Sounds like a really dumb decision over something inconsequential. I guess "Blizzard is down" or "when will Blizzard be back up again?" will become common sentences in the future :D

3FFA

United States3931 Posts

September 21 2016 23:56 GMT

#22

I get it from a marketing standpoint, but still.... if you were going to do this you should've done it when SC2 WoL released with battle.net 2.0 , not now that people just got familiar with it!

lagcats

172 Posts

September 22 2016 00:03 GMT

#23

i always call it b.net so i dunno

claybones

United States244 Posts

September 22 2016 00:04 GMT

#24

Why would they do this? Valve's online service is Steam and people seem to do just fine with that. I guess you could argue that Steam encompasses more than just Valve products but it's still the service supporting their titles.

Also, Battle.net just sounds cool as hell. You really can't abandon that cool of a name.

Liquid`Jinro

Sweden33719 Posts

September 22 2016 00:06 GMT

#25

Optimization is really boring sometimes. ..

Mistakes

United States1102 Posts

September 22 2016 00:44 GMT

#26

My future children will be saying "Blizzard" when talking about the StarCraft 3 servers. I'll have to lecture them about the good ol' B.Net 1.0 days.

feardragon

United States973 Posts

September 22 2016 00:45 GMT

#27

Pretty sure a lot of people are still going to keep saying battle net, just like how most people refused to call TSL.Killer "Swagger".

Draconicfire

Canada2562 Posts

September 22 2016 01:09 GMT

#28

End of an era.

Battle.net was such a good name.

Mekare

Germany393 Posts

September 22 2016 01:12 GMT

#29

I always thought that Battle.net was a really great name. I can't really imagine calling it anything else, honestly. o.o

Lazare1969

United States318 Posts

September 22 2016 01:20 GMT

#30

It makes sense because Battle.net comes from a historical standpoint where "multiplayer" was not virtually synonymous to internet multiplayer, but local area network or a direct IP connection. The Battle.net brand was used specifically to differentiate from those methods of multiplayer. However, newer Blizzard games no longer support those other modes. When you play Starcraft 2 or Diablo 3, you are simply playing "Multiplayer" which people automatically assume is internet-based.

Aceace

Turkey1305 Posts

September 22 2016 01:31 GMT

#31

Why? Just why?

Battle.net is so unique and a well known name for gaming industry now. Why would you change this name at all? I mean... Even my wife knows what is "Battle.net". Its soo cool...
I guess Chris Metzen somehow owns "Battle.net" name :D

Oh btw i hope they let battle.net name stay alive till 30 November... Its Battle.net's 20th birthday. Wow... 20 years in gaming industry..... And they change it.

eviltomahawk

United States11135 Posts

September 22 2016 01:40 GMT

#32

Blizzard, what are you smoking?

Randomaccount#77123

United States5003 Posts

September 22 2016 01:47 GMT

#33

--- Nuked ---

purakushi

United States3301 Posts

September 22 2016 02:19 GMT

#34

I guess battle.net (the actual domain) is going to be redirected?

emc

United States3088 Posts

September 22 2016 02:44 GMT

#35

battle.net is literally the best name out of any gaming service

a possible outcome of this is to encompass more activision games. instead of b.net being associated to the starcraft, warcraft and diablo brands, being "blizzard.net" could extend itself into being more of a steam-like platform that sells you games on demand, even potential 3rd parties. We may even see hardware in the future similar to a steam-box. I'm not saying SC2 on your TV would become a thing, but maybe a dedicated blizzard.net streaming service and the ability to play PC games you already own as a console version such as Diablo/WoW/Overwatch on your TV. I think the brand of blizzard.net creates opportunity to go much further than just a simple desktop app that launches games.

wouldn't surprise me to see more activision involvement, maybe this is pressure from investors.

BronzeKnee

United States5218 Posts

September 22 2016 02:52 GMT

#36

I'm really looking forward to Blizzard.net so we can play their newer titles on a LAN again.

Hopefully the technology is there yet.

ZenithM

France15952 Posts

September 22 2016 03:03 GMT

#37

I'm curious about the decision process on that one. "Battle.net" is something that is instantly recognizable as their multiplayer and social platform, why would they need to change it?

yasot

31 Posts

September 22 2016 03:32 GMT

#38

blizzard.net ? are you freaking kidding me ?

Djzapz

Canada10681 Posts

September 22 2016 03:48 GMT

#39

I can see why but battle.net was so iconic and cool

Oh well, everything good about my childhood is dying.