time I used battlenet by the_Bionic_lemming · · Score: 2

    After finishing the single player game, I went to try multi-player in Diablo. I created a new character, launched a game, arrived at the village and was hit by a wall of fire instantly killing the character.

    I think that's what clued me in on why MMorgs suck to people like me.

    I wouldn't do that -don't want to be anywhere close to people that would.

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    1. Re:I remember the first time I used battlenet by perpenso · · Score: 3, Interesting

      The multiplayer battle.net experience for Diablo was incredible, better than single player, when you somehow knew the other players in the game. Nearly every time real world and online friends met up in the game someone would comment on how this was so much better than playing with randoms.

      FWIW WoW did a better job of making play with randoms fun but still with all friends in your group it was an incredible experience.

      Which is why guilds are so popular.