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Blizzard can’t seem to make up its mind on “Battle.net”

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Last year, we told you that Blizzard was retiring the name of its 20-year-old Battle.net service.

Here’s what Blizzard said then:

“We’re going to be transitioning away from using the Battle.net name for our gaming service and the functionality connected to it. Battle.net technology will continue to serve as the central nervous system for Blizzard games—nothing is changing in that regard. We’ll just be referring to our various products and services using the Blizzard name instead. You’ve already seen this recently with things like “Blizzard Streaming” and “Blizzard Voice,” and more changes are on the way.

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. 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. Given that built-in multiplayer support is a well-understood concept and more of a normal expectation these days, there isn’t as much of a need to maintain a separate identity for what is essentially our networking technology.”

However, since then the name has remained, ingrained in players’ hearts and minds. Curiously, when it was announced that Activision and Bungie’s Destiny 2 was coming to Pc, it was said to run through…Battle.net. It was later reported that the use of name of the service in the announcement was a temporary exception. That may not be the case.

Blizzard has flip-flopped, and will continue using battle.net – only with “Blizzard” as a prefix. Says Blizzard in a new update:

“When we announced that we’d be transitioning away from the Battle.net name for our online-gaming service, we suspected that the shift would be challenging. We understood that Battle.net stood for something special—it represents years of shared history and enjoyment, community and friendship, for all of us and our players.

Battle.net is the central nervous system for Blizzard games and the connective tissue that has brought Blizzard players together since 1996. The technology was never going away, but after giving the branding change further consideration and also hearing your feedback, we’re in agreement that the name should stay as well. Take it from the developer formerly known as Silicon & Synapse, and Chaos Studios, names are important too.

Moving forward, to help offset some of the original concerns we listed back in September, we will be connecting “Blizzard” to “Battle.net” in our logo for the service and in general when we refer to it in print: Blizzard Battle.net.”

Welcome Blizzard Battle.net, I guess.

Last Updated: August 15, 2017

2 Comments

  1. Lord Chaos

    August 15, 2017 at 10:50

    When I upgraded and reinstalled windows the old battle.net app gave tons of shit. Had to dl the Blizzard app, install and it did all the rest

    Reply

    • Ottokie

      August 15, 2017 at 11:05

      And you got some nice little features to use in Diablo 3.

      Reply

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